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FTM here with the sweetest 2.5 week old. I had an emergency LSCS due to reduced fetal movement. Since her birth, baby has been a loud cryer, and even earned herself a reputation during our stay at the hospital. Initially we chalked it down to hunger because I didn’t have adequate secretion. We fixed this issue through diet and other interventions, but still had problems with feeding the baby because it took me a while to learn how to.

As of the past week, baby is feeding relatively well, but often gets fussy and it seems to be due to trapped gas. We burp her for 15-20 minutes after each feed, and do the gas release exercises (bicycle kicks, happy baby rocking, etc) every time we feel like her stomach is taut. We barely get a burp out of her despite the effort. We’ve tried home remedies like applying hing paste on her stomach, but I’m not sure it’s doing much either. We went into the ER last week because baby was inconsolable for more than 24h, but they just gave her paracetamol drops for the crying and asked us to keep burping her after feeds and sent us back on our way.

Another thing is she just about hit her birth weight at 16 days, and the doctor and LC have advised me to supplement feeds with expressed/pumped milk that she straight out refuses. They identified a problem with her latch, but I’ve noticed her latch is bad when she’s in pain, and on the rare occasion she’s happy and not suffering, she latches well and we have fairly smooth feeds.

I’m sure this is a common problem and one you’re just expected to weather for the first few months of birth, but is there something that makes it easier? It’s difficult watching baby in distress and not being able to do much.

Hello everyone,

My LO is soon going to complete 5 months ( in next 3 days) while my LO is just amazing overall sometimes I do worry taking her weight/ appearance. She is lean and not chubby. I know not all babies are chubby and all but being a mother sometimes this thought does pop up in my mind. Also I had heard that post 7/8 months weight anyways decreases.

Couple of things to bring to notice :
- She rolls on both sides and also makes good effort to move forward since she was 4.5 months.
- I try making her sit with support and she is trying to do that for good 10-15 seconds as well.
- I was worrying about how she would do away with traditional jhula ( she slept in it for barely 3 months mainly during the night) but she left it on it own. Same with swaddle, took us a day but then now she sleeps in arms up sleepy.
- She gives good 6-7 hours of stretch of sleep with one feed in after 6/7 hours ( kind of dream feed only)
- She rotates on the mat all over.
- She is active, constantly moving hands and legs, hold her feet with his hands, smiles laughs and alert as well of the surroundings.
In short, she has been nailing at all her milestones.

I don't know why am I still worried with the fact that she looks lean and tiny to me. Couple of people did tell me that aww, she looks so tiny and small of her age.
Her born weight was 3.3 kg and as on 25th Sep it was 6 kg with 61 cm height.

Am I not eating anything right? Or is her metabolism good ? Should I add anything in my diet that would help? Is it too late for me to do anything for her to have a considerable fat around? Note : She does have a bit chubby cheeks but overall body is lean. Also she is EBF.

Please share your thoughts/ recommendations if any!

Bedtime has become such a struggle lately some nights my little one settles easily but other nights they keep getting up or just don’t want to sleep 😭 I’ve tried keeping the bedtime routine consistent but it doesn’t always work. I’m wondering if I’m missing smtg or if this is just a phase.

Hi everyone! 😊
We’re expecting a baby boy and have shortlisted a few Indian names. We’re looking for something that feels Indian, has a nice meaning, and is relatively easy for people in the U.S. to pronounce and spell.
At the same time, we don’t want to go with a name that’s too common or that we hear everywhere. We’re hoping to find something that feels a little unique without being difficult to pronounce.
Our current shortlist is:
Aarush
Atharv
Ariv
Kairav
Daksh
Anay
Anvay
Advait
Arth
I’m also completely open to suggestions! I’d love to hear some names that aren’t on my list! ❤️

hi, we are building a platform for kids of class 6+ and I want to talk to parents of these kids.

Quick glimpse -- parents today are busy and child (of these age) have generally their own routine and we want to make parents more involved/present into kids learning and growing, in a way that significantly benefit kids (in their learning, growing and becoming curious learners) while improving parents participation, awareness of their kids. These are important foundational years and we believe we can make the learning journey a lot more fun, engaging and productive and ready for future.

We piloted with about 100 parents and I want to expand the pilot. Kindly DM, if interested, I'll share more details.