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How Often to Bathe a Newborn

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Your Guide to Baby’s First Bath

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Newborn Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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What Does It Mean If Baby Arches Their Back While Crying?

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What is Purple Crying? And What Does It Stand For?

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Breath-Holding Spell: What to Do When Baby Stops Breathing While Crying

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Helpful Resources for Parents of Children with Down Syndrome: What to Know & Where to Find Support

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Why Do Babies Cry On Airplanes?

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Baby’s First Pediatrician Visit: Your Expert Guide

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Childs Farm’s Complete Guide to Baby Skincare for Parents

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How Many Diapers Do I Need for a Newborn? (Hint: It’s a Lot!)

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How to Prevent Dehydration in Babies

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Recent discussions

Baby bath seat

Hi, my little girl is 14 months old and currently in a 6-12 months baby bath seat, we need to bin the seat as she’s just getting a little big for it what would everyone recommend instead, another baby seat for up to 24months or a non slip bath mat? Thanks in advance!😊

Fussy baby

Hi! I’m having such a hard time with my 5 week old. I feel like if she’s awake she isn’t happy unless she’s eating. We’ve tried mylicon and gripe water to see if it’s gas, but neither helped. Yesterday she cried any time she was awake. She normally sleeps 3 hour stretches and last night was up every hour to eat. It’s taking a toll on me and making me feel like I’m constantly doing something wrong. I’m not sure if she’s colic because it’s not consistent. She will have like 2 good days, then the next day or two she’s back to crying non stop.

Would you go back?

Osteopath was a major douchebag know-it-all, but the treatments were very effective.

We saw a new osteopath yesterday and he really rubbed me the wrong way. He was extremely condescending and “mansplained” a lot of basic concepts to me (he had a white board in the office and used it to explain a bell curve after I said my son was behind in gross motor skills 🙄).

He was very contrarian and basically had a counterpoint to everything I said during the intake process (e.g., the intake form asks about their medical history and I said they were born premature. He said I shouldn’t pigeonhole them based on that and assume all their issues stem from it. Like, bro, I didn’t say that. Your form asked for medical history, that’s part of their medical history. Nowhere did I indicate that I think it’s causing anything).

At the end we got into a full blown debate about whether or not having tonsils and adenoids removed changes the body’s “baseline.”

When he finally did the treatments, the boys responded really well and I can see improvements in their posture/alignment already. They both seemed to like him and he is good when interacting with the kids.

I booked in again in 3 weeks, but his vibe and communication style really got under my skin, so I’m not sure I want to go back.

Frida baby windi

Has anyone tried these to help baby with gas? Seems pretty wild but will try anything to relieve him

Baby hasnt pooped!!

He is 10 days old and have been breastfeeding but topping up with bottles as were having problems with our latch sometimes and i felt he wasnt getting enough.

He hasnt been for a poop in over 24 hours and yesterday there was 22 hours in between.

Is this common experience for anyone else ?

Green Poo!

For the past week my baby, who is 10 weeks, has been having green poos with some mucus.

I EBF, and I called the GP last week who believes the mucus/green poo is due to teething as I have cut out all dairy from my diet.

I thought it could be teething too as my baby is dribbling lots and her gums are changing.

I’m now worried the green poos may be due to my milk supply where she might not be getting enough fatty milk. Her latch is perfect, she seems satisfied and unlatches by herself, my nipples don’t hurt when feeding and my boobs are soft. Her last yellow poo was about a week now.

Has anyone experienced the same/similar and have any tips?

Thanks

Poo consistency 💩

What consistency is your little ones poo. (2yrs only) 😅 mines still not doing solid poos at all. Its like mushy newborn poop with food init.

My son is 3 months and I think he has colic? I mean, he screams and cries like he’s getting paid for it. I’ve tried everything, swinging him belly down on our arms, warm baths, massages, walks, you name it and he just seems so unhappy.

Infacol didn’t work, colic calm helps slightly, he’s suffering also with constipation and he never ever lets us put him down! Why haven’t they created a cure yet it’s 2026! I’m exhausted and I feel like I can’t do anything right. Any suggestions?

8 week jabs

My son is due his 8 week jabs tomorrow and it’s meant to be 34 degrees here 😣 I’m so worried about him being hot anyway then not being well with his jabs. Is it best to reschedule them?

My little girl 🥺🥺

I'm fully convinced my girl has cmpa

If anyones children has it, please please could you tell me if this sounds like cmpa as I'm trying to build evidence for the doctors. She's 4 weeks old so they're struggling to find what it is due to an immature digestive system.

She struggles to poop. Like she will go bright red, you can see her trying to push with her little belly getting tense while she does it 🥺
When she poo has passed, it's very mucusy, very liquidy and has also had blood in it 3 times. (Told the doctors but she said it could just be the trauma from the bowl with pushing so much and so hard)

She spits up constantly, even after being winded. Sometimes projectile. Sometimes half digested spit up, chunky like cheese and sometimes fresh milk comes straight back up.

She's extremely gassy, very easy to wind after feeding. This little girl toots like no other baby.

Also, she's breastfed. Very occasionally given breast milk in a bottle but probably only 5 times since she was born.

I've cut all dairy from my diet for the past 3 days and I'm seeing an improvement in her skin already. No change in the nappies yet but hopefully soon! (I'm lactose intolerant but I'm addicted to cheese so suffering with the pain was worth it!😂)

Sorry for the long message. I had to deal with issues with lactose and having a sore belly my whole life. It's horrible and I don't want this for my little girl.
I'll do anything to make her comfortable again😭🥺

Someone just kissed my baby’s face

My FIL just kissed my baby’s face. It’s the 4th time he’s seen my baby, so I didn’t think to list out all the rules again. We got him to stop, but I’m freaking out. I felt like I was having a panic attack ( I feel better now but I’m still really worried about my baby). I contacted my pediatricians office, but they are closed so I won’t hear back until tomorrow. My husband told me that I’m over reacting … I don’t know if anyone has had this happen to them? Am I overreacting?

Maybe TMI but igh

This may be TMI idk. But I'm tired of feeling like I have to poop. I'm 27 weeks today, I have this non stop feeling of having to poop. Like it's ready but as soon as I sit down, nothing. Nothing will come out. I push and nothing. Every once and a while I may get the smallest pebble. But then I lay back down and boom sensation is back. Is anyone else having this issue?

Vaccination

Anyone on here decided not to get their baby vaccinated ? Baby almost 14week and hasn’t be vaccinated yet.

Emergency. Need help from some tenured mommas!!

Baby has a 2nd degree tongue tie and a good lip tie to boot. She seems to be feeding well- anyone have positive results fixing it with Chiropractor alone?
She’s down 5 oz from birth, not an actual emergency and she’s still within her 10%. But it makes me pressured to go ahead and see a specialist to have her lip and or tongue tie clipped to make sure she’s getting all the feed she can. The procedure is expensive out of pocket- but more worried about doing what’s best

does this look like a lip tie?

having some issues feeding so wondering if it could be that

Colic/tongue tie

Bubba is 7 weeks and I've been told he has possible tongue tie but holds alot of tension in his jaw. We're trying exercise currently to loosen him jar but I think his taking in air when feeding and its causing so many problems with wind. Any advice would be great x

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