Vernix

Did you have it washed off or leave it on?

pros and cons of leaving it?

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My hospital left it on. They dried baby off and got the thicker stuff off but when I looked into it I was happy they left it as is. Most of it soaked into his skin in 3 days and by 7 it was all gone. I know it helps boost his immunity to have it and provided a protective barrier in case anyone carried anything without knowing.

It's great for the babies! I have C-sections and they clean him off but I don't allow any bathing in the hospital ☺️

Left on, so good for baby's skin

Leave it on, my doula explained to me that it’s really good for baby and it will soak in within a week

It’s in my birth plan to leave my baby’s on their skin when i give birth

Thanks guys! Did y’all do first baths in the hospital or at home?

I did it at home, probably like 2 weeks later. I'm definitely in the minority with how long I wait tho 😅

At home when baby was 10 days old

Okay good! I want to wait and my MIL was acting like i was crazy. 🙄

Was overdue :( wasn’t much left

in our community

Wdy think of this for a toddler to learn word construction?

I'm open to anything else to start teaching him to read and write. He's 3!

Do men really enjoy fellatio?

Been together more than 10 years, but it's been a while since he even seemed remotely interested in me getting on my knees, or vice versa so to speak. I think it was once last year. Must be something I am doing wrong 🤔. Generally everything else in that department is great and we have two young kids with no extra support, so it's quite surprising we can't keep our hands off each other but may need to try new things. It's basically 2 positions each time with some foreplay.

Vanilla extract

Has anyone used alcohol free vanilla in their babies formal to help them drink?
I’m 100% sure my baby refuses her bottles as she doesn’t like the taste of it!

Just anxious to try it, don’t want her to get used to it and then refuse bottles again after two weeks of using (correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve read you use it for 2 weeks max)

TIA 🙂

Car seat crying

My 6 month old PANICS the second I put him in a car seat and screams, cries, chokes and recently even projectile vomited on a 14 minute drive. It’s gotten to the point I don’t even bring him out unless it’s to a doctors appointment. I’m a stay at home mom with no family in my state and it has been very isolating. We’ve tried 3 different car seats with no improvement. Has anyone had a baby who hated the car seat? Any advice? This started at 3 months. I will add it does seem worse when he’s tired. He does cry on every trip though. He only contact naps and co sleeps so he reaches for me and will not sleep in the car seat.

Naps

How is everyone doing for naps?

Little one is 9 months old and will have 2 half hour naps and one solid 1 hour - 2 hour nap a day

Then settles for night around 9pm. Wakes for a feed around 3:30 then sleeps until 6-7

Sex post C section

Hi ladies I’m 4 weeks 5 days postpartum and I had a C section. I’m not bleeding properly anymore just some brownish discharge stuff that starts on and off. I’d like to do the deed with my partner; is it okay to do so or shall I wait the full 6 weeks. I feel up for it but also worried because the advice is 6-8 weeks.