March 2025 Babies 🇺🇸

My 18 month old, who was sleeping 12 hours a night since he was 9 months old has started waking up for 2-4 hours at a time, only wanting to nurse, shortly after starting daycare.

Has anyone else dealt with sleep getting worse around this age or after a big routine change? Any advice or comfort would be amazing—I'm so tired and not sure what to do!

Our 18MO is not talking. She understands everything we ask her or say to her, but it’s like she can’t say more than one syllable. It feels as if she is being stubborn 😅

My daughter is 17 months old, and she has never said “Mom,” “Mama,” “Mommy,” or anything similar. She does say “Daddy” specifically to her dad.

I’m curious…when did your child first call you “Mom” or “Mama”? I’m a stay-at-home mom, and sometimes I wonder if she hasn’t said it because she doesn’t feel connected to me. Has anyone else experienced this?

Anyone else lost touch with their spouse after having a baby?? Your daughter is 18 months and I thought it'd get better but we seem to have this wedge between us.

Has anyone had experience with preschool prog that accept younger kids? Our daycare unexpectedly shut down at 18m and this is the only place in our area with availability. It's a full day program. They apparently skip lunch and only have meal/snack at 10AM and 3PM, because naps start at 12PM and "the kids aren't hungry". Right now we sometimes have a light snack at 10 but typically lunch is at 11:30/12PM and nap starts at 1PM.

Wondering if anyone had experience with similar schedules, how they're going, and in particular advice on how to make the transition smoother.