u/scandijord

My daughter just turned 8 months and last week Monday we upped from one solids meal a day to two.

Also the week prior to upping to two meals she had basically no solids because we were traveling.

So we basically went from zero to two meals which I think made her a bit constipated. She went I think 6 days without pooping. She pooped yesterday. It was a full poop but not a blowout by any means, which we were expecting.

Now, as of maybe two days ago, she’s been refusing solids. I do a combo of primarily purees and one BLW item. She will chew on the BLW food, which I give her first, and will have 1-2 bites of her puree and then refuse.

We’ve tried prunes, pears, apples, prune and apple juice.. but with her refusing solids, that hasn’t really helped much.

I thought once she pooped her big appetite would come back but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Not looking for medical advice but more of anyone else has had a similar situation? Did it resolve on its own?

Not sure about the flare but looking to see if anyone does this!

I occasionally will “leave” work once a week to take my 8 month old daughter to Friday story time. But right now it’s only been if it lines up with her nap so we haven’t been in a few weeks.

I was thinking of signing her up for ECFE for the coming year, which is Mondays for 1.5 hours in the morning. But also debating because it’s almost $600 and I’m worried I won’t be able to take her because of work.

I obviously clock out and block off my calendar at work.

Curious if anyone else has done this?

I have an 8mo and I’ve basically always been the one to put her down for naps and bed. I personally nurse her to sleep, we lay in our bed and I just nurse her then roll away once she’s asleep.

We want to get my husband to be able to put her down as I have some singular days that I need to be away in the coming future.

So if you also nurse to sleep, how does your partner put baby down?

There’s been some structural changes recently with the company I work for so they are having a bunch of in person meetings for a day next month. The office is ~45 minutes away. But the problem is my 8 month old is EBF and refuses a bottle… I’m also the only one that ever puts her to sleep and I nurse her to sleep.

My husband (who also WFH and actually also works for the same company but apparently his team doesn’t have to go in?) is currently planning on using PTO that day to stay home with her and be able to 100% care for her. Our backup, in case he DOES have to go in, is my MIL will watch her.

I will probably only go in for the minimum amount of time required; morning meeting, team lunch, and afternoon meeting. I currently plan to skip the social hour after work.

I’m nervous about the eating situation, my husband is nervous about the nap situation.

We are going to have my husband try and give her bottles someone regularly for the next month so that she will hopefully take one. I’m also trying to teach her to use a straw cup, which she is slowly getting. She will suck for a few sips but not continuously. She does eat 2 solids meals a day currently.

I think we will also try and have my husband put her down for bed time (he’s not as flexible as I am during the day, so he wouldn’t consistently be able to do naps).

We are gonna put all the effort we can but internally I am freaking out 🥲

Currently on a weeklong vacation with my husband’s family and our 7 month old. This is our first time traveling with her. She’s been absolutely great thus far, but it’s definitely lonely. Which I wasn’t expecting.

I knew I’d have to maybe step back from a few activities or things to take care of her, especially her naps. But it’s hitting me harder that I just have to stay back at the house while everyone else goes to the beach.

I don’t regret coming on this trip by any means, I’m glad we did it with a baby! But definitely feeling more lonely than I had anticipated.