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2 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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7 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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12 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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11 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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10 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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9 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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8 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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5 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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When Do Babies Learn Their Name?

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When Do Babies Get Tears?

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7 Stages of Crawling: The Ultimate Survival Guide for Parents

Tassia O'Callaghan

When Do Babies See Color?

Tassia Agatowski

5 Cute and Fun Half Birthday Ideas

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6 Week Old Baby: What to Expect

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16-Month-Old Baby: Milestones & Development

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15-Month-Old Baby: Milestones & Development

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Feeling paranoid 🤯

My brother was playing with my 9 month d and was just throwing him in the air… Im paranoid that he will get brain damage or something as I googled it and it said you shouldn’t throw them in the air. It wasn’t done roughly. He was just playing with him 😩🥺

Is your October baby saying mama or dada etc yet?

My baby isn't even babbling, the health visitor wasn't too concerned and was more interested in gestures.

Routines for 1 year old

Pleaseee can you all share routines you have had for your 1 year old, I’m willing to try anything. My little girl used to stick to a routine so much and since just before she turned 1 (a month ago) she’s been all out of sorts, waking in the night for feeds etc that she never used to☹️ anyone any advice x

2.5 Year old boy ND

My boy doesn't speak much.. I'm starting to get worried. He recently started repeating words after Ms. Rachael and singing some rhymes. He does get meltdowns and a fussy eater... Any tips on how cope with his meltdowns in public?

Bruises

Does your lo have bruises on there legs from walking / crawling? My lo has started walking but still falling down so wondering if they are from crawling/ walking

How to respond to frustration?

Any advice on how to respond to an almost 1 year old who has become very frustrated and started biting herself/ me the last few days... I'm not sure if it is frustration about not being able to communicate as she does seem to be making more attempts to communicate through pointing and noises?

For example she was in the bathroom and kept trying to get the bath toys/ pointing at the bath I took her out if there and put her in her playpen and she kept pointing to the bathroom and was very annoyed when I was saying "we can go in the bath later" etc. (I don't think she understood anything other than the word bath) which was making her more upset... then she started putting her head down and screaming to herself and then bit me really hard on the collarbone when I picked her up.

What do we do at this age especially to stop some behaviours like biting? She was also pulling at the skin on her legs while frustrated?

Primark worker calling my child mental?

I was at checkout and my daughter was just fake laughing in her pram (she’s 2) the worker went
“What’s she laughing at?”
“She sounds mental!”
“‘Mental”
With like this disgusting look on her face…
I felt embarrassed and she was looking at her other co workers too like wtf

Grocery store havoc

This is something I really need help with so anyone everyone. When we go to the grocery store it's hell. She runs off to different aisles. She hides to where we think we've lost her. She won't sit in a buggy without screaming and now has learned to get out. I've tried the leashes she screams and drops to the floor.

Anyone’s autistic 4 year old do this?

My 4 year old has started to pretend to fall on me he hit his head on my arm or stomach or just flat out hits. I’m tired of it I’ve tried telling him no it’s not ok to hit he’s level 1 m. He also laughs at me after seeing how mad or frustrated I get. My bf told me I need to do something and he also screams really loud when he doesn’t get what he wants I’m so drained by the end of the day like I also have a 2 year old. Any tips ?

My 16 month old passed out

So I have a 4 year old and 16 month old, they always play together but like all siblings they fight and argue. Usually easily resolved. But today, they were arguing over who was going to sit on the chair. My 16 month old got so angry and upset she was screaming at her brother, to the point she couldn’t breathe and literally passed out and fell on the floor. I obviously quickly picked her up and dealt with it. But I have NEVER ever seen anything like it, me and my son were both terrified. Has this ever happened to anyone?

Baby hates the car seat

My 11 week old hates the car seat. She’ll cry if she’s put in it for the whole journey. She’ll spit the dummy out too. Even if she’s asleep when I transfer her, she’ll wake up and cry.

She needs a good few minutes when I take her out to calm down and stop crying.

Any tips, products, anything at all I can do to help? I’ve had to pull over a few times to calm her down as it was hard to drive with her screaming.

Not crawling yet

My baby has been trying to crawl for nearly 3 months now, still nothing.
I know this is totally normal but mums on here just seem to brag about how their babies are early at everything, kinda rubs it in🥴🥱
Anyone else have a non crawling 8mo??

Is this only my child

My daughter constantly is hurting me I am covered in bruises all over even my face as she’s so rough I’m so overstimulated with the constant trampling on me and hitting me pulling my hair and twisting her feet into me and pinching ! Not to mention I am constantly a target for throwing things at launching things when she’s angry
My legs are absolutely covered in bruises

No crawling or standing

Hi my baby is 13 months old today no standing no crawling she’s trying and pull herself to places she’s trying so hard bless her for 5 months but can’t figure it out. When I help her to stand she does it 2 secs while I hold her and lift legs up. She sits and sit up from laying down. She’s a very active baby constantly wants to move but just can’t figure it out. Does it worth to see the gp?

Crawling

My baby isn’t crawling yet should I be concerned?
He sits independently very well but hates being on his belly, so he isn’t motivated to crawl … any advice or other moms relate?

My sweet boy…

As I was breaking down crying from depression, loneliness, and not having anyone I heard my son’s little voice say “mommy are you okay? “ ….Since he’s 4 I try to hide it from him.

Him: is your tooth hurting again?
Me: no baby mommy is just sad.
Him: oh. Is your heart hurting?

Yes baby, yes baby for a long time. It still has life because of you 😔

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