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@vita_fragilis I don’t think 3 wakes overnight at 6.5 months is usual (not saying it’s not “normal” but it’s certainly not something that is expected of babies that age). I’d expect that at 6.5 weeks, but by 6 months there shouldn’t be any physiological reason a healthy baby needs to eat 3 times...

@neowelshrevival I just want to make a quick comment about part of this. I’m assuming what you mean by “a blanket to roll her up in with Velcro” is a swaddle. If baby is old enough to roll, which it sounds like she is, swaddling is dangerous, and you should stop immediately! A sleep sack might...

@adunni You fix a feed to sleep association by not feeding to sleep. How and when to do that is up to you (there are lots of options), but the goal of all of them is to no longer feed to sleep. The earlier you stop doing that, the easier it will be on you and baby.

@misslou A mirror can provide loads of entertainment! Get a crib-safe one that you can Velcro to a bassinet or prop up safely near baby on the floor. Also, you can just… not do anything. Put baby down, put a couple safe toys near her, and let her chill. Babies don’t need to be entertained all...

@tgia413 I’ll just chime in as a person with a spring birthday (who apparently would have been held back by this school): there’s no age-based reason to keep your kid from progressing with his cohort. I was absolutely fine academically, socially, and athletically throughout my academic career...

@beira People are acting like this medium article is meant to be a peer reviewed meta analysis. It’s not. It’s a Wikipedia entry. Use it as a jumping off point and go to the actual sources cited. It’s still a useful collection of relevant citations, and a decent summary of the findings from...

@freebytruthjohn832 Tbh, if both parents are bringing home, after tax, 4 times the cost of a decent daycare (especially if you’ve got more than one kid), you’re probably in a position where you could consider a nanny share, at least. Obviously the article referenced is aimed at middle class...

@bluechap Because if there simply isn’t any effective way to prevent a widespread, common, seasonal illness, it doesn’t make much sense to be constantly anxious about it. If our brains let us be consistently anxious about the many routine risks we experience daily, we’d all be a blubbering...

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@felipeoliveir Sometimes babies cry. I’m not sure there’s any way to do anything with a baby without them crying at all! It’s one of the very few ways they have to communicate. If your baby cries during diaper changes, baths, or car rides in car seats, do you just stop doing those things...

@muddsaw OP lives in her mom’s house. She relies on her for free childcare. How exactly is she going to deny her mom access to the child?

@gaconvn But being asleep most of the evening is an age appropriate schedule. The baby should be asleep when OP comes home, not just going to sleep at 1 AM. The problem seems to be a split night, but that doesn’t mean that a typical early evening bedtime is inappropriate for a 10 month old.

@barney Seeing this schedule now, personally I think both of the proposed schedules (yours and your mom’s) are off. 10 months is young to be on one nap. Some babies are low sleep needs and move to one nap early, but those babies typically aren’t going to take a 4-6 hour nap midday. If your baby...

@svitlana I think it is absolutely accepted that children in daycare get sicker more frequently than kids of the same age who aren’t in daycare centers, as there’s very clear data on frequency of illnesses. The caveat is that the kids who don’t go to daycare get sick more frequently once they...