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Torticollis in Babies: What It Is, What to Look For & How to Help Your Baby

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Newborn Scrunch Explained: Why Babies Curl Up and What It Means

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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?

Katie Mill

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!)

Tassia Agatowski

How to Prevent Dehydration in Babies

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

9 Fun Activities for 10-Month-Old Babies

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Baby Cries When Put Down? Try These 15 Expert Tips

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11 Fun Activities for 9-Month-Old Babies

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How Many Burp Cloths Do I Need?

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From the community

Recent discussions

Eyebrows

My little girl has quite thick eyebrows. I’ve googled it and ended up down a rabbit hole. Has anyone else’s little one got similar eyebrows?

Mamas with clingy babies and no help... How the hell are you managing to shower? I normally hand off to my husband while I do but he's just had his gallbladder removed and isn't allowed to lift anything over 10lbs for the next 6 weeks so can't take the baby and he's a super clingy has to be held type kid. I have no idea how I'm meant to shower without him having a full meltdown 😭

Update :he ended up in his baby bath having time splashing while I sat in the shower. It was chaos but at least I'm clean 😂😂

Worth seeing health visitor?

My daughter will be 3 on the 12th and I have been taking her to the toilet since mid February, she doesn’t say anything when she needs the toilet and most of the time protests going even though when she sits down she’ll do a wee

No.2 are pure luck whether we get them on the toilet or not (I’m getting really sick of cleaning her pants 😭)

She’ll hold no.1s until she can’t anymore if I don’t take her

Is it work making an appointment with their health visitor to talk about it fo just wait until she gets it?

When is your shower / bath time?

We shower/bath the kids always in the morning, this is what we grew up doing... But it seems we might be in the minority. When is your family bath/shower time?

Gripe Water

What are your thoughts/experiences with gripe water my little one seems to have a lot of gas pain and Mylicon only helps so much. We do all the stretches too

Glasses question?

For mamas with glasses or littles with glasses, my 6 year old was told he needed glasses, we got them, and at his second optometrist appointment they said we needed to start patching his weaker eye for an hour a day. But my question now that we are doing that he says he can't see out of the eye while wearing his glasses, that everything is very blurry? With the glasses?

Tongue tie division

One week old had a tongue tie division yesterday and I’ve found that feeding has been more painful since 😣 anyone gone through similar? Any advice?

No visitors after baby with a toddler?

I’m thinking it’s best to have no visitors at least for 3-5 days after baby arrives home so that way my toddler gets some time to adjust to the baby without risking jealousy with people like grandma and grandpa showing up to see the baby

2 year check

Has anyone had the 2 year check? My health visitor said in March when she came out for her brother that th nursery nurse does it at 2?? but either way i haven’t heard anything about it. Curious if other people have heard

Pre School Vaccine

My son who is 3 half is due to have his pre school vaccine tomorrow. Question is he’s already had his chickenpox I paid privately when he was young to have it. Has anyone else done this and do they still give it them? Cause I know chickenpox is included now. I will ask tomorrow but just wondering. Thank you

Newborn sounding phlegmy whist feeding

Im a FTM & my little girl is 16 days old now. We have been formula feeding (Kendamil) from the start…

We currently use Mam bottles on a size 1 teat. We always elevate her during feeds and burp occasionally, however we have noticed more and more that she sounds so phlegmy whist feeding!! To the point where it sounds like she struggles to breathe and also sometimes chokes due to this….

I have no idea why this is happening or if it’s normal or something to be concerned about. (It’s worth mentioning that she doesn’t sound congested or phlegmy before or after a feed - only during)… I thought it may have been to do with the flow on the teat, however we have tried size 0 which she finds too much work/too slow, so have kept with size 1… which at times she seems to find too fast and ends up choking occasionally!? I feel like I’m going to lose my mind over this…. Is this normal newborn behaviour?

Has anyone else experienced this? Is this something that resolves on its own as she gets older?

Taking owlet to center parcs…

Going to center parcs for a Friday-Monday stay in June and wondered if anyone has taken their owlet?

I’ve heard they don’t allow baby monitoring devices because it’s a public WiFi network but then others have suggested guest services may do it for you if you contact them.

Has anyone been recently and used theirs?

Lip Tie

My four week old son has lip tie which has been confirmed by the GP who said that he was gonna refer him to paediatrics? Does anybody know what the waiting list is like specially with lip tie as I want to get it sorted ASAP

Gas

Has anyone found anything helpful for gas other than mylicon and stretches? I have been utilizing both of those but it seems like he needs something more

Reflux/ Gas issues

I feel like I’m at a dead end with this. My 7 week old will fuss for hours and bend awfully in my arms and rocker. He’s clearly uncomfortable but I’ve tried everything to help. Sitting him up after feeds, burping every now and then during feeds, belly massages and bicycle runs, gripe water. You name it I’ve done it. It breaks my heart, I hate seeing my baby in discomfort, please say there’s other things I can do :(

Yellow/Green poop

Little just turned 3mo today(EBF) and shes been having yellow/green poops frequently for the last 4 days. Over the last 2 weeks I've been upping her feeds and offering a bottle to get some added calories in since she was a little behind on weight at her last appointment. Was not having this color stool at the time of the appointment. She eats well, sleeps all night, and isn't fussy. Google tells me it could be CMPA or just an imbalance of foremilk/hindmilk. Id assume if it was CMPA she'd be fussy and uncomfortable.

Anyone experiencing anything similar?

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