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From the community

Recent discussions

Osteopath

Did anyone take their baby to an osteopath, and would you recommend? Also, how much are they?

So me and hubby are having a debate about shower temps😬
I take a cool shower. Like not ice cold but it’s warm and there’s no steam.
He takes a shower from hell itself to the point you can’t see in the bathroom or if my hair is straight I walk in it’s curly again.

Advice asap please - HFMD

Hey mamas. I need urgent advice please.

My sis in law is 17 years old. Last weekend she started getting blisters on the bottom of her feet, hands and around her mouth and inside her mouth. I suspect she has hand foot mouth but no one else believes me as she is “too old” to get that.

Anyway I managed to keep my almost 2 year old away from her since. But tomorrow is my birthday and she was supposed to come with my in laws. She’s messaged me today asking if she can still come as she really wants to come over and see us all. I’m not sure if she is still contagious? She said she still has a few blisters that are bumpy/filled but most are flat now.

Everyone else around me thinks I’m making a big deal out of nothing. My son had HFMD once before and it was absolute horror. I’m so traumatised that I don’t want him going through it away and he is already under the weather.

Do u think she can still come over tomorrow as it’s been almost a week since or should I tell her not to and how to tell her / everyone in a way they won’t judge me or take offence.

Thank u xxx

Post bath

Moms what are guys doing to keep your baby warm post bath time till their clothes are on? Mine cries like no other, I need ideas on how to prevent that.

Crying

Anyone else’s baby cry inconsolably every time they are awake? I’ve been to the doctors and we are looking at CMPA or silent reflux? But I can’t take it anymore :( it’s so sad hearing her cry all the time and it sends me crazy

Help or advice

My little boy is 16 months old, never had a proper hair cut I trim the front at home once a month when it’s going in his eyes but I can’t bring myself to take him for a proper one, it’s long enough that I can do a top knot or a little pony tail most of my family and my partners family constantly make comments about it’s to long for a boy but he has beautiful curls in parts of his hair I think he looks perfect however it’s getting very frustrating when we go out in public he gets mistaken for a girl it’s doesn’t help he has long thick black eyelash’s so should I just have it cut or keep it as is until he’s old enough to communicate with me that he wants it short

Health Review

Hey Mamas, has anyone else's baby had a health review yet? I've been reading a few things online and now I'm worried I was supposed to book one with the health visitor. She’s 4 months old. I don't remember being told to arrange it myself. Did your health visitor contact you, or did you have to book it?

Toddler suddenly hates bath

Toddler has suddenly started screaming and crying during bath time and shower. I literally dread this time of day so much. He used to spend 30 mins in a bath and now we’re lucky if we last 3 minutes. Does anyone have any advice? 😢

Toni’s Box 2?

Considering getting a tonies box. Is it worth it? Does your 2 year old engage with it and enjoy it? Can you tell me HOW they play and experience it? :)

Bath Time Help!

My little boy has suddenly decided he hates having his hair washed.
To the point he manages to cling onto the side of the bath and pull himself to standing in his bath seat.

We have tried one of us in the bath with him with no seat but it’s just so slippy to hold him.

I don’t trust him to just sit in the bath as he’s in his pulling to stand era

Soooo where do I go from here😭 has anyone else had this issue?

CMPA / Silent Reflux

Hi all! Needing some advice/ help!

My baby is 7 weeks old, she has always been quite a fussy/ uncomfortable baby. We got her tongue tie cut as her weighed gain was quite slow and that didn’t resolve the weight issue, then her stools went wild explosive and really smelly and we suspected CMPA so I have been dairy free and we have her on Aptamil Pepti (I mainly BF but give a few bottles of formula a day to help weight gain). She also always sounds congested. The main issue we’ve had is the silent reflux, she cries all the time, will cry when we are feeding her trying to burp her she will arch her back or be almost grabbing her throat in discomfort.

We got given gaviscon but she seemed to be worse trying to pass gas so we stopped it. What have others with CMPA put their child on formula wise and has omeprazole helped?

Help with bath time!

Bath time has always been a struggle for my LG, but it’s now turned into a complete aversion. We can’t even manage a quick wipe over with a damp flannel without her getting really distressed, so keeping her clean has become a daily battle.

Has anyone found anything that genuinely helped? Any bath toys, games, sensory ideas or ways to gradually rebuild confidence around water? I’d love to hear what’s worked for your little one because we’re a bit stuck at the moment. ❤️

Vaccines

My baby has just had her 12 month injections and she’s been absolutely fine she’s smiling and chatty but I’ve noticed her on thigh is so swollen and red I’m a little bit worried about it so talked to a nurse and was told it’s normal but it doesn’t seem normal to me
Wondering if anyone else has had bad swelling and redness we are on day 2
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Colic / reflux

Currently have a 4 week old, she seems to sleep fine, she has hiccups a lot and struggles to get up wind so I give her infacol every feed, currently on kendamil and mam bottles. Is it normal for her to scream when ever shes not feeding or asleep? Everyone seems to suggest babies cry, but she is screaming red in the face unless she is feeding or sleeping. Has anyone had anything similar? Thanks x

Forward facing 🥲

I’m kind of at a loss here. My son continues to take his chest clip off and squirm his arms out to be able to look around. The straps are tight and I buckle his appropriately and he’s still unbuckling the chest clip and struggling his way out of the straps.
My older son is 8 so he’s obviously sized out of his car seats and my younger son wants to be able to look around like him I think??
I guess my question is would it just be safer for me to forward face him rather than him continuing to unbuckle himself?

To add yes I do pull over every time and fix him though I fear within 2 minutes he’s back to doing it.

BF poo 💩

Does anyone else’s breastfed baby’s poop have mucous in it? Is this normal? It’s not a lot but it is every diaper, I’ve read that it is normal and I’ve read that it can signal CMPA. I worry because he is super gassy/has colic as well.

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