new parents

Family makes inappropriate comments about my baby So my family has always had a sense of humor that hasn’t really matched mine, and have always made some (in my mind) inappropriate comments. For instance I’ve always been petite with a larger butt and when I was probably as early as 9 they would...

Things have stabilized enough for me to write this out, in case any of you find it helpful. Excuse the lack of formatting. I'm not on mobile, im just lazy. Bold stuff is the actual tips, the rest is detail you may or may not want. We were scheduled for induction at week 37. Initially it was...

I’m 3 weeks Pp. Incision is healed. However I’ve been having light twinges of pain in my abdomen area. Wondering if anyone else had this and it was normal or was it a sign of internal infection? Thanks

Our baby boy was born 10th percentile (6 lbs 3 oz) and would down more food (formula initially then breastmilk due to supply issues) than he was supposed to the first month of life. We assumed he was compensating for my possible IUGR. He increased in percentile, just not dramatically, and he’s...

Wife thought she was seeing signs of miscarriage yesterday at 7 weeks. Called advice nurse and she recommended going into ER. Luckily everything was good! Ultrasound was normal, saw a heartbeat and blood and urine came back with great hormone levels. It was 5 hours in the ER but worth it to know...

My 4 month old has her 4 month pediatrician appointment on Friday, and I’m already dreading the vaccines. When she received her shots at the 2 month appointment, she wailed like I’ve never seen her wail, and it automatically made me cry. I did my best to stay calm so I could calm her, but it...

Hey guys. My wife and I graduated yesterday with a healthy baby boy. My wife rocked labor and delivery. She went from 3cm, to 5cm, to 10cm in about 6 hours and it only took 2.5 pushes to see our boy. It was truly amazing. Thought I’d share a few things I’ve found helpful in the first 24 hours...

I see many different baby-packs that people wear... a lpicture feed can be seen here: Pack Pictures What I wanted to ask is if any of you have recommendations on whether one pack is "better" front pack, back pack, the tower pack etc :) Thanks!!

So she's technically a nurse practitioner but she told me that if my 6mo isn't sitting up on his own by 7 months he needs physical therapy. Isn't this a bit extreme? All the research I've found said they can sit up unassisted anywhere from 6-8 months. I'm considering switching, I just want to...

We're in the middle of week 38 and he's estimated to end up around 8 lbs. First child at 35! We're thrilled and I can't wait. It will be the best day of my life.

Don’t know if this is the right sub. Me and my girl been together for 7 years. For the last 2 years we decided against any type of contraceptives including pulling out. No sign of pregnancy the last two years I.e late periods etc. Now she’s pregnant. Why do I have this worm of a thought...

So my husband and I had a visit with my family in law yesterday (outside, masked), and there were just some things that really made me feel like either I wasn’t doing a good job or I didn’t know my babe best. But I’ve decided “f**k that! I know my kid best. Yes sometimes it takes 30-60 mins to...

My 8.5 month old doesn’t have teeth and isn’t showing any signs of getting them any time soon. I couldn’t care less, she’ll get teeth when she gets teeth. But without fail her grandparents message almost weekly “Any teeth yet?!?!!!!” I usually reply with “no but she’s standing and crawling and...

Laying down tonight is a bit surreal in about 15mins it will be exactly 1year from that moment of ‘oh no’ 1:30am 4/23/23 I was trying to get to bed and I started to feel what I told myself were Braxton hix contractions, I couldn’t be in labor, I had a c/s scheduled two days from now and my baby...

I asked a question/discussion at RAOA (Random act of amazon) about needs for new parents. I have complied a list of their comments. Thread from RAOA Some of these are common sense, others however I had no idea about or didn't even think of. Maybe something for you and your SO to talk about or...

Usually H is such a good girl. Happy little babe, only cries when she’s hungry or tired or wants to be held. She’s hit milestone after milestone and is very advanced for her age. She’s breastfed every couple hours. We have to co sleep or I wouldn’t ever rest- it’s been like this since day...

Just learned from ultrasound our pregnancy cannot go forward. The doctor gave us three options, wait(natural), medicine to induce, or D&C. We are leaning towards d&c because it seems less emotionally taxing. Anyone have any insight on the Financial cost of that with insurance in the USA?

We’re both scared to death, wife is T1D @ 33+5, had high blood pressures all day, called OB recommended we go to L&D. Now we’re waiting to be transferred to a hospital with a NICU, got her in a Mag Drip, something to curb Anxiety. Godspeed boys, I’ll see you Ina few days!

Hi y’all, a very generous friend gave us a big box of hand-me-down clothes for our first baby (due in September), and it’s a mix of 0-3m and 3-6m My question is, will we also need NB clothing? And if so, how many items of each type? Relevant info: due in early September, in TX!

So important to know me and my husband don’t have any family close to us. We’re from different countries and we’re currently living in my husband’s country because of work. His family lives 5 to 6 hours away not counting the breaks we would have to take. Thanksgiving is not really something I...