Owlet sleep sock?

Hey ladies, the Owlet sleep sock is on sale rn on Amazon and I have been thinking about getting it.. what are yalls thoughts/experiences?

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Heya! I used it with my premature firstborn and personally loved it. Helped ease a lot of my anxiety

Absolutely yes! It gives you such peace of mind (when you are already stressed enough with other things)! And actually lets you feel safe at night that you can also sleep. So easy to use. Definitely get it!

I’ve had one for both my children and I love it. Not only for the reassurance but I love looking back at the quality of sleep they’ve had the night before!

I love ours. As a pediatric ICU nurse, it really made me anxious that I didn't know my own baby's vitals all the time 😅
He wore it every night for the first 6 months and now at 11 months we still use it if he's sick (thankfully only has had 1 cold in his life so far!) just to ease my own anxiety. I had heard that they could have some false readings but that has not been the case for us at all.

How much is it selling for on Amazon? I have an unopened one that I would like to get rid of!

I think if you are a first time mom it can really take stress off you, especially when the baby is sleeping. My one reservation is that some people say it might leave a burn mark on the foot, I've heard of it happening in other groups and crunchy people don't like how you have a device so close to baby when sleeping giving off waves.

I was considering to get it for our preterm baby but all nurses at NICU didn't recommend it as it would just stress me further. They said mums instincts are the strongest and I'm glad I followed their advice! It was firstly strange feeling to suddenly don't have any vitals on him and I was basically observing his every breath for a while. But I've become quickly confident enough/less concerned xx

Love it!

love it! still use it for my 4.5 month old and it eases so much anxiety. my husband and i are signed into the app on separate phones and i still get alerts and real time data when im at work overnight.

personally i would never. the idea of strapping something to my newborn that emits radio frequencies for HOURS at a time just seems bizarre to me. i found with most trendy newborn products i thought i needed, i really just bought them because of seeing them on targeted social media ads and they were entirely unnecessary.

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circumcision

are we circumcising our boys? or leaving that to dad?

Routines?

When did you start to introduce your baby’s routine? Do they just have a night routine or full day routine? Wondering when I should start this e.g naps at the same time everyday.

Any routines you have that work for you, please let me know them with timestamps. my baby is 6 weeks and just wondering when we should start them?

Does anyone else’s baby spit up breastmilk but not formula?

I’m seriously considering seeing a lactation consultant because I don’t understand why he can’t hold down breastmilk but can formula. I use soy formula since I’ve used it with my daughter and I’m thinking it might be due to not getting milk coming in for a few days so I had no choice but to give him formula, but now even if I take breaks in between feeding him breastmilk to burp or try to mix breastmilk and formula, he spits it up sooo much. I’m ready to just give him just formula because I’m worried about him not eating enough

I think Motherhood has made me more bitter than I realized…

This is such a ramble but I don’t know where else to put it all.

I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

Maybe I need a therapist.

Complicated pp

I’m 4 weeks pp; am I the only one that has a uti and clit kinda went inward?? I’m waiting the 6 weeks but I have used a vibrator and I have a hard time feeling anything

Stroller

Hey,

Baby is getting slightly too heavy for his travel system now.

I was just wondering want strollers people recommended. Thank you