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Does anyone else have a baby that’s an emotional manipulator?

Totally joking, they’re just babies obviously lol. But my daughter loves to play games with us and is very expressive with her faces. I just gave her a kiss on the forehead and she starts to pretend like she’s going to cry. Even though I know she’s messing around I apologize only for her to give me the biggest, most shit-eating smirk possible like some evil villain and when I call her out for it she starts laughing😭 baby girl, you’re only 11 weeks old… you can’t be slick like that yet lmao

Does anyone have any experience with stuttering or can give advice on what to do?

My daughter will be 3 in July, she has recently developed a stutter with the sounds of C and W for example when she is saying “can” or “when”. She was quite an early talker and was making full sentences from around 18months and I would say she is basically a fluent and clear speaker up until now. It seems to be worse when she’s tired and at first I brushed it off thinking it may be developmentally normal, but I have noticed the stutter is accompanied with blinking and facial tension. When researching online it says I should only worry if it’s been over 6 months, but it’s only been a few weeks but if there is an issue there I don’t want to wait 6 months to address it. Does anyone have any experience or recommendations? Or if your child had a similar issue did they grow out of it?

hands

anyone else’s 9 week old sucking on there fingers and shoving there whole fist in there mouth more recently?

Can you understand your 3 year old?

I understand about 60%. Other times I have absolutely no clue what she’s talking about

Twitching/tremors

Just wondering if anyone else’s little one does this? He’s been doing this since a newborn, I have been to the drs multiple times and have been told it’s ‘normal’ however I have never seen another child do this- other then my younger sister who has epilepsy.
He has episodes of stopping breathing and going blue and floppy which we go to hospital for obviously. They have left this unexplained as well.
I had childhood epilepsy so suspect that it’s genetic.
Flashing lights make him throw up and twitch/tremor more.
More in the comments as it won’t let me post more than one

Pretend crying

My little one has just started to pretend cry, he will say ‘I’m crying’ then do a wingey noise, or run and pretend to fall over then pretend to cry…sometimes he even tells me that’s what he’s going to do.
I explain why we should only cry when we really are upset or hurt. But then yesterday he did he when he was told not to do something, then laughed.

Part of me thinks this is just normal role play/learning about emotions, but it freaks me out! Anyone else experienced this?

I DONT LOVE YOU

My 4 year old when she doesn't get her own way will say this.
I get she doesnt understand it fully or mean it but and after she calms down says sorry or will shout I love you after.

Has anyone had any problems with neighbours after having a baby?

My neighbour is verbally abusive, (shouting, use of profanities, etc.), stomps and bangs consistently, has told us to move, peered through my windows. The list goes on. My landlords are aware, they've warned him, they've told each of us to ignore each other, but he has only grown more comfortable. Unfortunately things always happen so quickly and im not able to record anything. Am I just supposed to live with my phone glued to me constantly recording? I have things to do and a child to care for, nor do I have the means to invest in recording devices. My child wakes up crying because he is afraid to be in his bed, it is worse now because of teething. I genuinely do my best to keep the noise brief and get him right away, but I cannot control my child. I am exhausted, discouraged and it seems as though nothing will change. The landlords will not do anything because they have no physical proof of harassment. If you have any similar experiences or have needed to take this to court, how did it go? Is it even worth it? To be completely honest im starting to feel like maybe my child is the issue or im being a terrible parent despite everyone telling me its normal.

Babbling

anyone else’s babies not babbling yet ? My son will be 10 months on the 11th May and he doesn’t babble at all. He makes noises (laughing, blowing raspberries, happy screams etc). My oldest was babbling from about 6 months and I’m really trying not to compare but can’t be helped sometimes 🫣

Struggling with my 2 year old boy!!

I am soooooo jealous of the moms who have little boys that listen, are chill and calm. I have an active little boy who LOVES to climb, jump off the highest surface, throw balls and just destroy things.

Recently, my 2 year old has started to pull ALL his toys and throw his stuff around when he doesn't get what he wants or we don't pay attention to him for more than 2 minutes. What am I doing wrong? What do I do because today I LOST it, in what I feel is a bad way. I'm at my wits end and hate it. It's like he doesn't listen unless I'm yelling and I don't want to be like this....I grew up in a home like that and it was like walking on eggshells.

Please give me some real constructive advice, I'm out of my element. And please don't suggest getting him tested or how these are signs of some sort of diagnosis...ita not, I know for a fact. He's just a smart, active little boy.

Biting 🥲🫠

hey is anyone else having issues with their 12 month olds biting when they get frustrated with something? my SIL daughter is about to turn 3 next month and if my son grabs one of her toys that she absolutely loves she’ll snatch it from him and when she does he’ll charge at her like he’s mad and he’ll scream and try biting her he’s already done it twice the second time he actually drew a little blood from her leg

Has anyone had their toddler’s hearing tested recently?

I don’t work out if my toddler has hearing issues or if she’s just choosing not to not listen and constantly ignores me. She’s constantly saying ‘I can’t hear what you said’ even though I’m right next to her! I can’t work work if I should be concerned or not because it keeps happening and it’s been weeks now!

How many words does your 15MO say?

This post is not to put anyone or their baby down especially if that baby is having difficulties I’m just curious how many words other children My daughter‘s age are saying because she surprises me. She’s been saying words since she was about 2 1/half months old it started with little words like go out dad mama and she’s already at the point where she’s repeating random words out of nowhere I didn’t think kids started doing that till they were a bit oldershe says far more than 25 words at this point I couldn’t even name them all and like I said every day she says something new she repeats words out of nowhere and I didn’t think a kid that young really started repeating repeating words, unless they’ve sat down and it’s been worked with saying that word but she’ll just say things out of nowhere. She’s already starting to try to put two words together and at her doctors appointment yesterday her doctor told me that that’s actually a skill for two-year-olds what do y’all think and how much is your 15 month old saying?

ELIM word list??

I saw my health visitor today and she gave me a copy of the Elim word list. She told me at our 2 and 3 months check that we'd go through this list and see what he can say.

My DS 20 months old right now has about 50+ words (Not all sound clear ie bear sounds like Beer) only 11 of his words are on this list. He has to have 18 + words on this list.

I'm thinking if he dosnt get all these words he'd be listed as delayed? Is that right?

I like my health visitor she's really nice and she knows he can say more words but she has to go through a process. She tells me not to worry but I'm a chronic worrier

Is it normal for a 5 month old to screech when upset?

My 5 month old will screech in public if we are still and she’s awake in the stroller. I’m a single mom who has to take her to places every time I need to go somewhere. She has recently learned that screeching can be used when angry is this normal? She will screech because she’s upset I’m not holding her but I can’t hold her every time. I try to reassure her and calm her down. I just want to know if my daughter is acting normal or if I should worry about what this means for her future behavior?

How to deal with toddler hitting?

I'm so freaking over my 2 year old hitting and throwing things at us, her older sister and the newborn baby. Yes, I know its completely normal behaviour for a 2 year old but at the same time, there's also a safety issue. I've tried everything from redirecting, holding her hands, gently explaining not to hit but nothing works and she just ends up hitting us even more. Its not fair that my older child has to constantly have things thrown at her or slapped. With the newborn baby she will be completely fine kissing him etc and then out of the blue, whacks him in the face. I have to resort to yelling at her because nothing else freaking works and afterwards I feel so guilty for yelling. I try not to get angry and im just hoping it passes with time but its really messing up our family dynamics atm😭😭

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