https://forums.thebump.com/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:23:32 +0000 en April 2016 Moms — The Bump https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12696981/the-good-the-bad-the-cute-the-sad Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:06:26 +0000 April 2016 Moms Missingchampagne 12696981@/discussions
1) The Good - Share a sweet, lighthearted, or proud moment with your baby recently.

2) The Bad - Share a moment baby has been downright naughty or mischievous!

3) The Cute - Share something that made you say AWWWWWW

4) The Sad - Share a moment that made you think "wow, they really grow so fast!"]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12696766/mil-wtfs-christmas-edition Tue, 13 Dec 2016 03:27:21 +0000 April 2016 Moms redselig 12696766@/discussions

]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12692860/breastfeeding-q-and-as Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:44:34 +0000 April 2016 Moms Cwyatt2571 12692860@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12695876/babys-first-christmas Fri, 02 Dec 2016 18:30:24 +0000 April 2016 Moms bean_2016 12695876@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12695378/leaving-lo-with-gramps Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:26:07 +0000 April 2016 Moms marwaaiad 12695378@/discussions
And for second time moms, when were you able to leave your kid(s)for the weekend or for a good week without having to worry. How old were they?]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12695978/psa-cheap-diono-car-seats-on-zulily Sun, 04 Dec 2016 14:28:46 +0000 April 2016 Moms brie_and_almonds 12695978@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12694581/thanksgiving-travel-with-7-month-old Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:33:25 +0000 April 2016 Moms UnbreakableKimmySchmidt 12694581@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12695251/wonder-weeks-question Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:01:11 +0000 April 2016 Moms adiaz132003 12695251@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12695022/multiple-and-extended-wake-ups Sun, 20 Nov 2016 23:36:47 +0000 April 2016 Moms runningwild 12695022@/discussions I'm so exhausted. I just want her to start sleeping better. I thought my oldest was bad, but this baby takes the prize for worst sleeper! Lol Commiserate with me if you're in a similar boat ]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12695238/where-tf-did-my-thread-go Thu, 24 Nov 2016 04:04:41 +0000 April 2016 Moms brie_and_almonds 12695238@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12693936/playing-outside Sun, 06 Nov 2016 22:01:57 +0000 April 2016 Moms brie_and_almonds 12693936@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12694825/walkers Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:02:49 +0000 April 2016 Moms mb0112 12694825@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12691617/halloween-costumes Sat, 08 Oct 2016 00:58:28 +0000 April 2016 Moms Missingchampagne 12691617@/discussions
Also - random tangent - went to Carters earlier in the week and all the costumes were on clearance. They said they get rid of them before Columbus Day to make room for NEW YEARS and VALENTINE'S DAY merchandise. Blasphemy.]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12693295/wont-let-grandpa-drive Sun, 30 Oct 2016 22:02:35 +0000 April 2016 Moms randilea0110 12693295@/discussions
My dad stops at green lights, does 10 mph under the speed limit, takes 3-5 miles after pulling onto the highway or interstate to get up to 10 mph under the speed limit, and tends to cross over the painted lines on the road more times than he even realizes. I'm not worried about him hitting someone, but rather someone not paying attention to him and hitting him. He also takes a lot of pills because of a back problem (his spine is basically slowly fusing to his hip) and he literally had a pump surgically inserted into his body that pumps morphine into his spine...so to say that he is driving under the influence is an understatement, but at the same time he doesn't act like he is doped out of his mind. (I'm sure his motor skills are impaired however). I've been telling him, my mom, my brother, and husband that his driving is a problem now for the last couple years. 

Today after church, my mom offered to take my daughter home with her and my dad while I taught Sunday school. I said yes, but told her that she had to drive because I'm concerned with my dads driving. He lost it and told me it was the most hurtful thing anyone has ever said to him. Skip to 2 hours later when I got home from church to find a message on my voicemail from my dad telling me to call that we need to talk. I called and he was crying so he asked me to come over. I drove the 30 minutes back to their place and he went from crying to screaming at me. I tried to explain to him my reasons above and he screamed some more, told me that my mom doesn't think his driving is a problem (I just talked to my mom about his driving on Monday and she agreed with me at that time, but today acted like it was all new information to her, which irks me but that's for another day), said that this came out of nowhere (I've only been telling him for the past 2 years that his driving worries me)and then proceeded to yell at me and tell me that I was being crazy. 

My dad and I have had our fair share of issues in the past, but I honestly feel that I'm doing what is in the best interest of my daughter. Am I out of bounds in not allowing him to drive her around? My mom sided with my dad this afternoon, so I'm seriously starting to feel like I'm being overly protective, but my gut is telling me to never let my daughter get in a car with him. I feel like I'm living in the twilight zone and everything that I've discussed with my family (other than my husband) about my dads driving never really happened. Am I being an overly protective mama bear??? ]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12693623/wtf-wednesday Wed, 02 Nov 2016 22:00:14 +0000 April 2016 Moms Missingchampagne 12693623@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12692022/no-cry-sleep-solution Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:56:55 +0000 April 2016 Moms redselig 12692022@/discussions
https://www.familias-madeira.com/Elizabeth.Pantley.The.No.Cry.Sleep.Solution-1.pdf

Im waiting a couple more days for jet lag to pass and then I'll follow the ten day plan religiously. 

Has anyone read this book? Thoughts? ]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12691262/breastfeeding-and-traveling-away-from-baby Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:47:35 +0000 April 2016 Moms duendef 12691262@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12692104/ds-is-doing-something-pretty-annoying Fri, 14 Oct 2016 02:08:00 +0000 April 2016 Moms Missingchampagne 12692104@/discussions
He sleeps in his pack-and-play, in the room with us still. He goes to bed every night after a bath and bottle, awake but drowsy, around 8pm. 

Wakes up around 10:30, sometimes stays awake for an hour (this is when my husband gets home from work, he seems to sense him no matter how quiet he is and wants to hang out with him). Goes back to bed. 

Midnight feeding, sometimes 3am feeding. He definitely does not sleep through the night yet. Anyway, 6am rolls around and he starts SCREAMING. My husband and I have later schedules, and nobody wakes up this early. I have tried rocking him, shush/pat, feeding, diapering, just plain old leaving him... but he doesn't stop. The real (pardon my language but) ... the real bitch about it is, he wants to get into our bed. The MOMENT he's in our bed, he happily falls back asleep between us. If I transfer him back, he wakes up and yells again.

Every day he does this. His internal clock is set to "6am screamathon". Seeing him happily settle in for another 3 hours of sleep in my bed drives me nuts, why oh WHY can't he do that in his own bed? He slept the first part of the night in his own bed, but after 6am it's the scariest place on earth?
]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12685943/sleep-training Sun, 07 Aug 2016 13:14:21 +0000 April 2016 Moms Lallie323 12685943@/discussions
She has always been a good baby and from around 2 months she would sleep 1 long stretch of atleast 7 hours, but now she has realised that crying gets her picked up, each time I put her in bed she wakes up and cries until I get her and as soon as I pick her up she will go back tk sleep on my mommy's chest.

And I really love it that she loves me so much and wants to sleep on me but by that time I am really tired and want to sleep. ♡]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12692258/feeding-schedule Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:13:35 +0000 April 2016 Moms marwaaiad 12692258@/discussions
Mine goes like this:
9:00 am nursing 
10:00 am breakfast (oatmeal ) 
12:00 Nurse upon waking up from nap
2:30 nursing 
3:00 lunch (veggies etc)
5:00 nursing 
6:30 oatmeal 
7:00 nursing 

Ive been nursing every 2 1/2 hours..sometimes every 3 hours. Is this too far or too little apart considering that I am adding solids in between nursing sessions. 
]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12687615/talk-to-me-about-wipes Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:16:25 +0000 April 2016 Moms brie_and_almonds 12687615@/discussions
Some questions... Feel free to not answer all of them.

Which wipes do you use/like?
Are they very wet, or just moist? Do they dry out easily?
Do they have a texture, or are they smooth?
Are they thick or thin?
Do they ever tear, or stay in one piece?
How large are they? How many do you use in a diaper change?

Ideally, I am looking for a textured wipe that is not too wet and doesn't tear, but if you have rave recommendations for something else, I am keeping an open mind.]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12692158/any-other-spitter-uppers-out-there Fri, 14 Oct 2016 18:23:30 +0000 April 2016 Moms momofmanyinthemitten 12692158@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12692220/yeast-infection-mucus-in-stool Sun, 16 Oct 2016 02:31:31 +0000 April 2016 Moms Cwyatt2571 12692220@/discussions
]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12691117/help-6-months-pp-and-itching-like-crazy Sun, 02 Oct 2016 04:27:07 +0000 April 2016 Moms sfoster63 12691117@/discussions
Am I the only weirdo that has this horrific itching? After giving birth, every time I get my period, it gets EXTREMELY  itchy down there. It's so bad it keeps me up at night. I go to the doctor on Monday for my annual but I'm curious to know if anyone else has or is experiencing this. I know for certain it is not STD or yeast infection related. It's so strange, it starts as soon as my period does and stops when its gone.

Am I crazy!?]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12691825/if-your-baby-is-having-sleep-problems Tue, 11 Oct 2016 07:15:48 +0000 April 2016 Moms dancingsphinx22 12691825@/discussions
OK, I'm here to share why I like these so much. At bed time, I usually put the baby in a clean onesie, stick her in the sleep sack, and she goes to sleep. Well, a few nights ago, I had been lazy and didn't do laundry, so I didn't have any clean sleep sacks to put her in. No big deal. Instead, I put the baby in normal, footed, zip up pajamas.

Holy hell, she was not having it!! She wouldn't go to bed, no matter what we did. She was crying and fussing, and she wouldn't even fall asleep in her swing. It was a night from hell, really. I finally changed her into a onesie, swaddled her tightly in an old fuzzy swaddle pod, and after some serious rocking and shushing, she finally passed out. At 2:45am. Fml.

After I did laundry, and put her back in her sleep sack at night, she's been sleeping like an angel again.

I realize now this whole refusing-to-go-to-sleep-while-wearing-pajamas thing has happened before, only at the time I didn't know it was because of the pajamas. I just assumed she was grumpy, fussy, teething, or over tired. But every time she put up a major fight at bed time, she was wearing pajamas.

So if your little one is fighting bed time, maybe consider putting them in just a onesie (or try pjs without the feet), and if you're worried about them getting cold, get a couple sleep sacks. I think they're $8 at target, and Carter's is always having a sale.

I can't vouch for other brands, because these are all we've tried. We now have 5 sleep sacks. We won't be running out of clean ones again!


https://www.carters.com/carters-baby-girl-one-piece-sleep-bags-and-gowns/V_118G694.html?cgid=carters-baby-girl-one-piece-sleep-bags-and-gowns&dwvar_V__118G694_color=Color&dwvar_V__118G694_size=OS9



]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12692088/strep-throat Thu, 13 Oct 2016 21:59:55 +0000 April 2016 Moms ejled 12692088@/discussions I'm praying that LO doesn't catch this. It would be a miracle if she didn't.
For any medical professionals -- is it worth it to take antibiotics after ive had symptoms for 4 days? Or let it run its course? I hate going to the Dr... ]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12691776/caught-in-law-am-closet-drinking Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:22:08 +0000 April 2016 Moms mumistheword 12691776@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12691631/before-kids-i-would-side-eye-a-parent-hard-when Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:15:33 +0000 April 2016 Moms dancingsphinx22 12691631@/discussions
Nowadays, my baby never has shoes on, or socks for that matter, because they just don't stay on!! It's really not worth the struggle. 

sorry to every parent I ever judged. Sorry x 1,000,000

So ladies, tell me, what have you judged that you are now feeling sorry (eating your words) about?
]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12691092/solid-foods-diaper-rash Sat, 01 Oct 2016 16:22:38 +0000 April 2016 Moms dancingsphinx22 12691092@/discussions
I'm wondering if anyone is going through/went through this too, and which baby food fruits and veggies were the worst offenders for your baby?

Also, I don't let her sit in dirty diapers, if I can help it. The only time she's in a wet diaper (not poopy) longer than I like is at night, when we're sleeping. But I always slather a good layer of diaper cream on her little butt before bed as protection.

I use Burt's Bees diaper cream as a barrier, and Aquafor to heal rashes. They're ok, but I'd like to hear other suggestions on what to use to keep / heal diaper rashes. 

]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12688099/4-month-sleep-regression Sat, 27 Aug 2016 19:55:04 +0000 April 2016 Moms runningwild 12688099@/discussions
What week did it start and end (if it has) for you? 

How are you coping? 

Did it effect day or nighttime sleep the most?   

Did your baby go back to a better pattern afterwards? 

I think that's all I have for now ;-)]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12691570/hurricane-matthew Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:28:06 +0000 April 2016 Moms linzoirv 12691570@/discussions
I know some of you are feeling the effects of hurricane Matthew right now. 

For my area, they imposed a curfew from 10pm last night until 7am Saturday morning. So, we are on lock down.

Right now, I still have power and cable so I am able to track what's going on. We've got water, radios, candles, board games, etc. and plenty of stuff for LO to keep him entertained in the event that we have a black out. 


I pray that we all get through Matthew safely and soundly.

If you have any updates or info on the hurricane that you would like to share feel free...]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12691473/nbr-work-vent Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:33:11 +0000 April 2016 Moms loveymay 12691473@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12688110/lets-talk-teeth Sat, 27 Aug 2016 23:20:04 +0000 April 2016 Moms K&Elizabeth 12688110@/discussions Anyone else getting teeth??]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12690941/pacifier-use Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:28:54 +0000 April 2016 Moms marwaaiad 12690941@/discussions https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12690793/nebulizer-treatments-tips-info Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:10:17 +0000 April 2016 Moms linzoirv 12690793@/discussions Yesterday, I took my son to the doctor for a wellness check since he's been showing cold-like symptoms since Friday night.The doctor told me that LO would need a nebulizer.  

On a positive note, I got a free one with my insurance right there in the office. 

Right now, he's on half a dose/tube of albuterol 3 times a day for 7-10 days. The first time he was on it (last night), he screamed bloody murder. I tried again for his morning treatment today and he was swatting the mask like a fly.

Can anyone provide any tips on getting baby to stay calm during the treatments? Thanks!  ]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12690575/stahm-seriously Sun, 25 Sep 2016 03:35:12 +0000 April 2016 Moms Cwyatt2571 12690575@/discussions
Our house is always clean, dinner is always made, I even make his plate. He doesn't pick up after himself... and admits to it...

But there's always something he points out that I haven't done. 

I was a single mom when we first got together, we now have a baby together. The thought of being a single mom again just turns my stomach. 

I've become one of those girls I use to criticize. And I never even saw it coming.]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12688863/everything-random-september Mon, 05 Sep 2016 03:38:30 +0000 April 2016 Moms Missingchampagne 12688863@/discussions ]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12690603/car-seats Sun, 25 Sep 2016 19:44:25 +0000 April 2016 Moms runningwild 12690603@/discussions
My DD hates her infant seat. So we're upgrading to a convertible seat that will stay in the car. Thanks]]> https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12690362/do-you-talk-to-your-baby-often Thu, 22 Sep 2016 01:45:08 +0000 April 2016 Moms dancingsphinx22 12690362@/discussions
I realized today that I don't really talk to my baby all that much- for example, when I change her diaper, she plays with a toy, or looks at the projection on the wall. Do you ladies talk during diaper changes and other activities? What do you talk about or say?

I do talk to her though, please don't think I ignore her. But I just wonder if I should try to talk to her more. I could use a little help /  suggestions.
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