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Wic

I’m not sure if many moms have wic , but I mostly use it for my son’s formula. His tummy can only handle Similac Sensitive 360 total care with the golden lid… Wic gave me similac sensitive and there’s a huge difference between the two. How do I go about telling them that Sensitive 360 Total care is the best one and ...

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Does anyone know why she makes this sound?

Hello, first time mum here to 2 month twins. One of the my twins here has always been vocal but especially when it comes to digesting her formula. She always grunts and moans after feeding and during sleep. Often it looks as though she's having a bowel movement, but then she cries. I don't think it's trapped wind as...

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Burping

Am i not burping my baby enough? i try and burp him every half ounce or ounce, i usually do it till he burps one to two times and then continue to feed. Hell also sometimes puke instead of burping. or half hour or so after his feed he’ll like projectile puke with no warning? any tips? he’s 3 weeks old and is bottle ...

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Elective

When is the earliest u can book an elective ? I have a consultant appointment on 13 jun at 28 weeks and I want to make sure I have a slot as soon as possible.

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Is anyone’s baby still eating every 2hrs?

I’m having a really hard time with my baby who’s almost a month old, not settling due to reflux and maybe colic! He’s got the worst nappy rash and is constantly pooing. The poo’s seem normal in consistency, and he’s still feeding but has trapped gas and wind!etc. We were using infacol but saw online it can make refl...

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Help

My son got circumcised at birth and now he is 4 and I still have to pull back the skin to clean down there. Is that normal ? Or does he need to go back under

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2 month olds breath smells bad

My babies 2 months and her breath smells extremely nasty I’m just wondering if there’s a cause of this and should I clean her gums - if so how do you clean them thanks in advance xxxx

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Is this a mucus poo?

My baby is displaying a rash and I’m wondering if it could be a cmpa. I’ve read that they get mucus poos when this is the case but I have no idea what that would look like (FTM). So wondering if this looks like a mucus poo to anyone? Thanks in advance!!

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Spit up

So my baby spits up a lot after each feed. I told the dr and she says it is normal. But it is way too much. I’ve tried total comfort, gentle ease, total comfort, the sensitive one, soy & now I’m using by heart. Any recommendations?

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Circumcision

My son just got circumcised today (2 months) what have you mom's found to help with pain. He's been crying non stop for hours

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Help 😩

My little on has been on Aptamil pepti 1 for his CMPA for around 4 weeks however yesterday out of the blue he started exhibiting the same symptoms that lead us to the diagnosis, he’s dirtying every nappy again with very wet and mucusy poos & starting to become reluctant to feed again and very snuffly & snotty, has a...

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Gas pains at night

I've pinned down that a common culprit of our baby's frequent nighf wakings are gas pains. He relatively easy to settle so long as we cosleep, but this is less than ideal. Does anyone have any suggestions on reducing gas pain. Could it be as simple as his latch, or more likely trouble with solids?

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Hasn’t pooped in 2 days

FTM - my newborn is 15 days old and hasn’t pooped since Monday. She passed gas all day long but is not looking very uncomfortable while I feed her. Any tips on what to do to help my babygirl?

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Help me make him poo 💩

It's been 3 days, he's 6 weeks. he's fully breastfed. I know it's 'normal' for up to a week but I've not experienced it before even with my other daughter. Also he's in alot of pain and discomfort. He passes gas but not poo. Done massages, tummy time, bicycle legs etc nothing working. He's crying alot

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Need to vent 😤 hopefully this will give you a smile at least

I am SO overstimulated. My toddler has just been balls to the wall since 5am, living room looks like a bombs hit it, there's toast crusts on the floor that hes refusing to pick up and I'm trying to breastfeed my 3 month old. I'm also holding a soggy banana skin that my toddler has given me. Then the baby will not st...

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Baby poop😣

My baby is 3 months and he's mix fed. Formula & breast milk in bottle in daytime and breastfeeding in night time. He doesn't seem to be in discomfort, he's a happy baby in general. He's been having normal poops till today... is this normal?

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