24 hours with a 4 month old! | solo mum by choice
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Very happy to say that this particular regression didn't last too long!
What’s the sound machine you have? My daughter has a 15 month old and due Dec 10th with 2nd little girl. We haven’t found a sound machine that we like but very interested in the one you have.
I randomly thought of you the other day… The little girl who used to talk about her periods. Came to check on you for the first time in years and OMG?!?!?! You’ve grown up so much and you have your own child… This was amazing to see. I’m so glad you crossed my mind ❤️❤️❤️ Lovely to see you doing well!!!
Just a quick tip to try- if they're super grumpy and nothings working, try going outside for a few minutes. Usually distracts them enough to reset their mood ❤
I second this! Works wonders!
Even standing in front of a window works!
That's the crazy part about becoming a parent. You don't know what you're going to do until you get there, and things will change
As a fan hearing his giggles made me teary eyed. For so long Oryn was just a concept , a longing, a wish you waited for. That little giggle is such a beautiful sign he is here now and he is happy. Especially after all the fighting you did through trying to conceive and prenatal conditions to be his mother. 💜👶I'm just so happy motherhood is now unfolding and blossoming for you . I always knew you'd be a great mum. So many things you went through with your pregnancy journey I experienced as well you've been so helpful for so many girls and women.
Try music to get him to sleep. I played the same classical song every time my son went to sleep and after just a few weeks as soon as he heard the music his eyes would slowly close and he would sleep.
@@ck2dThank you for the advice but my boys are 6 and 13 now andmy youngest is 2 😊
Take it easy it's really not that special.
😂
You're literally a man go away
We actually moved the big crib into our room with our third. All 3 of our babies had their best sleep in the big crib and I was desperate for a night's sleep. It was a tight squeeze but it made me feel better having her close still but giving her the bigger space!
Thank you for reminding me what these early days with a little one were like. Mine is 18 and about to leave home and it really does go by in the blink of an eye. You have such a lovely ability to go with the flow and live in the moment. What a wonderful thing for you both.
It's really helpful to see you thinking through all the decisions during the day. I thought it was just me that does this and other parents just somehow know what to do! We're all just doing our best aren't we ❤
I'm a first time mom and this vlog was quite literally the same experience for me during his 4mo sleep regression, now my LO is 9mo, but we still prioritize cuddling over chores lol hes a contact napper too and a velcro baby. Thanks for keeping it real!
Love these vlogs. Mom of four here and I have nursed them all til about two! It gets so much easier I promise!❤️❤️
you are so precious with your baby. it's so heartwarming to see.
Thank you for this! My son is 5 weeks today and at his 1 month check up, his weight put him in the 10th percentile and the peed wants him back in 2 weeks. It’s given me a bit of anxiety. He is gaining though! It was nice to hear your journey. I feel much less isolated. Thank you!
Everything you said about struggling to breastfeed was spot on! I’m 16 years removed from all this now but I remember how emotional the whole thing was 😭 you’re doing great!
Your baby is absolutely adorable!
This is such a true representation of a little one that's breastfed a lot of the time! It seems that breast milk isn't as heavy on their tummies so they digest it much quicker and therefore need to eat more often. That's been my experience anyway. I know it's hard with the emotional aspect of it all and knowing when to switch if needed! Hoping all goes well either way with the both of you! Sometimes this is just how it is regardless of how they're fed!
He is the cutest when he laughs
I am awe of mums who have c sections..major surgery, AND still getting on with the realities of a newborn!
Fantastic mom !!
The baby giggles. 😍 So adorable! Love watching your content!!!
I use two sound machines for the infants I take care of. One with lullabies and one with white noise. It helps get them use to sleeping without it having to be completely silent
What a beautiful baby! He's fabulous
The little giggle 😍
You are doing a great job..never be afraid to get babies use to noise..i use to vacuum and everything because if you don't they can't sleep with the slightest noise and the world is noisy lol. I was reading the comments that are negative and just ignore them. You have to do what feels right to u.
Sounds like the 4 month sleep regression 🙈 it's the worst one, but there are so many 🤪 thankfully they usually only last a week or two. My little one is going through the 2 year sleep regression at the moment and we are not having any naps whatsoever 🤦🏻♀️ but thankfully she sleeps through the night!
Don't stress too much and take it all one day at a time 🥰 this will soon pass!
Hi Bryony ❤
From my experience there is no comparison between breastfed and formula fed babies. Formula fed babies are usually chunkier and my pediatrician always said there should be a different growth graph for each group.
I breastfed my little one for well over 2 years 🙈 and found out that breast milk is great for an eye infections, small cuts and is being custom made for my baby each time she latches on, including specific nutrients, more water content when hot, more salt if she didn't drink in a while to prevent dehydration....
Breastfeeding is hardest the first 6 months or so. From then on it's a piece of cake.
Nature is truly magnificent 🫶
I found Bath before the evening bed and feed made mine so relaxed and sleep most of the night.
My first was like that with naps. Since she was my first and I was in maternity leave, I just held her and watched tv for all her naps 😂 miss those cuddles. If I needed to get something done I used a baby carried and she napped in that.
my bub is just over a year now, and we had the EXACT same breastfeeding supply struggle timeline! it's actually really reassuring to me, to see someone go through the same situation and get fed up at about the same point 😅 i made it to 5/6 months, at which point the pediatrician said her weight gain was plateauing, so we needed to formula supplement (which helped cos it wasnt my decision), but honestly it was the best thing for all of us. i gained back some time/sanity, and she gained her weight back. ive never second guessed stopping breastfeeding for a second, and in the long run it's such a brief period, don't sweat it! ❤
Super happy for you! Your soft voice at the end reminds me of when you did some ASMR videos ☺️
Whenever you decide to use a bottle for any supplemental feeding you start to see numbers and ounces and then the worry creeps in. When you are nursing it’s more when your child is satisfied and not about ounces they have drank. It gets into your head very quickly and causes doubt. All moms fell this. Do what you think is best. Your son looks very healthy and happy and you are doing a great job. If it’s mentally and physically draining for you , then transition him to formula. I’ve done both with my children as a single mom and they are now adults and both are healthy and amazing. Good luck
I'd stop pumping and see how it goes x You're doing an amazing job, Breastfeeding is hard and pumping is so tedious xx I'm tandem nursing a toddler and newborn atm, its bonkers!
You two are so cute together
You could try a lact-aid or a homemade version (small tube stuck through a nipple into a bottle) to give him any “top-up” so he suckles while he gets it.
That increases supply way better than a pump.
You're both so lovely together❤ I enjoy your videos for years and you are a wonderful mom. I get teary watching you become an adult and now mom, you do so good💗 I wish you both all luck and love, you deserve it🤗
I was a single mom with my first child, too. He loved breastfeeding every 1,5-2,5 hours😂 needed in the beginning 45min. to drink and dozed off on me😢 and when i tryed to put him anywhere else he would wake up at once... so after two weeks i got a wrap and he loved it. Beeing so close at my body, he slept and I could do my housework. When I needed sleep, I would ask my mom and she would take him and go for a walk and I could get needed sleep👍 and I let him always sleep until he would wake up on his own. We had no real sleep routin until he was 1y old and co sleeped. Becaus it change so much trough this age. About 14 months old he finally sleeped trough the night😅 11‐13 hours, man the best sleep I had in my life😄🙈 I breastfeed him until he was 20 months old before sleep.
I married and had my daughter with my husband in 2021. With her it was completly different😂 I breastfeed her too, but she was ok with every 3‐4 hours and weaned off early at 14 month, she did not enjoy the wrap so much and wanted a lot of free moving time. She sleeped for longer periods at 6 months.
They are nearly opposite personalities😂 a bundle of joy everyday. Both of them are on the small and very lean side, I worried always so much about my sons weight, but i never had to get them any extra milk, luckily. He ist still very lean, but doctors are happy with everything he is fit so, all is good.
Both my kids love the lovevery box toys. Good quality and fun. My son is 7y old but he plays with his sister and they both enjoy them❤
These are our experiences. Do whatever feels right for you and your child🤗 XOXO Laura
When Bryony becomes not only a great single mama but, the best spokesperson for Hello Fresh on RUclips!!!
Have you tried babywearing at all to try to get stuff done?
With all the money people spend on baby items, I think it's crazy that in the uk so few people invest in a window ac unit when they have a baby. I wonder if it might be more common soon with climate change. When our central ac went out last year, I had a 2 week old baby and a toddler and we had to spend a week without ac in 105F heatwave. Once the heat got in the house it was just too much and we had to go stay with family. After that we got a window unit for our upstairs office because our central ac doesn't work well upstairs and in case we have a problem again we have a backup
I exclusively breastfed my daughter until she was 8 months and after that I fed for comfort until a little after a year old. She was on a cup at that point. I think it's worth it to stick it our for a few more months if you can. If not, you know it's your journey. I never had a pump and I felt exhausted all the time. I totally understand what you are dealing with emotionally and physically.
I remember watching you when I was a teenager as I had a lot of health issues with my period now you have a baby
You should get thermal curtains/ blinds
Love Waterloo road it’s Amazing and your baby I soo cute ❤ xx ps im currently watching Waterloo road on bbc player every night on my laptop
She nailed it for me! I thought my baby’s 30 min naps were weird. I thought she was supposed to be sleeping at least an hour. I have 2 boys whom I bottle fed so this was new territory. Another thing she best describes about BFing is “emotional”. “Bonding” sound so mechanical and National Geographic-like. 😂 I only planned on BFing for 6 weeks. Here I am, 16 weeks later and dreading when she wants to start solid foods. 😢
You can breastfeed for years without it being an issue with solid food. It’s the global and biological norm 😊
Many healthcare professionals recommend breastfeeding for the first two years of life (if possible, of course) because of all the benefits it offers the child, especially the immune system benefits. Once solid food is started, you don’t breastfeed as often each day, as breast milk is no longer making up the only part of their diet, but you can still do feedings several times a day even with your baby eating solid foods. As baby grows, many moms transition to doing just bedtime or morning feedings at the breast as part of your daily routine. There’s definitely no rules on needing to stop at a certain time. Just BF for as long as you and your baby are capable, willing, or wanting to do so. 😊
What a cutie!
Congratulations on little one, where is your other little boy
“I have new found empathy for my Mother.”
I wonder if a warm lavender bath would help sooth him
The firstborn is doted on quite heavily, by the third one, they usually just call for take out and demand the card to pay while watching football…we are just in their way…😂
It sounds like your supply has adjusted to your pumping, especially if you are doing it at the same time every day. We also have more prolactin hormone at night than during the day. So... I don't think supplementing with formula will hurt your breastfeeding relationship.
How is he 4 months already! Thats crazy. ❤❤
Hey Briony, what's the name of the white noise machine you use? Would you recommend it?
It was 41 here today
Does filming like this have to count as a KIT day, or is that only for the editing and stuff of it? Intrigued how it all works in the UK since it works slightly differently here in NZ I think!
I'm pretty sure her MAT leave is over. She only took 3 months, I think.
Has the hairloss just started for you, or has it been going on for a bit? My baby is about a month behind yours and I haven't had any yet, but dreading it when it comes
I thought I got lucky and it wouldn’t happen to me but my hair started shedding like crazy around 4-5 months.
Hi, I don't have kids yet (expecting :)), but I wondered, have you tried wearing him and doing some work at the same time, and does this work?
How do you manage the bins with Oryn? Do you leave him alone briefly or put in sling etc? I'm a single mum and never figured this out
I lived in a tower block and had a bin chute on my floor literally across the hallway but I always took her cos it's the safest. A little more effort but worth it.
I was once told by a paediatrician that it was a lucky child who was breastfed beyond a year - and yet less than 1% of UK babies receive any breastmilk by that age…
What does "going through a leap" mean?
Growth spurt
I think it means they’re moving from one baby stage into the next. So they’re developing new skills and it takes some adjustments to their routine. Including sleep😬 I think around 4 months babies start to be a lot more aware and they also start teething. Pretty disruptive to their little worlds.
This may be a bit unrelated but it still blows my mind that you guys don’t really have air-conditioning over there. I mean it’s something we’ve had here in the US since like the 50s I think. Even if you don’t want to like retrofit buildings with big air conditioning systems they sell cheaper units you can put in a window and it will cool things significantly. And they run about $100 to start. I don’t know why they don’t sell them over there for you guys, they would make such a difference. I can’t imagine going through summer heat without air conditioning. Hope it cools off for you soon!
Our warmest weather used to be 30 degrees Celsius, which was unusual (86 degrees F I think) at least here in Scotland. But its been getting warmer every year 😅
Our windows don’t usually accommodate air con. Windows that slide up/down are uncommon. Personally I only have ‘hopper’ windows that open 6” at the top in my ground floor. 🤦♀️ We have some of the oldest housing stock in Europe (mine is over 100y old and that’s not very unusual) so air con was never an option when most of our housing was built and now we’re so used to not having it they don’t even consider it for new builds, except very high end. There’s also not enough room for free-standing cos we also have some of the smallest homes in Europe 🙄And absolutely teeny compared to the USA. So not worth it for the few weeks of hot weather each year. That might change if we continue getting longer hotter summers though cos we cannot cope 😅
Because its "generally" not a hot country. 30 degrees for 2 weeks out of the year, which has only in recent years become somewhat normal. Window ac units are ugly yokes. A lot of people do have a portable little unit though.
Because it is expensive ameritard electricity is expensive
What were you listening to doing the chorus
Idk if it's the postpartum hormones or being covered in breast milk but the first few months after baby I sweat sooo crazy and the smell is sooo different 😅- like a feral woodland critter lol
Why can’t you baby wear? Is there a reason?
Is it weird to be able to actually show Oryn cause he's yours instead of hiding fosterlings?
Are you using cloth nappies
never managed to stay on a centaur line? I can not make out what she is saying about his nursing and metabolism...is she saying he is not gaining weight or?
Get a pumping bra then you don’t have to hold the pump. They are so nice.
Do you think you will move to a house?
Does the NHS pay for breast pumps?
Sadly not, you can hire them though
If you've a preemie in scbu they will but its a bit of a process
Never wake q sleeping baby. They know what they're doing
Has he been checked for tongue ties by a pediatric dentist?
I found I was hotter and had stronger and more sweat when breastfeeding. Tapered off after a year when I stopped.
This is something i wonder. Is every new mum this worried about their baby sleeping or not? I mean is it really wrong to let them cry once in a while? From when i grew up, my mom just did everything in the house hold wether we were asleep or not. I didn't mind to be on my 'own'. Wondering this because alot of people can't deal with this. If we continue to put babies on pedistals... it sure will be hell of a spoiled world. Don't get me wrong though, i understand how precious the baby is and the love. It's just thought flying by.edit: you have a whitenoise machine but you're to afraid he'll wakeup when you take a bath... He's not going to die if you don't respond for a minute.. christ... anyway... not my business
I hear you and agree.
There's actually quite a lot of research that proves that letting kids cry/making them "cry it out" is actually a detriment to their future mental health and attachment styles. Obviously every family is different and needs to do what's best for them, but if a parent is willing and capable to keep their baby happy and nurtured, that will only be a benefit to the child/world (happy human yay) instead of creating a "spoiled" child. That's actually a myth. You cannot spoil a child by holding them too much or keeping them from crying etc ...
Totally depends on the baby. When my 6m old niece is tired and you put her down in her crib, she will have a wee cry and then slowly calm down and put herself to sleep. She just has a bit of a fuss and it’s never ‘serious’ unless she’s unwell, teething etc. My son couldn’t sooth himself until he was much older. He’s just a more sensitive temperament so if he was left he would only escalate until he cried so hard he was sick. I had him just before lockdown so there was times I physically couldn’t hold him and comfort him, and no one else could help. And it always escalated, he never learned to self-soothe, even with that ‘practice’. You cannot train a baby out of their temperament. Some babies will tolerate things that others won’t.
You can't spoil a baby