r/BabyBumpsandBeyondAu

Hi - so my baby is now 13 months old. I’ve always nursed to sleep and then once we started weaning slowly around 11 months I laid down and cuddled with her (she has a double floor bed).

We still cuddle to her falling asleep every night and every nap. I know that plenty of people will say that their babies have fallen asleep by themselves since 6 months etc. But if you’ve been on the more coddling side of things… when and how did you start trying?

I love our cuddles more than anything as well so I’m not desperate but also would be nice for her to have the skill? Every now and then 30 min in the evening is rough. Also we are now contemplating trying for a second so don’t know what that looks like?

Would love any insight / advice! Thanks :)

I’m 24wks. First pregnancy. Before I was pregnant I weight about 65kg and am now at 74. That feels like too much weight to have put on in such a short amount of time.

I’m feeling really upset and uncomfortable about my body for the first time in my life and it’s so confronting.

What strategies or things did you all do to help with this?

Trying to go plastic-free as much as possible, all the kids stuff is made out of cheap looking plastic which also doesn't last. Please also recommend other things where you've made the plastic-free switch!

Edit: Appreciate all the recommendations!!!

Hey everyone! My 7. 5month-old (6 months adjusted) has officially outgrown his Aquascale bath. He can sit in his high chair, but he isn't able to sit independently on the floor just yet.

I'm looking at getting either a bath seat or something like the Shnuggle, as I love the idea of being able to just pop him in and give him a bath without having to constantly support him.

He's also a big boy at around 10kg, so I'm looking for something that can safely support his weight and is suitable for a baby who can sit with support but isn't independently sitting yet.

I'm tossing up between a bath seat and the Shnuggle. Has anyone used either with a baby at a similar stage? What did you prefer, and are there any particular products you'd recommend?

Thanks in advance!

Is it unethical to use my personal leave 2 months before my baby’s birth?

Hi mums, my baby boy is now 9 months old, a happiest little pie all day until his sleep. He giggles, coos, crawls and stands up all day. He always makes sure his day is a new day of exploring. He’s naturally a happy & chill boy during the day. He has 2 naps a day. 2/2.5 hours all together.

When he gets in bed at 7.30, he’ll only sleep for probs 2 hours before waking up & crying. I’ll usually soothe him by patting his bump, cuddling or rocking depending on his mood. He’ll usually be back to sleep after 15, 20 mins. But it’s like a clock work, he’s up like that every hour afterwards. The worst is from 3am, he’ll scream even being held & rocked. It’ll usually be 30 mins or 45 mins before he settles again but from here, I can’t put him down anymore. He will be alerted & scream again even if I just bend down to the rocking chair.

You may have some advice for me so that I can help him sleep better?

We want to do an international trip with our baby before he turns 1 (next February) but are not sure on where to go.

We're currently thinking of New Zealand (we live in Sydney so not a huge flight) and most likely planning to go in January some time.

Any recommendations on where would be good to go with an 11 month old? Either in New Zealand or somewhere else internationally?

Hi there

Next year I will be going back to work part time and my baby will be looked after by her grandparents. We are very grateful to be having this arrangement.

To help me plan logistically, i'd love if anyone could share their night/morning routines getting ready.

For example,
- Packing food etc night before?
- Waking up day of, getting ready first, then waking baby and driving to grandparents?
- Do you go into the office
- How far are your grandparents?
- Does anyone drive to grandparents the night before to avoid peak hour traffic?

Etc

Has anyone else experienced this?
My bub has been crawling for about a month and has been pulling to stand and slowly cruising furniture.
Lately it seems like he’s forgotten how to wave, clap and doesn’t really babble as much anymore. Should I be worried?

From a worried FTM. Thank you

ETA: he’s 9.5 months now

I’m a FTM and my LO is 3.5 months and I’m really struggling to get him to sleep for naps and for overnight. I feel like I’m trying everything and things that were working are no longer.

He has never been great at naps but for night sleep we were able to give him a big bottle and he would then ease to sleep and sleep through to morning (10hours) for a short time. Then suddenly a flip switched and he started getting so escalated and inconsolable when putting him in his cot.

The only way I can get him to sleep is if I nurse him to sleep and then don’t move for 40mins to then attempt a cot transfer, even then it’s not always successful. Or he passes out from exhaustion. This can take hours.

He doesn’t like rocking, using a dummy, white noise, me being in the room with him, him being alone, arms in his sleep sack, arms out of his sleep sack, anything!

My mental health hasn’t been great and this has been exhausting. I’m anxious to even go to sleep incase he wakes up and when I do try to rest, I hear phantom crying.

I’m feeling so helpless, any advice, solidarity, optimism is welcomed.

Does anyone else ever get pangs of sadness where you imagine someone hurting your child in the future? Because I know life isn't all rainbows and butterflies and normal bad things happen in life.

It really makes me so so sad to imagine sadness happening to my baby. And I don't want to imagine it but it's almost like intrusive thoughts. Like I get the visual of her face crying and it makes me want to cry.

I don't know if it's just postpartum hormones as I am 7 months pp. But I randomly get these sad feelings. Randomly in the day but particularly at night.

I am also particularly scared of the world for my baby because of recent news. I just want to wrap her in bubble wrap and keep her with me forever which I know I cannot. It doesn't help that I've had to get daycare sorted too.

Anyway just venting late at night to see if anyone relates!

Hi everyone. My bub is 20 months old and we have been raising her bilingual (my husband and I speak English, and grandparents who she sees almost daily speak my mother tongue). I've noticed that her speech seems to be a bit delayed - she is very good at communicating what she wants by babbling and hand signals, understands most instructions, says about 15 words, and will repeat words when I say them. But overall she is constantly babbling but not using many words. She doesn't say mama often either. I have been trying to encourage her speech, we read lots of books and do activities but so far doesn't seem to be working. Not sure if this is normal for toddlers that are raised bilingual or if I should look into a speech therapist?

Hi guys, just wanted to know what is considered too long a nap?

My 8 month old currently naps around 3-4 hours a day split between 2 naps. One starts around 1030-11 and the afternoon nap starts around 3-330.

Bedtime is around 8-830.

I’m seeing a lot online about capping naps to around 2 hours per day.

Is my baby napping too long during the day? She wakes up twice overnight.

Thanks