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Should I be worried?

My boy is 13.5 months old, but I feel some development factors are abit behind. He can’t walk or wave yet and just babble talks. He says mamama or dadada but I don’t think he knows what the words mean or anything yet as he says it constantly when even playing. He’s so good at everything else like sleeping the night...

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Is bar music too loud for baby?

I have a birthday brunch tomorrow for my best friend and my baby sitter fell through. I was just wondering if the noise will be too loud for my 5 month old. I haven’t been to this place before but I believe there might be a DJ.

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What’s your baby doing at 4-5months old?

Just curious to know what your babies are doing and milestones they are reaching in the 4 month and 5 month mark. I know every baby of different. My little lady is nearly 5 months. Hates tummy time always has she just screams! She’s not rolling or anything she will scoot along the floor like it’s nothing 😂 she will…

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Not nice comments toward tiny babies

So I was out for dinner at a friends lastnight with my partner and a few others. My friend has an 18yo daughter who is autistic. She loves babies and kids and has always been great/happy with them. I took my 3 month old with us and let the daughter hold him. When he cried, she was telling him off and basically te...

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Speech

My son's speech is fantastic (as in, he has a huge amount of vocabulary and understands everything). However, his pronunciation isn't the best and he has some words which he says consistently but don't sound anything like what they're meant to. I can understand the majority of what he says but then I'm with him most...

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Tips to end an infant tantrum

How do you get your baby to stop crying when they are overtired and need to go to sleep? I’ll go first… Walk into your bathroom and turn on the shower fan 😂😂

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Grunting?

I’m a FTM and My baby girl is now 3 weeks old and she’s started to do a weird grunt in her sleep occasionally. Does anyone else’s baby do it? I checked for symptoms of colic/gripe but she has none. Any advice

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Baby not standing

Hey all , baby is 9 months on Monday , and won’t put any weight on their legs we try and stand them on our lap and there legs just go weak, can sit and roll but no in strength in the legs . Should I be concerned? TIA x

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Car seat dilemma baby hates sitting in it.

Any advice on why my 11 month old screams in his car seat, he isn’t in pain as when his out he is completely fine. But he hates sitting in his car seat and this lives me anxious to go anywhere any advice on how to help. I tried the phone dancing fruits different toys etc. nothing works for more than 5 mins. Please....

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Anyone else’s little ones blowing raspberries?!

It’s the cutest thing ever and now when she wakes in the night for a feed she blows raspberries instead of getting upset 🤣🥺

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Toddlers are rough lol

My 2 yr old seems like he has been o. The terrible 2 face since 1 lol ….whewwww I and constantly exhausted and I only have 1 child ! Shout out to all who have multiples !!!!

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Toddler and baby I’m very upset

Anyone else toddler is just aggressive towards the baby? We been so nice and loving towards my toddler and always put him first and fulfill all his wishes and needs he is 2 and half years old and past few days he been trying literally to an-alive his sister who is only 8monts old. He tried to put pillow on her face ...

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Saying words

How many words can your 15 month old say?

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22 month not talking talking

Is anyone else’s 22 month old not talking talking yet? My son knows words- he can say some, but isn’t using 2-4 word sentences- and can understand what we’re saying. He talks gibberish, as if he’s trying to have a full on conversation with us. Just wondering if anyone else’s little is the same or if we should be con...

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Screeching 🤣

Has anyone else's 5 month old just woke up one day and realised they screech at the top of their voice for fun 🤣

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Swearing

Partner complaining about the kids swearing which I agree with But he also swears in front of them every time I pull him up he reminds me that his an adult and his aloud Yesterday he said the C word in front of our 5 year old and I said you should never say that word But then again reminded me his an adult I said...

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