So I saw Instagram account of a mother of 2 babies and literally nothing, and I mean NOTHING in their nursery or house had any colour. It’s all so beige and sad. Even the toys were plain.Surely this is terrible for development with absolutely zero stimuli from colour?! via /r/BabyBumps https://ift.tt/mB1j3s5

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My baby is 4.5m and needs to be held for exactly 2.5 hours before I can lay her down and get out of the room without waking her up. I can’t do anything from 7 till 9:30pm and for awhile I enjoyed it because I can watch Netflix. Until tonight I had to ask my husband to finish cooking for me and he burnt it. I’m so so mad at him but also realize I am frustrated and want to be out of the room to take care of dinner and have dinner before 9. I know I can cook and eat early but my husband doesn’t get home until 6 and I want us to at least have sometime to eat together. I don’t want to be stuck in bed for 3 hours every night anymore.. Any advice? If I change her bedtime to 10 I can have dinner early and also just go to bed with her but then I lose that 2 hours of me time before bed when she is sleeping in bed alone. How to fix this situation? via /r/AttachmentParenting https://ift.tt/ey0QMaP

Baby boy is 4.5 months and we’ve chest slept since day 1. He has really bad reflux and body tension/muscle tightness so it’s been the only way he can sleep. He slept great the first few months buuttt he’s sleeping terribly now. He seems really uncomfortable on me and wakes often. He’s also a pretty big guy and I’m pretty small so I wonder if he’s just outgrowing me. Anyways, any tips on how to get him to sleep now? I try putting him on his side next to me (he absolutely won’t sleep on his back) but he’ll wake after 30 minutes. I don’t feel comfortable having him sleep on his stomach in my bed but he’s never slept away from me and the few times I did try the bassinet it was a fail. via /r/cosleeping https://ift.tt/RjxIG2c

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First time mom here! My baby was born completely unexpected at 30 and 3 and has been in the NICU for two weeks now. Everyday at the hospital I have to walk past the moms going in to have their full term baby who are so excited with their hospital bags packed and ready to go. If I don’t see those moms going in, I see the moms coming out with their full term baby in their car seat ready to go home forever. I am STRUGGLING. I am sad. I am jealous. I am angry. I can barely hold in my tears when I walk past those moms. I long to have these experiences for myself and I am just so sad and feel robbed. Not only did I miss out on basically my whole third trimester but I was rushed to the emergency room with nothing in hand to have my sweet little baby 10 minutes later whisked away from me and a NICU stay that feels like there’s no end in sight. I guess I am just venting, but I know I cannot be alone in this feeling?!?! via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/OcZWjSH

My 33 weeker is now 7 months old and I notice that she’s still somewhat behind with certain milestones (sitting, rolling both ways, etc.). Now my question is: at what age do preemies usually catch up to the point where there isn’t a big difference between them and other kids developmental wise ? via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/7KwUVdA

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30 days of nonstop beeping, wires tangling, temperature checks, asking permission to hold our baby, asking how he’s progressing, asking what we can do, asking what more can be done and being told to give him time. 30 days of coming up with plans, trying new things and hoping something will work. 30 days of meeting new nurses and doctors along with everyone in between every single day, keeping a note on my phone of names trying to remember them all. 30 days of watching other babies graduate, going home and wishing that was us. Having to leave the NICU because watching other parents be able to walk out with their baby was too hard to witness. 30 days of feeling guilty for leaving one of our boys to be with the other and always feeling divided. 30 days of putting him back in his crib at the NICU and having to leave him behind.30 days and our oldest has yet to meet his brother due to hospital policy. 30 days and the doctors no longer mention the word discharge. 30 days of endless waiting. via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/Al59FgH

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My sweet girl was born at 31.3 and has been home for two months. The first month I was giving her pumped breastmilk and fortifying to 24kcal and she was crushing her bottles (on medium flow) and in the 95%. She was doing so well our dr said we could stop fortifying. Over the last month she has started to refuse feeds and cry when getting into the side lying position to eat. I started calculating how much she was eating and it is between 17-20 oz a day. She has lost weight and is at the 60% now. She lost an ounce from last week. I have tried four different bottles and faster flow on each bottle. She does not like the faster flow and cries when we try them. Feeds just take a really long time and I am not sure if something is wrong or not. Takes about ten min an oz. Does anyone have experience with their kids losing weight or not eating as much when you stopped fortifying? It makes sense her weight would slow but I don’t know if she should be losing weight like this. I keep bringing up to the drs that maybe it’s a bottle aversion but they don’t have much to say about that. Does anyone have experience with this?? via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/mpl4dyW

Hello, everyone!I’m a first time mum who’s baby boy was born at 35+4. I nearly died of HELLP super unexpectedly so he was born via emergency section.I had already been prepared for a preterm birth weeks before, I had a week long stay in hospital with medication to stop my preterm contractions and was given shots to mature baby’s lungs just in case.The shots helped baby when he got here, he only needed a tiny bit of oxygen and was off of it rather quickly. He needed a feeding tube for a while though, which he ended up pulled out of his own nose one night while the nurses were busy with another baby.But what was the most surprising was his size. My son weighed 3,570 kg and was 49 cm tall. The average size of a full term baby. He looked full term too, compared to the tiny babies who were around his gestational age. (I also suprised people by having such a big baby because I’m only 1,43 meters tall.)Baby and I graduated a while ago, we’ve been home for 15 weeks now. But I feel our short NICU stay (2 weeks) still has an effect on me sometimes. Worrying about him breathing, a very bad case of reflux which leads to worries about his food, right now the trouble gaining like in NICU…Not to mention some questions I still have. Did anyone else have big babies despite them being preterm? Or is this just another one of the weird things my body decided to do during my pregnancy? And was it hard for you too to get people to understand why baby couldn’t come home despite their weight/hight? And did people ignore baby having been premature as soon as they came home for you too?I really wish I had thought about joining when he was just born, but I’m glad I found my way here now! via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/b1pa4gd

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So, one thing that always bothered me since getting pregnant is how much people LOVE to let you know how hard being a parent is. A lot of people are well-meaning, perhaps wanting to prepare you or share their struggles and create bonds, whatever. Maybe this is helpful for some, but for me the “just you wait”ers really fill me with anxiety about the future. Going through a hard time with your newborn? Well, you shouldn’t, because this is the “easy bit”. Wait until they start crawling and getting into everything, that’s so much harder! (Etc etc) I would love to hear about some positive things that I can really look forward to as a parent, instead of wondering how I’m going to manage all the hard stuff. My little boy is only 4 months old, but for anyone with a newborn I can say that so many things got better for us! He stopped crying all the time after 10 weeks. He started laughing LOADS at about 11 weeks. The colic and the reflux disappeared as his digestive system matured. Taking him out in public is actually fun now that we can look at things together. Sleep is still broken but now he knows the difference between night and day we get loads more sleep. Anyone else?? 🙂 via /r/NewParents https://ift.tt/I4Lswqn

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I purchased 2 first class tickets to austin from Chicago. My flight Back to Chicago from Austin was delayed four hours. I went to the admirals club to nurse my daughter since by this time she’s hungry. I go to check in and the desk staff denies me access saying my tix do not give me access to the club. I say well I bought these tix because your customer service told me I would have access. I only need to use the mothers room to feed my baby. They deny me. I leave sit at my gate and chat with customer service again this time in chat. The agent tells me again I have access to the club. I go back. They deny me again even after seeing the chat where their agent told me I had access to this club. Once again this was the reason I bought 2 1st class tix, to have a safe space to feed my baby. They deny me again each time being more and more condescending. I ask to speak to a manager, she’s sitting at a podium behind me. Heard the entire ordeal each time and does nothing. I ask to use the mothers room to feed my baby since my flight has been delayed for over 4 hours and due to the miscommunication on their end. They deny me again. I say I don’t want food, drink, only to feed my baby and leave. They still deny me. A kind guest hears me pleading and adds me as his guest. I’m on the verge of tears. Once in the lounge I see it’s empty as is the mothers room. The three women that lack customer service and empathy need new jobs and my tickets refunded. AA offered $250 in flight credits for the flight being delayed. I deserve a refund. No breastfeeding parent should have to deal with this type of treatment. via /r/breastfeeding https://ift.tt/BlEXqNa

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After 4 months NICU stay, our daughter finally came home and she’s been doing great. She’s currently 10 months corrected and tried to walk on her own. I recently noticed that she had some weird issues with her left foot/leg. When she’s trying to walk (with my help holding her), her right foot is fully flat on the floor but her left foot is tiptoed. When she’s standing, both of her feet are flat on the floor. But she does normal kicking and crawling. She previously had thrombosis in her left leg and that was treated and gone, not sure whether that would affect her walking. Or is she simply having NICU ptsd from constantly pricks on her left foot? Has anyone experienced this? I’ve mentioned to her pediatrician and will get assessed by PT as well. via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/HvMFCB5

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Our baby was born 27w4d and he’s been in the NICU for a little over 3 weeks now. What I’ve found interesting is that most of the babies in our NICU born at that age were born due to pre-eclampsia and related health concerns. In our case my wife was healthy but had gone into pre-term labor spontaneously. Did anyone else have a similar experience? If you did and you had another child, did you go into pre-term labor again?We wanted 3-4 kids originally but if our second child ends up pre-term we will likely call it quits. This stuff is too scary to deal with repeatedly. Thanks for any feedback and wishing the best for everyone and their babies. via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/TA9t0R2

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Fellow nicu parents,I need some advice. Our baby girl was born at 29 weeks 5 days and has been in the nicu for over 2 months now… they started bottle feeding a month ago and everything was going well… however my milk supply hasn’t been the greatest… it was enough for her and she was getting donor milk to make up for the remaining. They stopped donor milk at 38 weeks and started formula. My baby hasn’t been gaining a ton of weight and when I talk to the doctor they tell me it’s not great but it’s not bad either. This is probably the most frustrating thing a nicu parent can hear. Anyways, she drinks both breast milk and formula whenever milk isn’t enough. Since we started the formula, she got her 2 month vaccine, which slowed her down a little bit with the bottle feeds… which is expected – however, I am noticing that she usually finished or is close to completing the breast milk bottles than the formula bottles… she starts squirming and pushes the bottle with her tongue or pretends to fall asleep while bottle feeding with formula and as soon as I take the bottle out, she is wide awake…I have brought up the possibility of changing her formula but the providers don’t seem to entertain that idea. They also fortify the breast milk to help with her weight gain… it makes my poor child so gassy and fussy… The main reason they haven’t removed her nasal and feeding tube is because she needs to finish 90% of the bottle consistently… well that is not happening right now… I don’t know what to do.. have any of y’all gone through a similar situation? Any advice is highly appreciated! A tired and frustrated mom. via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/RXG1Omd

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A little history. Our son was born last April at 29+5 weeks by emergency C section due to a huge bleed (placenta praevia). He spent until the beginning of June at the NICU and has now been home for 3 weeks, his adjusted age is just over a week now.I wanted to breastfeed him, as I breastfed our first son too. It was also recommended by our doctors because breastmilk can help prevent preemies from getting certain complications. So I pumped. I started a couple hours after giving birth and I pumped 8 times a day for about 2 months. I had enough production after a couple of days to feed my son (he wasn’t eating a lot yet) and was able to get my supply to a good level in a couple of weeks. I pumped at night,at home, in the Ronald McDonald house, and in the NICU next to my sons incubator. I pumped through his transfer to a higher level NICU because he contracted meningitis. I found a way to work with my elastic nipples. I had help from the hospitals lactation consultants and of course my husband.At 35 weeks a huge milestone. Our son could start drinking from bottles and the breast. (Previously he received all his milk through a NG tube.) We are so lucky that he took to feeding immediately. The nurses were amazed by the volume he started to drink and he hardly ever choked.At almost 38 weeks our son was ready to come home. The day before discharge it was decided his NG tube could come out entirely. It was stressful; what if he wouldn’t drink enough? To increase the tension his discharge was during a big heat wave. He surprised all of us again! He started drinking way more than the minimum and nursed for most feedings without difficulty.Yesterday I did weighted feedings all day. He’s grown over a pound in the last 10 days. Today I spoke to our lactation consultant again. She thinks he’s ready to completely nurse on demand.I’m so proud of what we achieved together. I completely understand that many moms are unable or unwilling to go this route with a preemie because it’s not easy. But it is what we decided to aim for and we did it! via /r/breastfeeding https://ift.tt/NyHUGbQ

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Last weekend I saw something at Larry’s Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie.. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse- sized tazer. The effects of the tazer were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety…..??WAY TOO COOL! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button and pressed it agains t a metal surface at the same time; I’d get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs. AWESOME!!!Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn’t be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right? There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong?So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries. All the while I’m looking at this little device measuring about 5″ long, less than 3/4 inch in circumfer ence; pretty cute really and (loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, ‘no possible way!’ What happened next is almost beyond description, but I’ll do my best.. .?I’m sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, ‘don’t do it dipstick,’ reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn’t hurt all that bad. I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and . .HOLY MOTHER OF GOD . . WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION . .I’m pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs? The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room.Note: If you ever feel compelled to ‘mug’ yourself with a tazer, one note of caution: there is no such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor.. A three second burst would be considered conservative.A minute or so later (I can’t be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling.Apparently I pooped on myself, but was too numb to know for sure and my sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head which I believe came from my hair. I’m still looking for my testicles and I’m offering a significant reward for their safe return!P.S. My wife, can’t stop laughing about my experience, loved the gift, and now regularly threatens me with it!If you think education is difficult, try being stupid !!! via /r/funny https://ift.tt/leZC5hP

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Hi everyone,I hope you’re doing well. I have a question regarding my premature baby’s weight gain and the use of fortified milk. I would really appreciate your insights and advice on this matter.My baby was born at 31 weeks 1 day and spent 40 days in the NICU. During that time, he received fortified breast milk. However, when he reached 2 kg, the doctor advised us to switch to exclusive breastfeeding without fortification and rely on external mineral supplements instead.The challenge is that my baby hasn’t taken to breastfeeding and is currently on bottle feeding. While he has been gaining weight, it has been quite slow. Over the past four weeks, his weight gain has been as follows: 110 gm, 70 gm, 110 gm, and 170 gm.Recently, the doctor diagnosed him with cholestasis, which they believe is the reason for the slow weight gain. However, I have my doubts. My baby has successfully fought off more significant infections in the past with healthier weight gain. I feel like he might be deviating from the expected growth curve.When I expressed my concerns to the doctor, they mentioned that fortifying the milk is our choice, but they don’t see any clear benefits. On the other hand, I personally believe that fortification could be beneficial for my baby’s weight gain. However, I am worried about potential drawbacks or side effects that could arise from fortifying his milk.It’s important to mention that we are currently in India, and while our doctors are highly knowledgeable, they sometimes brush aside our doubts and concerns without giving them proper consideration.Therefore, I kindly ask for your advice and insights on this matter. Should we start fortifying my baby’s milk now, or should we continue with the current feeding regimen? If you have any experience or knowledge regarding the benefits and potential cons of fortifying milk for premature babies, I would greatly appreciate your input.Thank you so much in advance for your help. I really want to make an informed decision for my baby’s well-being.TL;DR: Premature baby born at 31 weeks 1 day, currently 3 months old. Stayed in NICU for 40 days and received fortified breast milk. Doctor advised us to switch to breastfeeding at 2 kg, but baby didn’t take to it and is now on bottle feed. Weight gain has been slow, and doctor attributes it to cholestasis. I believe fortifying the milk could be beneficial for weight gain, but doctor disagrees. Seeking advice on whether to start fortification now and any potential cons. via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/AauxIUG

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27+1/ 85 days in NICU / 1lb 6oz/623g. 28 cal formula/ Maternal breast milk. 7mo / 4mo adjusted!Question at very bottom!!Since the beginning baby has NOT taken bottles well. Spits up/ back arching— acting like she HATES the taste. Just not a good eater in general. She has always taken small volumes (2oz when she came home) and now about 120mL!But I’ve been doing this for FOUR months. And I can’t anymore. Every feed is TERRIBLE and giving a bottle in public is humiliating and people always give their input… (she cries/ is in pain etc)I was talking to a friend who said when they went straight formula… their baby’s life CHANGED. Happy… etc. My husband things the reason our baby is struggling is that my breast milk is thick… plus we fortify it to 28 cal. I am SO tired of my baby being miserable and the NICU/ped.. telling me, “as long as she is gaining weight…”. (She is gaining the perfect amount of weight rn)When we do our one BF in the morning she tolerates it well!!Soooo did any of you switch to straight formula and have success? Did any of you kind of go rogue and wean off of formula completely?? Did you just suffer until they were on solids?? I want to hear all of your stories!** I LOVE our support nurses/drs /nutritionists, but I feel like they just don’t get the human side of all of this!! via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/H7iaIJM

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Hello from Svenska friends!So i was recently visiting my family in Terråk and during lunchtime conversation about history and WW1 (i have no idea how we reached that topic though) my grandpa told me a story about my great great grandpa, Nikodemus, and how he fought alongside Serbs in Serbian army during WW1. He told me that the reason why Nikodemus joined Serbian army is because during his visit to Constantinople back in the 1900s (it was a business trip, he was a geographer, but not so well known unfortunately), he stayed in Belgrad, Serbia (Kingdom of Serbia back then i guess?) and fell in love with one waitress. He didn’t want to leave her but she also refused to go with him. My grandpa said that the he doesn’t remember the reason why she didn’t want to come with Nikodemus, but said that he fell in love with her so much that he paid for her photo to be made and carried with him at all times. I guess photographs were costly back then, haha.Anyway, when he returned to from Constantinople to Belgrad, he tried to find her, but the owner of the pub (or hotel, bar?) said that she left the work to go back to her village. Disappointed, he went back to Sweden but never forgot about her.Couple of years went by and WW1 started. He felt sorry for Serbian people who he met while he was over there and described them as one of the most kind and welcoming people that he ever met (mind you, he visited A LOT of countries). He decided to go to Serbia to offer help to logistics and didn’t plan to grab the rifle because he was a pacifist, but after he arrived he got familiar with the situation. True or not, he said that Austrians hanged Serb woman, children as well and fed them to the dogs. He was terrified and decided to join Serbian army in their battle. My grandpa doesn’t know exactly which battles Nikodemus fought, but knows that he fought somewhere in the western Serbia. He also said that he went through Albania, through retreat i assume, with Serbian soldiers and that he pushed together with Serbian army during their counter offensive.After the war, he remained for some time in Serbia trying to find the girl he loved, but unfortunately, he never did manage to find her. He later returned to Sweden and eventually found Swedish girl, got married, had kids, etc. So yeah, one interesting story from my life. I’m glad to have the opportunity to share it with you guys. Unfortunately, i don’t have any photos of Nikodemus, let alone the photo of that girl, because i would love to share it with you.Love from Sweden! xx via /r/serbia https://ift.tt/3J7fk1Q

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With my first baby, we could never get a good latch. She just couldn’t transfer milk and would choke and gag at the breast. I pumped for her for a year.With my son, I was so hopeful we would have the breastfeeding relationship I’d dreamt of. And we did! For six weeks he nursed beautifully. But then he began to choke and gag and turn blue when nursing.Cut to now, and we find out that both of my children have a rare birth defect that causes them to aspirate. They can’t safely drink thin liquids. So now, here we are, with me once again connected to a pump, needing to add thickener to every ounce of milk to ensure it reaches my son’s belly and not his lungs.I’m sad. Making milk was one of the very few things my body just did well (I’m chronically ill and my body has failed me in a lot of ways). But my kids can’t nurse. My son will get breastmilk until he’s old enough for surgical repair (his sister will have her repair this summer at 3.5), and we’ll feed many other babies with my oversupply. I’ll learn to let go of the idea of nursing my babies to sleep when they’re fussy, and instead stroke my son’s hair as I feed him a bottle I pumped for him. It will all be ok. I’ll just wish it was different. via /r/breastfeeding https://ift.tt/0WdP5ux

NICU dad here. Our daughter (26 + 5) has been in the NICU for going on a month now. For the most part, it’s been relatively smooth sailing until recently. She’s had a rough go with her oxygen lately, largely due to pressure/air in her belly not allowing her to fill her lungs all the way. In the last week alone she’s gone from CPAP, to Hi-flow, back to CPAP, to NIV, and in the middle of the night mom and I received a call she was being intubated. We were gutted and scared for her, worst of all we were upset we weren’t there with her.We’ve managed to get back into a routine with both of us going back to work full time. We’re fortunate because we both work from home, and we live 30-45 minutes from the NICU. We both have time for at least one visit per day to break up our work days and spend 2-3 hours each day during the week with her, more on the weekend. We also originally intended to spend more time with her in the evenings if she was feeling sick or wasn’t doing well, but we’re finding that to be increasingly difficult to commit to for ourselves.It was much easier to do this routine when she was progressing well and we got to do kangaroo care with her, because when it was time to leave we knew she was okay and doing well. Now with her being intubated, we’re feeling guilty about not being there for her more, but we also find it more difficult actually being there, watching her monitors and levels as if they were our own.I’m not telling anyone anything they don’t already know. This is a journey and it’s going to be hard. There’s no “right way” to have your child in the NICU. What I didn’t know (and still don’t have a handle on today) was how emotionally drained and physically exhausted I would feel even on the good days, let alone the bad. I’m feeling guilty for that.How did/do you manage your lives outside and inside the NICU? What was your routine like? How did you take care of yourself/selves? via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/NBlGL1m

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