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Mine was a bit older than yours (25 months) with a similar wake up and bed time. We pushed nap from 12pm to 1pm, and the nap fighting problem evaporated! She was still in a crib. Now she's in a floor bed and plays in her room for the first hour, then gets tired and crashes on her bed.

Maybe a combo of pushing the nap back and holding a firm boundary of when you will come back would work? That way it isn't a matter of "if I stay up now, Mom will get me and give me more food!" and it builds an understanding of "I will stay here whether I want to sleep or not for the whole hour." We also would abandon the nap if it's fought for more than hour and then push bedtime up an hour to compensate.

Good luck! Parenting is really hard, and you're doing a great job!!

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This!!!!!!

And very much influenced by giving birth

Sometimes it's just hormones though lol. Had the worst flare-up of my life the day I gave birth. 🤷‍♀️ No crazy diet change, one day I was pregnant with controlled sebderm, the next had a newborn and the worst itching of my life. Eating better has many, many benefits!! But it's only one piece of the puzzle.

They are beautiful!!!!!

My kid didn't nurse to sleep anymore, but she did nurse every morning and whenever she asked for it. She was 14 months old when we learned I was pregnant. I started putting hard limits on when nursing was OK--which ended up being just after she woke up because nursing became painful and I couldn't handle more than one feed. It was hard, but she did end up fully weaning herself around 19 months. Bonus: she started sleeping the whole night once she stopped nursing in the morning. I'm convinced the two events are related. Good luck, and congrats on the pregnancy!

Totally depends on the kid! My personal experience is my kid self-weaned when my colostrum came in during my third trimester. After new baby was born, toddler asked to nurse but just put her face to my breast and didn't latch.

Ah, got it!! My shared photos magically reappeared. So maybe just a weird glitch.

Android! Photos on my phone populate in Gphotos and my gallery, and if I delete in Gphotos it deletes in my gallery also.

You've got a great plan in place! If you can, check along your route for places to eat and potty, especially for the 3YO! Expect the trip to take much longer (closer to 10 hours, maybe) with all the stops. I also think it's good to have realistic expectations for screens on a trip. We didn't have a limit for our 19 month old because frankly, we needed a calm kid so we wouldn't drive poorly lol.

The correct answer!

I am on thyroid medication, and they check levels every couple of months during pregnancy as well as when trying to conceive. They started checking more frequently after I miscarried. They usually check TSH and free T4, and the range of acceptable levels is much narrower than for a nonpregnant woman.

Fruit and vegetable skins are especially hard for stomach acid to break down! Once baby gets more practice chewing (and I cannot understate how helpful more teeth are to this process) they will have much more normal looking stools! It's important that you're exposing your child to lots of tastes. You're doing a great job!

We still have half munched orange slices, green beans, etc at 21 months 😅 Some days LO is better at chewing than others. It got better once all 4 molars came in.

My kiddo (19 months at the time) actually weaned herself when my colostrum came in at around week 25 or 26 of pregnancy. She had been dry nursing for comfort when she woke up or when she was upset. I was stunned, but I reminded myself that it was her decision to make. I hope everything goes well with your pregnancy and kiddo!

Honestly for me, a game like Tomodachi Life which plays more like an app than a game is perfect for digital anyway. You always want to be able to make that 5 minute check-in to fix problems without having to fumble with a cartridge.

We have always stuck to a rigid nap and bedtime schedule, only breaking it when we absolutely have no other choice, and everyone sleeps SO much better because of it!! LO is now 21 months and takes a huge 2-2.5 hour nap in the afternoon at home, but if we are on the go, it's a terrible 30 minute car nap. IMO it's almost never worth it because I need that break in the day!

We did this for our baby, too!! It was like magic!!

What you're going through is so hard. 💔 My kiddo finally stopped being angry at my lack of breastmilk and self weaned recently. I think it was part maturity and part getting used to the change. I got pregnant when kiddo was 14 months, and she's 19 months now. She refused straw cups of milk and only wanted to nurse for comfort, but then got mad when there was no milk.

All this to say, it will pass, but it's so difficult. You're a great mom, and it's OK to be frustrated. Your kid will eventually come to terms with it, even if it feels like this will never end.

This is the way!! Once blowouts aren't a problem anymore, up&up are really affordable. I use their overnights as well and size up for my kid. We've been using them since 12M.

Agreeing here! Best way to continue to produce milk is to remove it (nursing or pumping) frequently. And the frequency is more important than the length of each session. I would recommend trying to pump every 3 hours at minimum, then work to every 2.5 if you want to rebuild a stash. A good guideline is to pump how often your baby nurses at home!