Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 22:29     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:Be psycho about breastfeeding. Just give the baby a bottle sometimes. It’s so much easier.


I’m OP, I used to be psycho about BF and pumping. I legit let that ship sail. I’m still producing milk but not batcrazy about it anymore
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 22:20     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:Are you in ER with your baby? That is not a thing to be taken lightly.


I dunno. DD crawled off the bed when she was about 6 months. We told daycare when we took her in that day so they could keep an eye out for odd behavior and they said it happens all the time. And when I’ve mentioned it to others with kids, most of them have had it happen as well. Only one person actually took their kid to the ER and everything was fine.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 22:14     Subject: Re:First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Giving water to baby when he was only 3 months old. We were in Florida and it was really hot so I was worried he should be drinking more throughout the day (he was ebf besides the one incident of giving him water). He got explosive diarrhea (luckily it only lasted a very short while). We felt horrible. We had no idea infants under 6 months absolutely shouldn’t be given water.


Serious question: do you think it was bacteria in the water that did it? If so, wouldn’t anyone feeding their kid formula with the water have the same issue? I thought the issue with giving infants water was that it would make them too full for food and possibly interfere with their growth over time.


It’s not fullness that is the problem, it’s electrolyte balance.


Twice in the emergency room, I've seen parents drop the baby's sodium level low enough to cause seizures. Don't give a baby that young free water.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 22:11     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Be psycho about breastfeeding. Just give the baby a bottle sometimes. It’s so much easier.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 21:57     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Not going out enough and traveling when my first was under a year since that’s when it’s easiest and they aren’t mobile and earlier on when they aren’t on a perfect schedule.

Friends told us to go out to dinner and enjoy ourselves but we didn’t listen.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 14:23     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:My dd drank water as young as 5 weeks. She refused formula and breast, due to insane acid reflux, but would take a bit of water, which she threw up, but it didn't cause he any diarrhea in the slightest. It was bottled water. Throwing it up was due to reflux. Water kept my baby somewhat hydrated, she had to eat barely and rice cereal to survive as young as 6 weeks.


That sounds awful. Yes I suppose some kids do have to drink water that young as in your daughter’s case. Our pediatrician told us after this incident that typically they advise no water before 6 months for babies with no reflux or various other issues.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 14:20     Subject: Re:First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Giving water to baby when he was only 3 months old. We were in Florida and it was really hot so I was worried he should be drinking more throughout the day (he was ebf besides the one incident of giving him water). He got explosive diarrhea (luckily it only lasted a very short while). We felt horrible. We had no idea infants under 6 months absolutely shouldn’t be given water.


Serious question: do you think it was bacteria in the water that did it? If so, wouldn’t anyone feeding their kid formula with the water have the same issue? I thought the issue with giving infants water was that it would make them too full for food and possibly interfere with their growth over time.


It’s not fullness that is the problem, it’s electrolyte balance.


I’m the poster who gave my son water. It was bottled water so no to bacteria. I asked the pediatrician about it later and she said it was probably the electrolyte balance as pp mentioned.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 10:44     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Waking a newborn to nurse.

Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 10:14     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:Are you in ER with your baby? That is not a thing to be taken lightly.


That's a first time mom mistake right here.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 08:39     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Changing my newborn before feeding her when she woke in the night. Why would I make the hungry baby scream through that? Give them one breast, then change, then other side to fall asleep.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 08:31     Subject: Re:First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Giving water to baby when he was only 3 months old. We were in Florida and it was really hot so I was worried he should be drinking more throughout the day (he was ebf besides the one incident of giving him water). He got explosive diarrhea (luckily it only lasted a very short while). We felt horrible. We had no idea infants under 6 months absolutely shouldn’t be given water.


Serious question: do you think it was bacteria in the water that did it? If so, wouldn’t anyone feeding their kid formula with the water have the same issue? I thought the issue with giving infants water was that it would make them too full for food and possibly interfere with their growth over time.


It’s not fullness that is the problem, it’s electrolyte balance.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 08:00     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are you in ER with your baby? That is not a thing to be taken lightly.


Oh, don’t be absurd. You have no information about kid’s age, height of bed, surface fallen upon.


For our first kid we went to ER for a few falls, they say you just monitor them, there is no safe test (CT is too much rad), and no medicine that is appropriate unless clear signs of brain swilling (at which point they would be vomiting, seizures, etc).

So all ER does is expose you to most virulent viruses that brought other people to the ER.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2019 07:55     Subject: First time mom mistakes
My dd drank water as young as 5 weeks. She refused formula and breast, due to insane acid reflux, but would take a bit of water, which she threw up, but it didn't cause he any diarrhea in the slightest. It was bottled water. Throwing it up was due to reflux. Water kept my baby somewhat hydrated, she had to eat barely and rice cereal to survive as young as 6 weeks.
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2019 22:39     Subject: Re:First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:Giving water to baby when he was only 3 months old. We were in Florida and it was really hot so I was worried he should be drinking more throughout the day (he was ebf besides the one incident of giving him water). He got explosive diarrhea (luckily it only lasted a very short while). We felt horrible. We had no idea infants under 6 months absolutely shouldn’t be given water.


Serious question: do you think it was bacteria in the water that did it? If so, wouldn’t anyone feeding their kid formula with the water have the same issue? I thought the issue with giving infants water was that it would make them too full for food and possibly interfere with their growth over time.
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2019 21:41     Subject: First time mom mistakes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Worrying too much. Relax and enjoy it.


Agreed. So much is out of your control and so much will resolve itself regardless of your reaction.


Agreed. Most of what you do doesn’t make much difference, so relax.