Hi everyone,
My baby is about to turn 1 and is due their first dose of the MMRV.
My question is - why does the NHS say that the first dose of the MMRV for babies born on or after 1 January 2025 is to be given at 1 year, whereas the 1st dose for babies born between 1 September 2022 and 31 December 2024 is to be given at 3 years and 4 months?
Hi! I'm a year pp and am starting a 1-year "transformation" journey on Monday. Postpartum has been really tough on my physical and mental health, and I'm excited to get back to feeling like "me." There's a wedding I have to attend at the end of this journey, which provides a good "goal" for me to work towards. The thing I'm struggling with most is the anxiety that my efforts will be for nought so long as I am still breastfeeding.
I plan to breastfeed for as long as my baby wants to (which could mean for the entirety of the next year and beyond, but he is on three meals a day, and my period is back). But I'm also capable of being extremely disciplined, so I want a bit of reassurance that breastfeeding will not hold my progress back so long as I "lock in."
Here's my plan:
Exercise per week
- 3x weight sessions
- 2x low intensity cardio (walking/running)
- 12 weeks out from the wedding, I intend to add in a weekly reformer pilates class
Food
Prioritising dense, low-calorie foods, but not being overly restrictive, especially in the beginning. Towards the end and before the wedding, I plan on cutting out inflammatory foods and lowering my salt intake.
I currently weigh 66 kilos at 168cm and am a UK size 10.
My goal is to get down to 55 kilos and go back to a UK size 6.
Is this possible?
Hi! I'm a year pp and am starting a 1-year "transformation" journey on Monday. Postpartum has been really tough on my physical and mental health, and I'm excited to get back to feeling like "me." There's a wedding I have to attend at the end of this journey, which provides a good "goal" for me to work towards. The thing I'm struggling with most is the anxiety that my efforts will be for nought so long as I am still breastfeeding.
I plan to breastfeed for as long as my baby wants to (which could mean for the entirety of the next year and beyond, but he is on three meals a day, and my period is back). But I'm also capable of being extremely disciplined, so I want a bit of reassurance that breastfeeding will not hold my progress back so long as I "lock in."
Here's my plan:
Exercise per week
- 3x weight sessions
- 2x low intensity cardio (walking/running)
- 12 weeks out from the wedding, I intend to add in a weekly reformer pilates class
Food
Prioritising dense, low-calorie foods, but not being overly restrictive, especially in the beginning. Towards the end and before the wedding, I plan on cutting out inflammatory foods and lowering my salt intake.
I currently weigh 66 kilos at 168cm and am a UK size 10.
My goal is to get down to 55 kilos and go back to a UK size 6.
Is this possible?
Hi everyone!
As the title reads, I'm a first-time mom who's struggling a little. I'm on a journey of reinventing myself, which includes reinventing my wardrobe, and I've decided to take the leap and purchase my dream bag, which (perhaps unoriginally in a sub full of proper Chanel connoisseurs!) is the small black classic flap bag.
Money IS an object, and I am primarily considering the pre-loved route. I have the following questions:
Some context:
Please tell me if there's anything else I should consider. Thank you so much for reading <3
EDIT: I'm also open to the mini! If I go the mini-route I'll go first hand, if I go the small-route, I'll go pre-loved. I'm a bit stunned by the price difference between the mini and the small, given that the size difference isn't all that much...!
Hello everyone!
I'm a first-time mom who is 11 months postpartum. I want to spend the next year reinventing myself to give myself an identity beyond being a tired/disheveled/overworked mom. Part of this process involves finding a scent. Might be sacrilege to admit on a perfume sub, but I have never owned a perfume before! I don't know why - I guess I've always found the world of perfume to be a bit overwhelming. But I'm ready to change that.
I don't really know what I'm looking for, but I do like the following flavours:
- vanilla
- oud
- bergamot
- patchouli
And the following auras:
- Mysterious
- Deep and full-bodied
- Womanly and feminine (as opposed to girlish - not sure if I'm wording this correctly!)
I think these characteristics are quite "heavy" and "nighttime" coded, so I don't know if I should be exploring other scents for the daytime... but I'm open to all ideas! I'm also open to "mixing" scents if you think that's a better approach!
Thank you in advance :)
Hi everyone!
I'm a FTM who is eleven months postpartum. My LO is breastfed on demand (no bottles), and as we get closer to the 1-year mark, I have started to think about weaning. I have a background in child psychology, and the thing I am most concerned about between the 0-3 year mark is keeping my LO's cortisol levels at a minimum.
This objective has informed many of the parenting decisions I have made so far (i.e. exclusively breastfeeding on demand, cosleeping, no childcare, no sleep training, etc.) and some of the decisions I plan on making down the road, one of which is to let my LO self-wean when ready.
However, the lack of sleep and the physical demands of constantly being "on" are starting to take a toll on me, and I can't fathom a world in which my LO is 4-years old (for example) and still being breastfed. I know it's unlikely, but I know it's also not impossible.
Therefore, I want to know if there is any research that supports gently weaning baby (as opposed to letting them self-wean) that doesn't impact their cortisol levels or expose them to unnecessary levels of stress. If the research is aligned with the precepts of attachment/evolutionary parenting, that would be even better, but of course not necessary.
Thank you in advance.