Hey everyone! Y’all convinced me. I’m picking up the Snoo today! My LO is 5wks old and has been swaddled with the LTD since he prefers his hands by his face. We keep the house at 75-76F (hot weather place, like it’s over 100 outside today). Should I just try the Snoo swaddle and see how he likes it?
If he doesn’t like it or can escape then any advice for that?
FTM here with a 5wk old who sleeps 1-3 hours (*each sleep cycle) overnight. Usually I have troubles getting him to re-settle around 4-5am. I’m due to go back to work at 10-11 weeks PP, husband goes back to work next week. We get decent stretches it seems with a regular bassinet. Would getting a Snoo be worth it especially for future sleep regressions?
Anyone go from a regular bassinet to a Snoo at around this age and have feedback - good and bad?
ETA: I got one! It got us a 2.5hr nap today for first time use. It’s the longest non-contact nap as of yet!
I’m a FTM to a 1mo LO who regained birth weight (almost a lb over) at 2 week appt. I feed on demand now and still track feeding and diapers (keeps my PPA/PPD in check a bit). But I’ve noticed my LO has been eating 32-40oz a day (EFF) for the past 2 weeks, feeds are about every 2-4 hours (8-10 feeds a day) and wanting 3-6oz per feed usually.
LO is not excessively spitting up, we try pacifiers to see if that helps soothe which sometimes it does and others it does not. When it doesn’t work, and LO has already been burped, and won’t settle after 10-20min then we will offer more if there are persistent hunger cues. The bigger feeds tend to happen at night.
We have our month checkup appt this week but was looking to see if anyone else has experienced this and if there’s any particular things I should note for the pediatrician.
Hey y’all! FTM (29F) here to a 4wk old. My husband is going back to work in 2 weeks, so I’ll have an additional 5-6 weeks where I’ll be solo for 4 days a week for my remaining maternity leave. My husband works 10-12hr mid shifts, so I’ll handle bedtime solo and most of the night as well.
Any tips/tricks or general advice/words of wisdom to share? I’m really nervous for this given my PPA/PPD.
Even more nervous for how we will handle this when I return to work (12-14hr day shifts, 3 days a week).
Looking for advice for how to get our little one (2 weeks old) to more properly sit up in the car seat, his head just seems to be in the wrong position to me. I’m considering removing the newborn inserts in the shoulder pads? They’re noted as optional for this seat.
*second picture is car seat not in the car/base.
**it’s actually the britax arbor my apologies!
LO is 2 weeks old, FTM here.
Alright, so our pediatrician said we can transition from similac 360 to members mark advantage premium (for cost reasons, LO was tolerating 360 well). They also said we don’t need to do a transition period.
Well day 1 (Sunday) we did a cold turkey transition and our LO had never spit up before this, well it was spit up central! At one point I thought he was gonna choke on it. So yesterday I did a 75/25 and today a 50/50. Yesterday was significantly better with almost no spit up episodes. Today he spit up with the first bottle, he takes about 1-3 oz per feeding every 1-3 hours.
Because of previous eating weirdness like seeming to not swallow when supposed to, a slight lip tie, and coughing during eating, we already do paced feeding, he’s on a transition nipple with burping every 1/2-1oz, and he sits upright after for minimum 20-30 min.
Will it just take time for his GI to adjust? Or is this saying he’s likely not going to tolerate members mark well? I was gonna do 2-3 days on the 50/50 before doing a day or two of 25/75.
He’s on probiotics and gas drops already to see if that helps.
I’m a FTM, a little over a week postpartum and find myself crying multiple times a day. Often there’s no overt trigger, just an emotional wave but then during the crying I find myself thinking I’m an inadequate mother and partner. I wonder if I can truly survive months more of newborn phase, and if I was even meant to be a mother. I honestly wouldn’t even feed myself if it wasn’t for my partner making food right now.
I love my LO, I’m not thinking of harming myself or my child, but I do suffer from anxiety prior to pregnancy and currently am off any medications (stopped during pregnancy due to emotional blunting). I don’t know how normal this is from the hormonal fluctuations, sleep disturbances, etc. I’ve already reached out to my OBGYN regarding starting medications and seeking resources for additional mental health support and referrals.
I just wanted to express my utmost gratitude to this sub for validating my feelings of guilt but also assuring me in the best ways. We’ve officially made the switch to EFF and I can do so with confidence that this is the best thing for our family. I can be present now. My husband can do shifts and feed without interrupting my sleep. My LO is almost at his birth weight at a week old, thriving, full, and most importantly happy and loved.
The* comments from this sub contributed to helping me with the compulsion and emerging PPA/PPD. I can imagine how exhausting it can be to see the same thoughts/posts over and over - whether it’s triggering for those who’ve experienced it, or it springs feelings for those that chose EFF. I see the effort you guys put in and it doesn’t go unrecognized.
Thanks from this FTM.
TLDR; Am I “giving up” too early (a week in)? Also would love insights, tips/tricks, etc. regarding EFF in the event that’s what I end up doing!
I’m a FTM to a week old LO. My BF journey started with struggles with flat nipples and large, tubular breasts and my LO has a slight lip tie. This week has been challenging to say the least.
I don’t do well waking up in bursts for BF, the cluster feedings, my nipples are getting so sore and painful due to latching difficulties. I’ve consulted two pediatricians, a SLP, 3 LCs, and a myofunctional therapist in attempts to figure out if it’s a problem that can be fixed. I became obsessed in the first few days, especially noticing the jaundice. I debated buying a scale to monitor his weight in general + weighted feedings, but my husband veto’d that out of concern for my mental health. I wasn’t sleeping well, I was obsessed with at least attempting to feed him and then pumping. Some of our recent latch attempts have been better, but there’s always some underlying pain and deformity that happens to my nipple.
Pumping hurts even with proper sizing, and I don’t want to do MOTNA sessions. I eventually will be going back to my job (ECC veterinarian) where I work 12 hr shifts, don’t always get breaks or a lunch, etc. to where I’m worried it’d be easy to backslide to those obsessive tendencies.
All that being said, I can’t help but wonder if I’m throwing in the towel too early, if this is me just giving up, etc.?
I’d also love to have some tips/tricks and must knows about EFF!
ETA: Thank you everyone! I’m meeting with our pediatrician in a few days for a weight check, we will be discussing EFF moving forward at this check. I enjoyed the freedom and the ability to focus on moments rather than obsessively pumping and BF throughout the day today. I would much rather the rest of my PP journey to look like this than what it has the past few nights.
Hey everyone! FTM here needing some troubleshooting, advice, and/or words of encouragement. My LO is a little over 24hrs old and yesterday challenged me.
I was told by a LC that I have flat nipples and that paired with large breasts will make my LO taking to the breast a lot more difficult. He wasn’t seemingly interested according to the nurses for the first ~10hrs after L&D so they had be express colostrum and offer via bottle nipple. He readily ate the 5mL I could express. The following session I was only able to produce 3mL (suspect ill-fitting pump avail at hospital), and he wasn’t able to latch well.
This most recent feeding he seemed to produce a significantly better latch and I feel like I saw swallowing along with the suckling motions. The nurses/LC tell me I’ll just *know* when it’s a good latch, but it seems like the times I say I suspect it is they say it isn’t and vice versa. But after this recent feeding he was finger sucking and lip smacking which made me worried he was still hungry. I attempted to place him on the breast again and he seemed willing, but was crying already due to me adjusting him again.
He’s lost ~2.5% of birth body weight, hospital said they don’t supplement with formula until >/=10%. He’s supplied 1 diaper with pee, and 4 with bowel movements. I’m planning on having a nurse be present for the next feeding (due around now) to have someone help with my confidence on if he is latching appropriately.
I have nipple supple cups on their way and plan on using the correct flange pump once we get home. The LC wanted to not jump to nipple shields yet without trying other things first.