u/Mysterious-Debt-4669

My baby boy is 11 months old (adjusted). He's crawling everywhere, climbing, pulling to stand, not quite walking but we will be there very soon. Currently, he sleeps in his crib. He always has. He was a good sleeper until we hit the 4 month sleep regression and he's been waking up multiple times a night every night since then. Only on rare occasions when some freak thing happens and he sleeps through the night. Were entering the phase of life where his body wants to do so much, he fights sleep. He wants to stay awake. He has massive FOMO. Separation anxiety is SO real. Which is why I've been wanting to switch him to a floor bed. He sleeps better on me, and honestly so do I. Except I don't have a safe space to do that currently. Plus, he just started daycare and they have him take his naps on a sleep mat anyway. He's been doing well on it.

My issue is there's so much to this, I don't know where to start. I was thinking of getting something like in the picture. But I'm also seeing some parents say it's a hazard cause once they start climbing they can yeet themselves over the ledge. He almost did this in the tub once. Should I just get slats? Obviously I'd need to baby proof the room regardless but I'm concerned on how to go about this. I have a rocker. Can that stay or does it have to go? We still use it often for night feeds. Furniture needs to be anchored definitely. Advice please.

Struggling full time working mom here having NO idea what to feed my baby on a daily basis. Decision fatigue clouds me on a regular basis. Its hard enough to plan our meals on a weekly basis but having to make a whole other meal plan for my baby too is mind blowing. He just turned one but is delayed 3 months due to his prematurity, born at 28 weeks.

I've been doing both purees and solids when he started showing signs that he was interested. I made all his purees at night. It was easy cause I'd just blend up everything we ate for dinner and stick it in the freezer. Now that I'm trying to wean more towards solids vs purees, I'm finding it difficult. I don't get home from work until 5 to 6 most nights. If I cook for us its not until after the baby goes to bed at 730 or 8 so I'm left heating up some tater tots with blueberries for him. I try eggs, he doesn't really like them. They normally end up on the floor. Sometimes he'll eat spaghetti. Loves bananas. Loves anything potatoes. Loves squash.

Lately, he hasn't been wanting to eat at all because of his teeth. He has 4 coming in at the same time and he's really struggling. 12 months and his canines are already coming in so he's whining in pain most times even with doubling up on Motrin and Tylenol. We've been surviving on pretty much just oatmeal right now.

I just don't know what to feed him. I would LOVE to meal prep on weekends for him but I draw a blank when it comes to what I SHOULD feed him vs what he'll actually eat. Please help. I know all of us here don't know what were doing but I legitimately have no idea 😅

Edit: he used to eat what we eat. And I would still love that. The issue is we used to puree what we ate and freeze it. Im not blending anymore so its only what's in the fridge. And lately life has been hectic and I havent really cooked. Hence the post cause idk what to give him with no leftover in the fridge and no thing prepped in the freezer.