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From the community

Recent discussions

Showering with my baby? Is it unsafe/ wrong?

Is it weird to take a shower with my baby boy? Is it a bad thing? I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately because I can never shower I’m 11 weeks pp and my husband started a new job. He is gone all day to work and I can’t just leave my baby alone so I can shower. I can’t hear the monitor over the running water and even if he is sleeping if I leave the room he wakes up and starts crying and doesn’t stop unless I pick him up and if I put him down again he cries again and I’m against letting my baby just cry it out. So I’ve been neglecting my own self care and hygiene and it’s really taking a toll on my mental health. So I guess what I’m really wondering is it wrong, and is it unsafe?

Gagging

Anyone had a problem with gagging leading to vomiting? My 14 month old has recently started this with her food, she never used to have this problem at all. She’s suddenly started gagging which leads to full on vomiting now.

I will say she’s not BLW, but any advice, normal?

Poo Help Needed 😱

My baby is approaching 6 months and is exclusively breastfed. A midwife warned us to expect that by this point, he would be pooing once a week and would make a big song and dance about it.

My baby poos once or twice a day, sometimes three times, without fail. Probably one in three is very vinegary, and they are in general smelly - I can tell he's pooed on smell alone.

They are also fairly explosive. He's in a larger size nappy than his weight to try and contain the poo as we have frequent blowouts! He also generally only poos in his car seat unless it's first thing in the morning!

Other than pooping, he seems completely healthy. He has maintained appropriate weight gain at his last check (which admittedly was at 3 months), but he's chubby and round. He also has plenty of wet nappies. I'd love to hear from people as to whether this is normal or whether I should be worried that this is an allergy or something!!!

How many poos does your EBF baby do a day / week? Please let me know!!!

Bath time problems

I’m looking for some advice - My home has a wet room so no bath and my 3 month old is growing out of the bath that we’ve bought it’s just like a little bath we fill up and empty but he’s got quite long legs and he’s reaching the bottom of it and i can’t find no bigger ones. Mama’s with wet rooms what do you do ? I’m struck i can’t put him in shower (obviously) i’ve tried to shower with him but i can’t hold him and do both and dad isn’t always around for bath time because of football etc. so i need something i could do on my own? Thankyou! x

Painful bowel movements

Hi all,

My 11 month old has incredibly painful bowel movements, it looks as though her poo is so large (wide) that its agony to get out so she screams. Once the first part is out (usually with some help) the rest comes out fine.

The GP has given her laxatives but this has been going on for months and she can't take them everyday so I try to limit them.

Anyone else have this? She has CMPA but does have anything with cows milk so it's not that.

Thanks x

Gas/reflux relief

Not too sure if my baby is struggling with gas or reflux in the night but when hes on his back he is thrashing out, grunting, it sounds like hes about to be sick and is clearly uncomfortable. We’ve tried infacol and I thought it worked with the burping (although it made him a bit more sicky), but when I’ve spoken to an osteopath or GP they gave the impression it didn’t work!!

Has anyone tried infacol, gripe water, colief etc and what has worked for you?

Thank you!!

My toddler has chicken pox 🙈

Was pulling out of the nursery car park this morning, when one of the workers came frantically running towards me saying my 2year old was covered in chicken pox! I didn’t even notice them, they came up so fast! I had them as a child so am hoping I’ll be okay (30wks preggos) but typically the GP and midwives never pick up the phone so I’ve done an e-consult 🤞🏻

Bloods

How long does it normally take to put bloods on badger as I had mine taken over a month ago but there’s been no update, also do you know where they keep a record of what jabs you have and haven’t had?

Bath time

So my 17 month old loves the bath but hates washing her hair and has a melt down every time and is honestly dangerous to herself ( standing up, crying,has slipped several times because she’s not sitting and is all soapy) (also a new fear and is making bath time impossible.)
If anyone has delt with this situation before how did you combat it. And any ideas would be appreciated (:

Tongue tie suggestions?

Looking for private tongue tie for a 3 year old in Hertfordshire. Any recommendations?

Chickenpox

Anyone else’s little one got chickenpox already? We’re on day 3 and it’s been hell 😔 he picked it up from nursery and it just caught me off guard as I always assumed they get it when they’re a little older.

He refuses to take antihistamines but it’s breaking my heart seeing him so itchy and in such discomfort 😢

I also have a 7 month old and I’m so scared he is going to get it. I’m just a bag of nerves at the moment and my anxiety is through the roof.

Also, annoyingly the chickenpox vaccine will be included in his pre school vaccines in June! Does anyone know what I do about that now? Surely he doesn’t need the vaccine anymore but I know it’s combined.

Thanks x

Help - trapped gas

My baby struggles to fart and poop. She looks so uncomfortable and tries to strain. I've tried infacol and dentanox. But no luck. I've tried massage, bicycle kicks and bathing but no luck. Only a few pumps. Anyone got any other tricks to try? Desperate tired mummy 🫩

Straining

My little one seems to be constantly straining the last few days, he goes for a poo every other day on average but is crying and pushing down soo much! He farts a lot and they smell bad too haha.
He was up all night last night just crying and fussing and straining. He sounds really stuffy too, to the point he sometimes snorts trying to breathe in. He’s combi fed but mostly bottle.
Just wondered if this is “normal” or a phase or if maybe I should be changing anything?! TIA

TORCH blood test

Did anyone else have to get a TORCH screening for toxo/ parvo/ cmv? Had one yesterday at 34+3 for concerns regarding baby’s head size. Seems like baby’s head maturation is fine and the rest of baby’s body looks to be fine too but as the head is so low, they’re not finding a good measurement and so they suggested this blood test to rule out any potential issues. Anxiety is eating me away as I’ve had cats (mainly indoor but they do play in the garden sometimes) my whole life and I didn’t even know what cmv was until yesterday.

Soft play/days out for 9 month old

I’m finding that I need to get out of the house more to entertain my energetic 9 months old but a lot of soft plays are aimed at older children

We’ve been to kidzcove in maghull and I’ve heard little legends in Prescot is good

Can anyone recommend anywhere similar that has a good baby section?

Anywhere in Liverpool

Is anyone else’s baby screaming non-stop or is mine just broken

My almost 4-week old has really bad gas and reflux issues (we think), some days are better than others but some feeds he’ll fall asleep and be really peaceful and some are so bad he’ll spit up and then scream inconsolably for 2 hours 😩😩

I think I have an oversupply/fast flow too cause he’s gulping sometimes which makes his reflux worse, but I’m already using laid back positioning and unlatching him to burp and nothing helps 😩 block feeding doesn’t work bc I end up with e hit

Has anyone gone through something similar?? Or am I just doomed with a reflux baby 🥺

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