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Reassurance

My 5mo rolled out of bed and fell onto the floor. I rang 111 immediately and they didn’t seem too concerned- they requested the out of hours go to ring back within 2 hours. We fell asleep so I missed the phone calls (2am). But the 111 speaker said it has been raised as a safeguarding issue and someone will be out to see me. So I’m a little nervous. Can anyone offer any experience or reassurance of this?
My baby was asleep when she fell and didn’t cry when she landed on the floor. She didn’t seem to have much change, a few red marks on her head that have since faded.
Should I take her to the GP in the morning just to be safe? I’m prob going to anyway. I just feeel like such a rubbish mum.

19 weeks old and won’t nap independently

My 19 week old will only nap on me and will only nap for 30 minutes on the dot independently in her crib. I’ve tried recreating the nighttime routine for naps and gentle methods, but nothing is working. Is anyone else going through this? Any advice or tips would be really appreciated!

Having a child but not learning about child development, behaviours and actions?

I think it’s very common for parents to research and learn about baby development but we seem to think once they can talk then we’re done and they should know better.

Unable to burp breastfed baby

I’ve just sat for 45 minutes doing different positions because my baby is full of wind and I can hear it. I’ve even desperately been on TikTok and followed all the instructions for different ways of winding babies and nothing works. This is also my second child and I never had this problem before.

I’ve even tried getting the wind out from the other end by doing gentle exercises and stretches with his legs. It’s just impossible. As soon as i lie him down after almost an hour he just throws up and/or sounds uncomfortable.

It’s really not what I need for hours every single night and by the time I’ve unsuccessfully tried to wind him after feeding and changing etc I’m only getting 30-40 minutes sleep.

Doctors receptionist and a small rant

Has anyone else’s GP surgery started asking if this is an “urgent medical request”?
For reference I’ve got a young toddler with green gunky eyes she’s had for over a week I’ve done my best to keep away from the doctors and treated with breastmilk and cooled boiled water and I’ve taken her to the pharmacy to see if they could treat it. But they said because of her age she was too young to be using anything over the counter. Plus she’s woken up rubbing her ears and are full of wax so is suspect an ear infection ontop of things. So basically it’s time to get her checked by a Gp.

I said all of the above and the lady on reception still asked if I felt she was needing to be seen my a doctor and I said well yeah I guess so hence why I’m calling 🤷🏼‍♀️😐

Honestly genuine question, why do they make you feel like you’ve either got to be having a heart attack to warrant an appointment? I do feel for them as I’m sure they get so many time wasters and I know appointment are few and far between but truly i just don’t feel like it warrants being made to feel like your asking for the world when you call with a genuine medical issue.

I’m really struggling with this attitude you are met with. I’m self employed pay my taxes and if I spoke to any of my customers in that fashion I would t have a business. So why do they get away with it?

Sorry rant over

Fully formula fed babies - how often are they waking at night?

My girl is 6 weeks and last two nights she’s woken at 4am and then 6.30am after last feed at 10.30pm and I’m hoping it continues. Just wondered if that’s ok, my little boy woke at 2 & 5 for what felt like forever for a feed.

Rubbing eyes keeping self awake and holding hands down gently

Hello,
My little girl is 6 months old. Her sleep has always been mostly ok. I feed her to sleep, hold her for 20 minutes and then transfer her to her next to me. I keep my hand on her chest for a minute and take it away slowly.
Since the weather has been warmer she has struggled with sleep. I do my same routine but as soon as I put her down, she’s awake and begins furiously rubbing her eyes and gets sad. Last night I took her downstairs and lay next to her next to me, and held her hands down gently, she slept if I kept them there. Which is fine in the short term, but not a great long term solution. Has anybody else had this? She’s rolling when playing on the floor, do you think it’s time to move to the cot where she could get herself to sleep on her front?

13 month old won’t settle for husband

When my daughter wakes, if my husband goes in to try settle her she absolutely screams
He’s a very present dad and she loves him to bits through the day but she wants me every single time through the night. I wouldn’t mind but I’m only getting about 6 hours of fragmented broken sleep and I’m absolutely exhausted from it, it’s been going on for a couple months now.
She’s at the point that she doesn’t need milk through the night anymore so we’ve been offering her water (she’s BF so wants boob to settle), we’ve also tried something that smells like me and introducing a comforter but she launches it onto the floor.
Has anyone else had this and what did you do?

Tracking

I am wanting to start tracking my 7 week olds naps. I already track his feeds on my notes but I am wondering if there are any apps which you can do both on!
Thank you xx

Breastfeeding

Any tips on how to stop my milk?
I'm 8 days PP, started off breastfeeding but baby wasn't putting on weight and we've decided to just go to formula instead.
One of my breasts isn't getting engored or leaking anymore however the other is hard, red, leaking constantly and is sore.

I spoke to a midwife who suggested to completely leave it alone, no expressing or feeding and to wear a tight bra. I'm reading conflicting things online, any advice please?

Pacifiers

At what age did you start/stop giving your lo a paci? My newborn is 3w 5 days and I have yet to give her one, I’m torn between even giving her one at all, I’m scared she might have latching issues if I start to give her one. Any advice ?

How often do you breastfeed, and for how long?

My 10 week old baby could feed for 50+ minutes per session if I don’t unlatch her. She would show signs of being satisfied (sucking slows down, hands open, body relaxed, arms floppy, eyes shut and often asleep) - but sometimes when I try to take her off the breast, she might suddenly start active sucking again (as if to say, hey I’m not done yet!) She rarely comes off the breast on her own. Is this normal?

Also, her weight gain has been slow (though steady) therefore HV advised me to feed her around the clock. So I feed her every 2.5 hours during the day, often before she shows any hunger cues / during her nap. She also nurses to sleep. This means she spends 4-5 hours feeding every day which seems like a lot!

She is alert and happy, has sufficient wet nappies, and is meeting milestones. HV has asked us to weigh her every couple of weeks and keep up with the feeding to make sure she maintains her growth (which she has).

Transition to cows milk

Ho guys, I’m wondering when people transition your little ones to cows milk completely. My little girl is 1 on 29th July and she still has 3 8 ounce bottles aswell as breakfast lunch and tea does anyone have any suggestions on of o should cut her down or any advice thank you

Red Kite Mattress

We’re considering getting the Red Kite travel cot but I’ve seen a lot people recommend getting a mattress too.

Can anyone recommend one please ? uk 🫶

Coping with toddler and new born on your own

It’s not even 10am and already put the tv on for my toddler 😖 my baby girl is 6 weeks today and her crying has really intensified! Any tips?! My toddler is a crazy feral boy as well feel like I’m going under 😂 he’s 2 and 10 months and the back chat is REAL

Zepbound

Any other mommas on zepbound? Just woke up in the middle of the night throwing up. Is this normal ?

Is your baby crawling yet?

If so how long did it take from hands and knees to actually moving forward

Fussy baby at last feed of the day

My baby is 6 weeks old and feeds well throughout the day. For the last feed before bed he will often scream, be wriggly, hitting arms, bobbing off the boob and back on again. I know ultimately he does want to feed and eventually will calm enough to feed. What causes this and is there anything I can do to make it better for him or prevent this? It’s tricky because I want him to have a full feed pre bed.

Nursery inspo

Do we think a recliner or rocker chair is best for a nursery?

Carrier

Anyone still using their baby carrier pretty frequently? Im feeling guilty like i shouldn't still be using it so frequently, but my little boy isnt huge and its still v comfortable to carry him plus he falls asleep in literally minutes when I use the carrier... basically looking for validation😂