anyone feel like they developed some "bad habits"?!

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What are the challenges you're facing right now? Curious to know, not to put anyone down, but bc I'm sure at least one other person is going through the same thing, which makes us moms feel a little bit better. :)

My son is 9 and a half weeks. He is gaining weight just fine from BM. Born 9.1 pounds and is now 15 pounds! We struggle daily to take a bottle for the past 3 weeks. I go back to work in another month and am trying to prep him for the grandmas! We love breastfeeding! I don't really consider that a habit but my son sure is a creature of habit right now! Wish I was more consistent with a bottle earlier on. We introduced but stopped for various reasons and biting us in the ass. Suggestions welcomed!

Also, we bounce him to sleep on an exercise ball most nights. 😬 need to figure out another way to get him down.

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My son sleeps in rock and play and is rocked all night long.

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My son is 7 weeks. He refuses a pacifier and uses me as one instead. So when he start to cry I'm the only one who can soothe him. Also my husband works 3rd so on nights he's at work both kids are in bed with me. And he thinks he has to be held all the time cause I don't really out him down. ☺

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Are you having others try to give him the bottle? Many LOs won't take a bottle from mom because they like the comfort of nursing! When my daughter will take a bottle from me (it's been rare, maybe once or twice that I've needed to give it to her) once she's done she will cry until I offer the boob, then she sucks once or twice and is done! Total comfort thing :)

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11weeks EBF, we've been trying bottles since 4 weeks and she just gets mad. We've tried nearly every bottle and trick. We ordered Mimijumi to try next. 😑 Also she never goes to bed in crib until like 945pm even though I start bedtime routine before 8pm. 😑

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Bottle feeding when I wanted to ebf.  I had to supplement with formula and now she only wants the bottle the end of the day and night.  Maybe has to do with a growth spurt.  
We rock her to sleep for hours.  She won't fall asleep if she isn't moving. 
I feel like I am always holding her.  She doesn't like any bounce seat.  She doesn't even like a carrier so I can't do a lot during the day!

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We got a pack n play as a gift that has a bassinet which can vibrate. If she gets restless while she sleeps, we turn the vibrator on and then she's out like a light. Unfortunately she's getting very close to outgrowing the bassinet, and therefore the vibrating option.
At this point I'm trying hard not to rely on it too much, but it really has been a lifesaver!

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Bed sharing. We try the crib but it's not working. No real bad habit, cause we tried from day 1 and he was good and now he's not.

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Pacifier to fall sleep 😩😩 when it falls out if she's not dead asleep she's crying

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My son won't sleep without being held. I've started bed sharing, just so I can get sleep. There were nights I was literally up until 10am just holding him while he slept. So far so good 😊

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He is 11 weeks old and has only minimally napped in his crib 2 times. Ugh. I bought a Dockatot to try. Otherwise, our only other bad habit is no nighttime routine.

anyone feel like they developed some "bad habits"?!

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