🇬🇧 April 2025 UK 🇬🇧 babies

How many does your Lo have? She’s only got 8

I’m 5 weeks deep into what ever the hell is going on. I dropped a nap as I felt my son was ready about 5 weeks ago. He coped well during the day. He started waking at between 9-10 every night. Some nights it would take a couple of attempts to go back down, every second he would be awake till 1am. I went back to 2 naps as I honestly felt he thought he was going for a nap at night. Still awake between 9-10. The only break I’ve had is when I’ve had to give him piriton for an unknown reaction. Every time I put him down he’s awake 20 mins later. Tonight he has been on me awake for over 2 hours now, I’ve tried taking him into my bed, I’ve tried the sofa, I’ve tried putting him down. Nothing. I am at my wits end honestly. I am exhausted. He used to be such a good sleeper until I changed his naps. What have I done to my boy?

How many words is you LO saying? My little girl is 17 months and is hitting every milestone. I just feel like her speech isn’t coming on at all. She can make animal noises (meow,woof,grrr), mumma, dadda but that’s about it. She makes lots of noises and points but isn’t progressing in the speech department. Anyone else going through this?

Anyone else’s dropped naps completely? We are day 4 of no naps and now I’m just wondering if my nap era has gone. Her sister did the same around this age. However, even though she isn’t napping, she is also going bed later. I’ve put her down to bed at the same time since day one, but now she is going bed an hour plus later, even with no naps. She isn’t crying or anything like that, she’s very happy and content. I just would have thought having no naps would make her want to go bed earlier not later? Her sister was awful when she dropped her only nap but not getting the same reaction this time

Sounds daft maybe but I'm at home all day every day with 17mo, (I work evenings) and sometimes I just don't know what to do? He's very much a LET ME BE ACTIVE child, though he does love his books.

With the weather turning I'm a little anxious about how to entertain him everyday!

He's still big into mourning so crafts / drawing / sticker books are out still.

I feel like pinterest and Instagram activities make it look like he should be doing so many specific activities but he isn't which worries me.

Everyday we read loads of books, he watches me do household stuff, we go to a few toddler classes, the library. We go for walks when we can, mooch around shops.

He isn't interested in toys! We have shape sorted, fisher price farm, stacking cups, ball pit, all the recommended things for this age but it's not his jam!

We do allow a brief Teletubbies episode everyday so I can get dinner cooked / do a handover to Daddy when he finishes work.

Living in a small city on a tight budget doesn't help! Sometimes I feel bad we don't do more!

It also makes me worried his language isn't coming on - he understands well but doesn't speak much (shouts AAA at everything basically) so I feel guilty he doesn't go to nursery and have more exposure to others his age! Which is daft because I know so so many people would love my set up being at home during the day with him!

Ok this was a longer less structured ramble than I intended sorry!