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Baby stopped babbling/taking back since 2 days !

I’m worried not sure why this happened. She isn’t babbling or talking back to me. Just watches me and keep quite. Doesn’t open mouth to speak. She was a good speaker. Looking out for some advice/ similar stories here

biting toddler

15Mo keeps biting me, everytime i tell him off and he hasn’t stopped doing it. any tips on how to stop this?

Terrible 2's

Does anyone else's think their little one is going through terrible 2's already?!

Gifted child or just had lots of input?

Hi! I’m just curious here, but my little one is incredibly smart. Not just with letters and numbers, but emotionally, socially and physically as well.

She knows her letter sounds a-z and has begun to read basic cvc words by segmenting and blending.

She understands and recognises numbers 1-10, can subsidise up to 3, has started looking at number bonds and has begun to understand basic place value (tens and ones). She knows all basic shapes and understand the properties of some - so if I asked what shape has 2 long straight sides and 2 short straight sides, she knows that that is a rectangle.

Emotionally she is very level headed, very very rarely tantrums as she is really easy to reason with and has a phenomenal understanding of why we may say yes or no to things.

The questions she asks blow my brain sometimes, when the bath was filling up, she asked where water comes from - so we got a book from the library and she is so interested in the water cycle etc.

I am a qualified teacher and have a great understanding of child development but I’m concerned that she’s going to go to school in 12 months time and she’s going to fade into the background because she’s such a good kid.

I just don’t know what to do for the best - like I have no idea if she actually is just a normal 3 year old that just enjoys learning or whether she does have high learning potential and I need to do something about it to make sure it doesn’t cripple her?!

I’ve tried just not doing activities and stuff with her (all through play!) but she makes them up herself 😂 we’ll be walking through town and she’ll be picking out letters and numbers that she can see.

There is so much information out there for children that are ‘behind’ (awful word) the typical traits of a 3 year old but not a great deal on children that are ‘above’.

I feel daft asking for help but I’m not sure where else to go.

Son hitting

Hi so my son has been hitting me and I don’t know how to stop it and it’s when he’s upset or he will do randomly is their any way to make him stop because he started doing this for maybe a month and has been doing more consistently I tell him no and I ignore him is their anything I can do

Anyone else?!

Is anyone else’s 10 month old really hard to settle, even when holding them and trying to rock them to sleep they scream, go stiff and keep trying to fling out your arms??

Unsettled baby 🫠🫠

So my baby boy is 1 month today and he seems to be going through a phase of crying non stop, whether he’s hungry, over tired he just cries and is so hard to settle! Any tips from anyone to help settle him? We find the car is the only thing that helps atm 😅🫠

AITA?

Toddler send home with no mention of any issue- when I undressed him at bath time found large graze on his side /back/ribs. When I asked him he said he fell off the climbing frame that was very high. I asked him if the teachers were there and he said yes. I fully expect him to fall and bash himself - he’s a boy and 3 years old! But I’m annoyed that there was no mention of this and plan to
Bring it up when I go next .

Mums to autistic children

May I please ask what signs you first noticed in your babies/ children?
My girl is 9 months old, I feel that she isn’t at the same stage as other babies her age. She does not crawl, sit from laying down, hates tummy time/ being on her stomach, arm flaps, pulls this quite strange straining face when she’s excited, no babbling and does not rarely copies.
I just have a feeling; everyone is telling me I’m crazy and it’s normal, it probably is but I am a first time mum and I already have high anxiety even before having her.
What signs did your children have? Thanks x

Screeming when taking a bottle

My lo nearly 14 weeks hes gone 4hrs without feed and screaming when your and give it too him and also screaming when you move him around

Tantrums 😭

We’ve officially entered the tantrum stage and I’m finding it HARD!! We’re not even at full meltdown mode yet but I’m not looking forward to that. Has anyone else’s LO started to have tantrums and how are we keeping cool? 🫣

Crawling help

So my daughter is 5 months and refuses to crawl and fully roll over. All she wants to do is sit on her own and stand(with support). I know it’s an important milestone but I have no clue what to do.

20 months and no words still

20 months old today and still no words 😞 she says mama and dada and baba but all at different times with no meaning. When she cries she says mamamama which i think is for me because when her dad picks her up she still does it until I’ve got her.
I’m feeling really down about it.
I’m waiting to hear from SALT and we have a paediatrician booked for early September. Just wondered who else was in the same boat?

Autistic in babies

I know I shouldn’t worry but my daughter that’s 8 months plays but she’ll wack stuff she’s holding on floor repeatedly is this normal?? How did you know your child was autistic???
She has eye contact she’s just started to babble little bit here and there she crawls and sits up she smiles when you smile very hard to make laugh although she does laugh! She’s a tough crowd 😂
She’ll bash toys with her hands she has facial expressions
She doesn’t respond to her name that well right now

6 month old still Hates the car

She’s in the front (rear facing) give me any tips even tho I’m sure I’ve tried them all (yes I printed a picture of my face for her to look at ahahhahah)

4 year old screamer

Anyone’s 4/5 year old shriek/scream whenever things don’t go their way? This behavior has increased over the last month and I’m at a loss. It’s so loud and usually seemingly disproportionate to the moment. What helps?? I’m starting to feel like I’m on the receiving end of endless impatient demands to cut crust, cut food differently, clean spills of his clothes immediately, turn up the music in the car when Apple Maps interrupts it for two seconds, you name it! But it’s also if he has a pee accident, he just shrieks at the top of his lungs. If we warn him that it’s unbelievably loud and we’ll probably be asked to leave (if we’re in a public place), he stops shrieking and keeps crying (which is fine/preferred). He never does it at school and usually not as loudly in public. But it’s starting to happen multiple times a day. Wondering if this is typical, a phase, abnormal… not sure what to do. (Gonna cross post because I’m at my wits end.)

Anyone’s 4/5 year old shriek/scream whenever things don’t go their way?

When does it get better…

I have a 1 year old and a 3 year old. I feel like my days are just filled of screaming, moaning, crying and demands. I feel like i’m going to break. When does it get better?

Am I being paranoid or worried for no reason?

My LO makes soooooo many noises. He’s constantly ‘communicating’ with me if I say something to him. He responds with random sounds but no words yet. Does that mean it’s coming? Or should I be worried? He does babble like dada and he says ‘doh’ which I’m sure is doughnut because we had a toy doughnut and I said doughnut and he now just keeps saying doh. He’s clapping, laughs loads, cruising, playing peekaboo, if I ask him to get something he does or looks at it straight away. Amazing eye contact etc.

Screaming 🤦🏼‍♀️

My 11 month old son has recently started screaming when he is either at the dinner table having meals or when he is having independent play.
I do spend a lot of time with him, encouraging play and supporting him, but I don’t know how to manage this behaviour.
Currently, I’m saying no and holding up my hand with a stern face, but he’s not really responding to it.
First time, so please be kind, but any advice appreciated