u/Disastrous_Cookie121

My 6 month old is a pretty great eater. He knows how to bite off food (often time pieces that are wayyyyy too big). He begs for food. He holds food in his hand great.

I want to provide him iron rich foods and steak seems like a great option. But, every time I try it he bites off huge chunks. Chunks that even I would have a mouth-full of. I’ve tried three times and it just seems like such a choking hazard. I thought I made the steak pretty tough? I’m confused how people are doing steak with babies without teeth.

In a ftm to a 6 month old and he is always jolly and silly. He definitely likes to be with mama and dada but I still don’t feel “love” back from him yet. He doesn’t seem to have a mom-preference either.

I’m sure he’s attached to us but when did other moms really start to feel like their baby actually loved them back?

My baby just turned 6 months and he is soooo ready to eat. He tries to grab my food, he starts phantom chewing when he sees me eat, he cries for food.

However, when I put mashed or pureed foods on his plate he doesn’t try to grab the soft foods and bring them to his mouth (yogurt, banana mash) AND he always drops foods that I try to cut into strips to make accessible (avocado strip, banana with half the peel, egg strip, etc.). He then starts crying out of frustration because he wants to eat the food and I feel so much pressure to just feed him myself.

How do I prevent this? Any other recommendations for foods that are easier for them to self-feed at this age?

I’m almost 6 months pp and a sahm. I see all these ig moms getting up and ready, going out, making intricate dinners, doing so much! Personally, I wake up and pretty much stay in my pajamas most days. I barely find time to clean or cook. I meal prep so I can heat food up. I don’t shower every day (I used to shower every morning religiously). I’m honestly exhausted and overwhelmed. I’m also not fully comfortable driving solo with the baby alone in the back because he hates the car seat.

The only time I’m getting out is when my husband is home on the weekends. Am I doing something wrong?

I’m almost 6 months pp and a sahm. I see all these ig moms getting up and ready, going out, making intricate dinners, doing so much! Personally, I wake up and pretty much stay in my pajamas most days. I barely find time to clean or cook. I meal prep so I can heat food up. I don’t shower every day (I used to shower every morning religiously). I’m honestly exhausted and overwhelmed. I’m also not fully comfortable driving solo with the baby alone in the back because he hates the car seat.

The only time I’m getting out is when my husband is home on the weekends. Am I doing something wrong?

Taking baby to beach. Need UV protection but want to do zero plastic. Can’t find any options.

Is there such thing as a zero plastic swim diaper? Any tips will help!

No luck finding a plastic-free baby swim suit for the beach. I don’t want to do just a diaper because he needs sun protection.

Any tips?

My baby was born with a tongue tie and couldn’t transfer milk. I started my pumping journey at 2 weeks pp and only could ever pump about 7 oz a day. There was always still milk left over when I hand expressed . Pumping doesn’t seem to work well for me. All to say, I did mostly formula and 1/3 BM for a while.

My baby had his tongue tie released at two months. After a month (3 months old) he started to latch. The problem is he still doesn’t seem like he’s transferring milk.

I say this because once he started latching I decided to just latch him full time instead of pumping (then give formula after). It’s been a month and I just pumped to see how my supply is doing and it’s almost gone now lol

So some babies just never learn to transfer milk?

I have a 4 month old baby and honestly everything is sooo toxic in our current marketplace and environment. I feel so anxious about it. Every day I find something else to worry about.

Today, I realized that his grandparents (whom we see often) get their house sprayed with pesticides. I don’t want to harm my baby. How do I stop worrying so much :(

So annoyed because I just found out the “natural cellulose” sponges I’ve been using have synthetic fibers in it. Of course, this isn’t advertised and is only shared in fine print.

Why is avoiding plastic so incredibly difficult?

I have a 5 month old. I’m trying to buy a high chair for him. Everyone recommends the Stokke Tripp trapp but the infant seat is all plastic.

I have found mom and pop all wood alternatives but the varnishes and lacquers are typically undisclosed. I’m at my wits end with this search.

Does anyone have any recommendations? People did say to bring the tripp trapp directly to the dining table without the infant seat, but it seems like my baby would fall?

Help.

I have a 5 month old. I’m trying to buy a high chair for him. Everyone recommends the Stokke Tripp trapp but the infant seat is all plastic.

I have found mom and pop all wood alternatives but the varnishes and lacquers are typically undisclosed. I’m at my wits end with this search.

Does anyone have any recommendations? People did say to bring the tripp trapp directly to the dining table without the infant seat, but it seems like my baby would fall?

Help.

I have the naturepedic oval organic cotton crib mattress for my stokke oval crib. It came with a cover.

I’m now realizing the cover has polyester in it?

Here are the materials: Organic cotton breathable fabric with organic cotton face and 3-dimensional polyester lattice + polyurethane waterproof barrier

I want to limit any plastics. What can I use to replace this cover? I’ve read about latex mattress toppers but can’t seem to find an oval one.

My baby, of course, uses silicone nipples on his bottles and has some silicone teethers. However, I do prefer to avoid silicone, if possible. Typically, I try to replace with rubber.

Baby is about to start solids. Has anyone found any alternatives to those silicone bibs most people use? Preferably without polyester or any plastics.

I’m a new mom who is looking for a pediatrician for my little guy.

I’m looking, specifically, for someone thoughtful, kind, attentive, and personable. We’ve seen a pediatrician thus far who has been pretty lack luster in terms of responding to our questions and engaging with our concerns.

Any recs?

Thank you!

I’m 4 months pp with a beautiful baby boy. But, whenever I think about my birth story, my time in the hospital, or those first few weeks at home, I feel so much regret for how I handled everything.

I had a C-section so I didn’t get golden hour. After he was delivered, I was so overwhelmed and exhausted that I let my baby lay in the bassinet a lot during the first few days in the hospital. I did skin to skin sometimes but if I could go back I would have him on me 24/7. It didn’t even occur to me at the time because I couldn’t even think straight tbh. I feel so sad that he was just sitting in a container most of the time.

Similarly, when we came home, I allowed him to sleep constantly in his bassinet. I did do contact naps a couple times a day but I wish I had just let him be on me all the time. He was so new to this world and he needed his mom.

Not to mention that I didn’t have breastfeeding support nor the info I needed, so I was not bringing him to my breast at the rate I should have in the early stages to build a strong supply.

I was just trying to survive during that time but I just have so many regrets. I did not have the information I needed because I was the first in my family to have a child and had little to no input from friends. I should have done more research. I was just going with the flow. I feel like I wasn’t a good mother for my baby who was probably longing for his mothers warmth at the time.

I’m sure this is PPA or PPD, or both. But, in the moments I have time to reflect it really does break my heart. I see all these moms who some how knew how to do everything right and I’m jealous.

My husband has been super helpful since we had our baby. He does half the night shift. He does laundry and makes bottles while I take care of baby full time. If he has a full days work (morning until midnight) he’ll do the night shift (one feed at night) so I’m not falling asleep on baby during the day. He does a lot.

But I still feel resentful when he acts like things are equally as hard for us. I had a hard pregnancy, I had a c-section, I have PPA and PPD, I gave up my career, my body is constantly hurting now, I suffered 3 months of trying to breastfeed and pump full time for a tongue tie baby who couldn’t transfer.

I feel ungrateful but I hate when he tries to compare what we’re going through. If I say “ my memory is so bad now, I’m insatiably hungry, I’m so rageful , I don’t feel like myself” he’ll say “same!”. Ugh idk I’m being a b*** I guess but I just feel like things aren’t the same!

Any recommendations for a high chair that is plastic-free for 6 month old?

My baby is just getting old enough to need a high chair. Everything has plastic in the tray. Any recs that use rubber or silicone?