June 2021 Babies 🇬🇧

I’m struggling at the moment with some sort of behaviour regression from my son. For context,he’s doing very well at school and doesn’t appear to be having any issues or anxieties,so I don’t think there’s a SEND element there at the moment.

Over the past couple of months,he’s frequently started talking to us in baby talk,or making silly noises like a baby babbling - he’s usually very articulate so this is unusual.He does have a younger sister who is 2,but this is recent behaviour.

Also - toileting.He has never had any issues before,but recently I’ll remind him to go to the toilet before we leave the house,he’ll refuse,and then only a short while later he’ll suddenly announce that he’s absolutely bursting for the toilet,even crying at times because he needs to go so badly.We’ve had some really horrible,stressful times where we’re desperately looking for a toilet and he’s only just made it in time. I’ve wondered if it’s medical so I asked him about it and he says that he just doesn’t want to go when I remind him,or that he “forgets”.Again - this is new behaviour. I’m starting to become really frustrated by this,and predict that we may well get to the stage where he ends up wetting himself. Anyone had the same?

Is anyone elses’s child like this? My daughter (will be 5 in the beginning of June) is often not listening to us and fights us. Says “no” and “don’t talk to me” . Then when I call her out in these she just cries and says she doesn’t know why she did it. Also she is so impatient, wants everything right away. That makes me upset and sad because otherwise she is such a sweet kid. I really hope it will pass!

My 4 year old has a friend in reception who is 5 already and has parents who work ALOT and they rely on the good ole iPad babysitter. Worse than this, she has unfettered access to YouTube Kids and god knows what else on there.

I do not and will never agree to giving a 4/5 year old their own iPad let alone letting them have free rein on it.

I wouldn’t let my daughter watch K Pop Demon Hunters as it’s inappropriate for her age group. I told the mum this too to just stick to Disney movies during play dates. But my daughter came back one day and said she’d watched it on her friend’s iPad so I guess the mum had no idea. I absolutely did not agree to letting her watch that and I’m disappointed to say the least.

How do I deal with this situation? I don’t want my daughter to not be friends with this girl but if I keep confronting the mum, she’s going to think I’m calling her a bad parent and it might all blow up. Am I overreacting?

Already trying to get ahead and think about my daughter’s birthday. She had a party last year for her nursery friends. Anyone got any ideas on what I could do for her? I have no defo nos right now

My LO has been toilet trained since the age of 3 but we put a nappy on her at night which is usually quite heavy in the morning so thought she isn't ready to not have a nappy at night. We decided over the last couple of months to no longer put her in a nappy at night and she sometimes stays dry and other times she wets herself, feels like she's done it a lot in the last week! Not sure what to do any tips welcome! Thanks x