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@aegisheart Yeah, he’s already facing challenges! And he’ll keep facing them, so you’ll have plenty of chances to build his resilience through your handling of that. Resist the urge to completely redirect when he’s frustrated with physical tasks and instead help him learn the concepts of...

@aegisheart I don’t really think you need to seek out challenges for him so much as you can encourage him to continue things he’s interested in that challenge him. He doesn’t need you to create those opportunities, or to force him into music class, or anything like that. But if, for example, he...

@netty805 It totally depends on your baby. Your pediatrician will be tracking their growth and should let you know if there’s a concern. But overall, if your baby is following their own curve, they’re just fine. Babies vary widely in size, just like adults, and each clothing brand is different...

@godsgal41 I definitely had a preschool + kindergarten + 6th grade (my class was the transition from junior high to middle school, so 6th was the last of elementary) + high school. I don’t remember 8th grade but there may have been something.

@perfectlove25 I breastfed (with supplementing for a little while) so it was a little different from if you’re formula feeding, but our routine was: 9-3 was my shift, 3-9 was my husband’s. Whoever was on shift would sleep when they could and just get up with the baby when he woke up. If it was...

@nader1 We’re EBF at 10 weeks and have 2 predictable wakes each night at around 2:30 and 5:30 (down by 8 pm most nights). You might look into different aspects of sleep hygiene wherever your baby sleeps, and if baby is just fussing not crying, you can give it a few minutes and they may settle...

@thomasleonard At 5-6 months, we did sleep train, and after that, we got consistent sleep from 7 pm to 3 am, then a brief feed and back down til 6:30 or 7. 2-3 inconsistent (but always in a crib) naps a day, fed at wake-up, 3 times between 8 and 5 pm, solids around 6, bedtime and a feeding at 7...

@derrickolley The worst part for me is we’re considering trying for a second in the next year or so, which means I’ll get to enjoy my body for a year and then repeat. At least this time I know how it feels and can be more mentally prepared and I’ll have bigger clothes on hand and all, but the...

@bridgida I didn’t lose until I weaned at 12 months pp - and then the weight fell off and redistributed. I’m now back at my pre pregnancy weight at 16 months pp, and most of my prepregnancy clothes fit again. Also, some of the part where your stomach feels huge could be diastasis recti/core...

@rivka73 Have you seen a physical therapist? If not, I’d start there. If you have and you were discharged, I’d message them through whatever app they use and ask if they can send recommendations. My pelvic floor PT invited me to message her with any relatively simple questions like that. In...

@jojotxboy Start with that physical therapist. I’m only 5 months pp and still breastfeeding, so losing weight isn’t happening for me anytime soon, but pelvic floor PT has slowly given me my waist back and reduced the morning to night bloating that came with fatigued core muscles. Some of that PT...

@godincenter Up to Date shows a reference range for his age of 11-13.5 g/dL, so he’s just below the target range. Iron-deficiency anemia is pretty common in 1 year olds, and isn’t dependent on what he ate yesterday. In general, people store a little extra iron when it’s plentiful and during...

@alesus2 So I’m not a dietitian but I’m a researcher who’s spent a lot of time in the metabolic space, and I definitely think getting in with an RD would be a good move in your situation. Given the amount of exercise you’re doing and the low milk supply, I’m inclined to think you’re undereating...

@pauljok1 Oh he’s in the process of naturally dropping his second nap right now, which is the reason for the current grumpy evenings, and daycare is working to move his single nap later in preparation for his transition to the next room with a set 1-3 nap time, which I think will help us a lot...

@logansc My 14 month old starts bedtime at 7, is asleep by 7:45 at the latest, and wakes between 6:45 and 7:15 depending on the day and whether we have to get him up a little earlier. I’m dreading when I start my new job soon and we have to wake him up earlier - I don’t see how we’ll make it to...

@skipper0661 Have you talked to your doctor to make sure there’s nothing else impacting your weight? Thyroid issues are common postpartum and can be masked by the usual postpartum symptoms (hair loss, dry or oily skin, fatigue and difficulty with sleep, weight fluctuations, appetite changes) so...

@elam84 Not with the kind of sample size you’d have in one family. But if you have a pattern on the male side, like my husband’s family is 7:1 boys over 3 generations and 50-ish children, you might reasonably hypothesize that there is some particular aspect of that paternal line that favors...

@mimi Pretty similar to 25 weeks pregnant in terms of my belly, but my breasts got larger and stayed larger. Around 9 weeks is when I finally went and bought regular jeans that fit - which were size 14 because my belly was still bigger but I wanted to be done with my maternity jeans. A few...

@brenda It kind of looks like a car seat clicked into a stroller to me, but I also know that car seat standards vary widely and some countries don’t have any legal standards, so I wouldn’t rule it out either way.

@mimi That’s fine, I’m just giving information from my experience with how my body changed in unexpected ways during the 3rd and 4th trimester. I would definitely go with the size that fit perfectly. You can always take it in a little with safety pins or tacking if you have to, but you can’t do...