Does anyone have experience with Prospera for maternal mental health? They have a ton of positive reviews on their website, but I couldn’t find any reviews on third-party website like Google. seems sketchy.
Baby is 8 months old, he is super active - crawling, getting into sitting by himself, and is already able to pull to stand. The thing is, he's still kind of wobbly and falls over not infrequently.
Today while trying to get into sitting from crawling (on the floor), he tumbled over and fell smack onto the back of his head onto hardwood floors. He cried hard for 20 seconds but seemed fine afterwards. I'm so worried. I called his doc and they told me to watch out for signs of head injuries, which made me worry even more.
We have hardwood floors all over the house and he NEVER wants to stay on his play mat anymore. He falls over on the front, back, and side of his head at least a few times a week. Are these all considered head injuries??? Any ideas on how to prevent this? Baby helmet perhaps? I can't put rugs all over the house.
Ok this is a weird one, I know. I’m in my mid 30s. I live with my husband and our young baby. My mother was abusive to me as a child, and I don’t speak to her really. Tbh I have not really missed having a mother because we never had a good relationship anyway. However, now that I’m a mom myself, I so wish I had a mom that I could talk to on hard days or someone to give me advice on random things. I’m hoping to make friends with older ladies who wouldn't mind the friendship from a younger woman.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Edit: Wow thank you all so much for the thoughtful comments! I can't believe this many people care. I'll be reading through each one in detail.
We’ve been using Swiffer dry cloths for sweeping the floors (not the wet type with fragrance and cleaners etc.). It works really well and picks up a ton of dust. We sweep gently and obviously discard the cloths after a single use. Now I know these cloths are made of plastic, so I’m wondering whether I should worry about the microplastic shedding? People have recommended microfiber cloths but those are plastic too, so that doesn’t work.
Wanted to get a gut check from folks here whether I’m being paranoid?
One of the most unexpectedly difficult parts of finding a nanny for our baby has been that EVERYONE seems to use scented products. Like you can immediately smell fragrance on them, be it hair spray, laundry detergent etc.
We finally found a great nanny. We explained to her that baby has sensitive skin and we'd like her to avoid scented products. She readily agreed and said she doesn't use anything scented. We offered to buy her our preferred laundry detergent anyway and she accepted. She showed up on the first day and I could immediately smell this artificial fragrance that wafts in with her. It's not subtle. She does not use leave-in hair products or body lotion, so I think it's either her body wash or shampoo/conditioner but I'm not sure. I didn't say anything because she had already agreed to the detergent switch, I didn't want to be overbearing.
But now a few weeks in, it's bothering me more and more. Baby's clothes smell like this fragrance, baby's hair smells like it, baby's room smells like it after she leaves. I feel really irked because I worry about baby's sensitive skin (and also having baby breathe in all this fragrance at a close distance every day). But I'm wondering whether I'd be unreasonable to bring it up to her? I'm happy to purchase the product swaps for her, but I'm also feeling a little crazy because...why is everyone using fragrance in their personal care products?? It's not THAT hard to avoid.
My six month old had wheat for the first time yesterday. Two hours later, he projectile vomited everything out, it was terrifying. This morning he had a few bouts of diarrhea. I called his doc and they said it’s likely FPIES and referred us to an allergist. I actually had heard of this before having him, but it’s pretty rare so I didn’t think my baby would have it and did not worry about it at all. I feel absolutely devastated. Just feeling so so so down for my poor baby, worried sick about what this means for his long term health, and completely overwhelmed by what’s ahead. If people have happy endings to FPIES, I’d love to hear. Thank you.