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Is parenting in 2026 harder than it was in 1926?

Phoebe Corcoran

Baby Product Recalls March 2026: What to Check Now [US]

Tassia O'Callaghan

10 Best Diaper Rash Creams for Every Type of Rash (Tested by Real Moms)

Tassia O'Callaghan

Best High Chair: 8 Tried-and-Tested Top Picks Real Moms Swear By

Tassia O'Callaghan

10 Must-Have Products That’ll Make Mom Life So Much Easier in 2026

Phoebe Corcoran

Car Seat Safety 101: What Every Mom Needs to Know

Phoebe Corcoran

Baby Cereal: What You Need to Know Before Scooping That First Spoonful

Tassia O'Callaghan

The Best Baby Bottles for Newborns: How to Choose the Right One for You

Phoebe Corcoran

Can You Take Ashwagandha While Breastfeeding?

Tassia O'Callaghan

Vacation-ready wheels: The travel strollers Peanut mamas swear by 🌴👶

Phoebe Corcoran

Newborn Scrunch Explained: Why Babies Curl Up and What It Means

Tassia O'Callaghan

March Must-Haves the Peanut Community Is Obsessed With 👀

Phoebe Corcoran

March Must-Haves the Peanut Community Is Obsessed With 👀

Phoebe Corcoran

Newborn Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

Tassia O'Callaghan

30 Educational (But Fun) Montessori Toys for Kids of All Ages

Tassia O'Callaghan

Wake Windows by Age: Your Easy Guide

Tassia O'Callaghan

Can’t Keep Your Cool? Surviving Postpartum Rage Without Losing Your Mind

Tassia O'Callaghan

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

Tassia O'Callaghan

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

Tassia O'Callaghan

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

Tassia O'Callaghan

From the community

Breastfeeding popularity

Absolutely zero judgement here, but I’m curious how many people actually breastfeed? I exclusively breastfed my first for a year and currently 9.5 months in with my second. Out of the 11 babies in my friend group my 2 are the only ones breastfed past 3 months.

Poopin probs

My son is 4 months old and has always had a hard time pooping (he goes once a day is that). He currently has the stomach bug last week and is starting to feel better, but his poop has been hard some since being sick. He has also been so fussy. I give him gas drops often. What do y’all do when your baby can’t go?

Proud

I have no where else to go with this so thought it would be good to shout out here.
Baby girl is 4 weeks and 2 days old, was ebf however she could not latch deep enough so I went to pumping and bottle feeding.
However last 2 nights baby girl has got extremely restless after her bottle. Tonight my husband said put her on the boob she is it helps her, well I did with a nipple shield and she fed for 25 minutes. Came off content and fell to sleep straight after.
I thought my breastfeeding journey was over and it was bottles breast fed and pumping but think we may introduce a night time breast feeding to see how that is.
I am proud of bay girl and myself.

SLEEP TRAINING - this is a last resort! I don’t know what to do anymore!!!!!!

This is my third child.
I have never ‘agreed’ with sleeping training because I hate my children crying and want them to know that I will always be there to comfort them.

But I didn’t need to with my older two.

My 3rd baby is now 10 months and cannot be put down. She cries every single time and stops as soon as I pick her up.

I cannot be holding her constantly. I need rest too. My partner and I need time together, even if it is limited.

What can I do? What is sleep training? How does it work? What do I do?

PLEASE HELP

4 month regression - settling?

Hi ladies,

How are you all settling your babies in the night through this regression? I feed and he wakes up, try to pat/shush and he wakes up, rock to sleep and he wakes up. It’s so hard as we can be awake for up to 2 hours in the night and idk what else to do?! I’m really not comfortable co-sleeping so if I do get him in bed with me I’m awake the whole night 😔 I know there are safe sleep positions but it just isn’t for me. Any tips?!

Ready made formula & powder -Kendamil

Please help- our 6 day old gets on so well with ready made formula but we’re trying to switch to powdered (due to cost and midwife telling us to do so).

We’ve slowly introduced the first bottle of the day as powdered and with infacol before but then struggles for the rest of the day getting wind up and is now really fussy☹️

Anyone have any tips or dealt with this?

“ let them cry” “

Some people say you should let babies cry when there needs are met. Personally i am against it but what’s everyone else views ?

Milk supply.

My baby is 6 weeks old, my milk supply has dropped I am exclusively pumping as baby will not latch at all but the last 48 hours my milk has started to smell and taste funny. My baby has become extremely unsettled I’ve had to top her up with formula because no matter how much I’m pumping I’m not producing enough. Over the last 6 weeks I’ve been oversupplying and it’s just suddenly dropped. I don’t know if it is because I am feeling extremely exhausted and run down or if it’s just drying up and coming to an end. I was considering weaning off by 3 months but have been very undecided about that. Has anyone got any advice?

Chronically negative friend

What do you do if you have a friend who never has anything positive to say about anything ever? I know its awful, but i feel drained. I understand they need help with depression but they have refused help for years now.
Making conversation is very difficult, and then no matter what the subject, they only something negative to say.
No matter what is happening, they always have things 10x worse than anyone else has ever had it.
Please help!

Teething/ Reflux / choking... no idea 🫠

My 10 week old is teething (early I know), shes got more and more saliva being produced. I'm finding shes starting to spit up way more than she did a few weeks ago. It tends to be mostly clearly spit up but can also be a lot. It can be hours after feeds or a little bit after. She is starting to choke on her spit up/sick.

Has anyone else experienced this? How did you manage it?