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Lazy baby boy😂

My 8 month almost 9 month is not crawling or anything yet. I have him in his walker or jumper a lot so his legs are very strong… He can role from back to front but can’t go back he’s so lazy and hates being on his belly for longer than 5 mins.. what can I do to help him start moving/crewling a little

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My neighbours complained about my toddler

Got a phone call from the council today saying that my neighbours have complained because my toddler is too loud and noisy and he wakes them up at 5/6 in the morning… and that now I have a warning and if I don’t control him then serious measures would be taken! What the hell is wrong with people?!?!

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Baby not walking

He’s 15 months old on 14th and not close to walking yet! Stands up sometimes on his own but not really took steps ? Anyone else the same

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Baby keeps hurting me! Hate it!

Obviously I know it's not deliberate, but my almost 9 month old is basically constantly hurting me, and I'm starting to find it hard not to get upset. Especially when breastfeeding- clamping down with his gum, getting the flesh of my breasts between his fingers and twisting it, scratching my face, jabbing his finger...

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Autism

I recently saw an Instagram reel where a lady posted the tell tale signs of autism in her 4 year old when they were 12 months old. This has now scared me as some of the points she made my baby does, however I just thought these were things 12 month olds do. They were : - - hand flapping when happy or upset - havi...

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Baby constantly hitting head

Our bub seems to be VERY active, crawling, trying to stand, climbing up on everything. We have a mat/area but he obviously goes off that and we have made a decision to not have a play pen since we are always in the room with him. We have a wooden floor and he seems to constantly be falling over and hitting his head....

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staring spells

my baby has staring spells a lot which ive googled and it says its usually fine. but he does it so much when looking at lights and he doesnt blink, like he will stare straight at the light bulb while on for a fair amount of time. Is that normal?

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Babbling

Is your baby still babbling or making more ‘word-like’ noises? My LB is 7 months and still only makes limited noises/babbles really. My friend’s LB who is the same age (minus a few days) was already saying “mamamama” but mine isn’t past the “ooooo”s and “aaaa”s just yet so curious to see what others are like!

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Is anyone else’s baby in this group not saying any words consistently?

How far behind are we?

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Any idea why my baby cries every time he sees a certain playgroup worker?

From the very first visit to this play group my baby has screamed at the sight of this lady who works there and I feel so bad. She's not overly loud or too much either. But as soon as my baby sees her and she says hello he starts screaming, and I mean SCREAMING, tears streaming down his cheeks, properly huffing and ...

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Is my baby too clingy?

My little one is 3 months and spends all his time with me (his dad works away) He cries when he sees other family members or when they hold him or speak to him. How do I get him used to other people too? I want him to be a social baby as I’ll soon be leaving him in daycare, any advice?

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Is this a form of crawling ?

is this what army crawling is considered? shes 7.5 months

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7 month old standing

So my baby isn’t crawling correctly yet. But I just found him standing on his two feet hanging on to the side of the couch. Is this normal or was it a random thing ? I was freaking out 😂😭

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anybody else’s baby going through the separation anxiety/object permanence yet?

my baby boy screams and screeches when i put him down into his playpen to use the restroom, grab something real quick, etc., my golly he just knows when i put him down and starts crying 😭🫠

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Grunting

My 7 weeks old grunts all the time. I understand it’s normal for newborn to do that but he does it after feed, after burp, after poop, before sleeping and even during sleeping which sometimes wakes him up and we have to go through the whole process again. Is this normal?

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Small Rant

Does anyone else’s parents tell them that not letting your baby scream them self to sleep is spoiling them !?!?! Wtf

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