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Normal?

Hey guys I need help with knowing if this is normal.

My first born son was the easiest baby ever. Rarely cried at all!
My second born cries about everything. His diaper changes are traumatic because he won’t let you do it and the only way to get a diaper done is to pin him down (we’ve given him our phone, toys, chewies, sang to him, silly faces, played with him- he will not let a diaper change happen at all and just screams)
He won’t let us wipe his hands after mealtime he screams and flales.

You can’t distract him once he works himself up.

At the beginning I was like “this is normal” but now he’s 10.5 months and still screams every diaper change and hand wipe

Is this normal?

Does your 5mo do the same? 🦖

My little one is 5 months old on Friday and I think has just discovered she can scream and it genuinely sounds like she’s a terrodactyl 🦖😭 please tell me I’m not the only one!

Toddler tantrums…

Anyone else’s child just turned into a complete knob overnight? He’s run away from me on 3 occasions now which he’s NEVERA DONE. All in public parks whilst I have my 8 week old too. Everything is NO or I DONT WANT IT. But then kicks off when we don’t give it. Help me 🫠

Speech

Hey! My son just turned two April 4 and he is still only saying Mom and Dad he babbles but he's really not saying anything else every once in a while he'll say like a random word here and there but that's about it. Anyone else's two year-old not speaking I spoke with his pediatrician about it today, but I just kinda need some peace of mind.. nowadays everyone has to put a label on your child if they're not developing in certain ways he understands everything that you were saying to him and if he wants something, he'll grab my hand and walk me to it and point he just won't verbally say it and I just want to see if there's any other mamas out there who's two-year-olds aren't saying much? Here's a picture of my little cutie.🥰

Screaming

My 10 month old daughter just recently started doing to high pitch screams while I’m cooking dinner.
How are you other mamas handling the screaming when there’s nothing wrong with your baby?

Damn near Talking at 11 months ?

Is anyone else’s baby talking and repeating words at 11 months? Just curious 🧐

Clingy baby is due to start childminder next week

Has anyone else's very clingy baby started nursery/childminder yet??

Im honestly dreading him starting ☹️ hes so clingy specially with me and is a nightmare at naptime.

Not rolling or showing an interest

Hi everyone,

Firstly I know you shouldn’t compare one child to another but finding it hard at the minute with my son. He’ll be 7 months old in 3 days. I also have a 2 year old daughter. At this age, my daughter was rolling confidently and was army crawling across the floor. My son still isn’t rolling confidently. He can’t sit unassisted, only for short periods of time and that’s with using his hands on his legs for support. He has rolled a few times from front to back and back to front, but from back to front his arm gets stuck and he doesn’t know what to do with it yet. He’s just not interested. He gets plenty of time playing on the floor with toys and I encourage him to move by putting toys out of his reach but after a few attempts, if he cant reach it he’ll just happily lie there lifting his legs into the air. Not sure if I’m over worrying since my daughter was so different but I’ve also just been putting some things in my car and seen my neighbours baby (who was born in November 2025) in a walker and moving around a bit! I wouldn’t even think about putting my son in one of those yet as I’m really not sure how that would go. Anyone else’s little one the same?

Baby shouting

Anyone else’s 9mo screaming when they want something almost like a tantrum? 😅. Is this a normal developmental thing or temperament 🫠

Babbling

Anyone else 6 month old not ‘babbling’
Like baba or gaga dada

My LO goes oooo woooow & can scream 😂

Should I be concerned

Crawling

How are we changing our babies bum when they turn over and crawl away 😂😂

10 months

Girls, anybody else’s baby like mine? My girl isn’t crawling, pulling to stand. She likes to be sitting up and does so well but that’s about it. She also isn’t a babbler, she squeals laughs growls and has said mama and nana once or twice but not much anymore. I notice she doesn’t really put weight on her arms and when I put her on her knees and hands she lets her head fall down after a couple seconds 😭😭😭

Crawling

11 months and still not crawling help !

Do you teach your child the proper terms for genitalia (penis/vagina)?

My husband is uncomfortable with our daughter knowing or using the word "penis". Do you teach your child the proper terms? I say it should be normalized but he disagrees because it makes him uncomfortable.

Some hope for mums worried about their child speech

My toddler just turned 21 months and before then, he never said any words. not even mama or dada. I was sooo worried and was constantly googling things and running myself mad with all different theories why he wasn't speaking. I was doing everything I could, reading constantly, narrating everything we did, singing etc. his understanding was really good and he followed a lot of instructions so I wasn't worried about that. But he just couldn't say anything.

Then literally overnight about a week ago, it's like something clicked in his head and he just started copying words 😳 he's now saying about 10 words (although pronunciation isn't perfect) but it's so crazy how one minute you are full of worry and anxiety then the next minute, it's like all that stress didn't even matter.

So if your toddler isn't saying many words, I know it's hard but please don't worry too much. It will happen when you least expect it ❤️

Kicking off /whinging

Anyone else’s one year old not last long in the pram/stroller before they kick off when we go for walks or outings after 20 min or so she starts whinging constantly and arches trying to get out !!

Hitting & scratching

Is / has anyone else’s baby gone through a phase of this or currently doing it? My baby has in the past few days or week hitting my face or trying to scratch me. Usually in frustration but sometimes not and laughs. He also hits himself and scratches his own face when angry but only recently doing it to me. I tell him ‘no’ and talk about / show being gentle but so far not working, I will persist. I also put him down when he hits my face and then he has a meltdown

I’m really hoping this is a phase and a short one at that ?!

One habit that blocks independence

Working with young kids for years, I’ve noticed this pattern… We jump in too fast.
They struggle, we fix. Without even thinking.

I get it, it feels like we’re helping. But that’s the moment they actually learn. Trying to hold back more, even when it’s hard.

Anyone else working on this?