new parents

Knowing my life is about to change forever in about 5 weeks or so, I’m trying to figure out what are some things I can focus on to enjoy and make the best of these remaining weeks of young adult “freedom” per say with my wife. It’s our first child and we have always enjoyed the freedom we have...

My wife and I had been casually trying for a couple of years, hoping for a "surprise", but it never came. So we decided to get serious, and downloaded a bunch of apps, so we could track the optimal window of opportunity. We tried for 2 years, but nothing happened. In 2017, we decided to find...

Once again this community helps each other, two important notes Pregnant ladies if you are lurking, it’s best not to do sit ups / crunches, certainly not beyond the first trimester. There are more efficient workouts to strengthen your core than sit ups, the NHS website in the U.K. has a great...

Wifey and I have our first trip/vacation since having our daughter in a few weeks. It’s equal parts exciting and super nerv racking. I’m worried I’m going to spend most of the trip worrying about our girl, whom is staying with the M.I.L. while we’re gone. What did you all do to coup with being...

So, my wife and I are expecting twins in November, and we're looking at different stroller/car seat options. The Baby Trend Sit N Stand Tandem Stroller seems to fit our needs, but was wondering if anyone had any experience with it and if they found it to be a good purchase? Here's a link to it...

He is almost two weeks old, but I have been so busy enjoying him, I never got a chance to introduce him. Its been almost surreal. He is actually asleep on my chest as I am typing this. Jack Seamus, born 10/3/15 at 9:36 am VIA c-section. 8lbs 7oz and 20-3/4". See you fellas on the other side.

Okay so we just went to her 6 month pediatrician appt, and she’s around 69% in height but only 11% in weight. She’s about 14 or 15 lbs and she gained since last appt. But my thing is, she’ll almost be 7 months old (she was 3 weeks early term) and she drinks from the bottle around 4 oz give or...

Hey there, My wife is 34 weeks pregnant with Di/Di boys last Thursday we were sent to L&D triage to address high blood pressure (140s/90s). After labs we found that her urine marker for preeclampsia was just over the 0.30 reference range at 0.34. Today we went in for a growth scan and twin A...

Anybody else experiencing this? I don’t think she could possibly be teething yet, but man, the droolZzz… glad I have a laundry machine

I have seen a lot of miscarriage posts and want to act as a reassuring voice for those who have lost loved ones. My wife suffered a miscarriage and an ectopic and now we are at around 10 weeks gestation. I want to set the record straight on miscarriage risk. I feel that it should be normalized...

Hi! I had a c section in September of 2022, so she is 5 months now. My husband has started talking about having a 2nd baby... soon! I said maybe May or June we could try (I really don't want another summer pregnancy!). I'd end up with 2 under 2 if we did this, I'm curious how you did this...

I can keep a pretty strong poker face so I'm trying to come up with ways I can troll my wife about the gender since she's decided not to know it yet. So I've got about 4 months to F with her. Suggestions welcome.

Apologies for long post in advance! Hi all FTM mom with a 7 week old baby girl, and she is struggling to gain weight. I was reading a few other threads and sounds like everyone at this age is eating 3-3.5oz per feeding 7-8 times a day. How is everyone able to get so much in their baby? We are...

My wife is 37 weeks and her water broke this morning! I went to work as we weren't 100% sure it'd happen today, but she had the midwives confirm she definitely had her water break so they're saying we've gotta be induced today. Headed home to pack (thought we had more time, DON'T MAKE MY...

What's the split ratio between NB and 0-3 months?

My LO was sleeping very consistently until 9:30-10am for months. Then a bit after 4.5 MO she started waking at 8:30 am like clockwork for a couple of weeks until she hit 5 MO and now today is the second day in a row she woke at 7:30 am. Her bedtime hasn’t changed. Anyone else?

My wife got pregnant last March, we were over the moon excited. Had our ultrasound, heard the heartbeat emotions were high. Unfortunately we had a miscarriage at 10 weeks. It was very difficult and we were devastated. After months of trying to conceive again we finally did it. We are at 7 weeks...

I am starting to receive bills from the hospital for my baby’s birth and associated appointments while in L&D. My baby was born vaginally at 38 weeks with no other complications. I have received claims for 3 neonatologist visits while in the hospital for 36 hours post labor. Each visit is...

Me and my wife are going to use a (Graco) Pack n Play for the first 6 months of our daughters life and then move on to a crib. Anyone here do the same thing or have gone through the same process and ended up cribbing the whole way through?

Sorry, didn’t know how to word it but my 3 month old still fits into clothes that say “up to 1 month” and I’m quite confused by this. I see many posts where kids are too big but not where they’re too small so is this normal? Does it mean she’s smaller than her peers? The health visitor didn’t...