Baby hates calpol

Any tips or tricks on how to give my 9 week old calpol he just had jabs but he keeps spitting it out 😩

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the frida baby medicine soother has been an absolute life saver for us - you do have to buy a syringe separately but honestly it makes giving calpol so much less messy x

We used some colostrum syringes and used my little finger to encourage my little boy to suck and swallow it

I used a 1ml syringe and put it to the side of her mouth and did it very slowly tiny drops. My daughter was terrible. Good luck! x

Thanks all x

We took the lid off bottle and put it in the teat and let her suck out x

Side and back of mouth and then I just gently blow in his face and it makes him swallow x

we do the same, hoping my little girl learns to like the taste of it as she’s teething already 🙈

Syringe in to the cheek and then a little blow in the face encourages them to swallow. My little boy (first born) was the same and he was in hospital with covid and the nurses told us that trick xx

I felt all smug that we had tricked her. I am hoping she doesnt catch us out 🤣

in our community

Parking drama, I want to know what people think!

My mum parks across my driveway sometimes (maybe up to twice a week) as there’s limited on street parking nearby.
Someone has been pushing her wing mirrors in, obviously in protest. Her car is older, and the wing mirror has been broken twice by doing this.

See my doodle. The guy doing this lives at the house at the top of the road’s turning circle. He walks the path of the purple line across the turning circle to do it to the car.

The road is not a busy road at all, it’s a short culdesac/dead end road. The pavement by my driveway is blocked by a bush and a lamppost (drawn in my pic lol), and any pedestrians would need to go on the road anyway to get past, even if her car wasn’t there. There are no obstructions on the pavement on the other side of the road.

Do you think what he is doing is fair??

You just changed your baby’s diaper, but realise you have to use the bathroom. Do you wash your hands..

Should I make a poll series on hand washing because I’ve been here long enough to know it’s not happening as much as it should lol

When you had a baby and you decided to breast feed did you feel that nurses were pushing formula?

My baby is not even 2 days old and she's been nursing super well according to the lactation specialist. She was born by c section so weight loss is expected to be higher than by vaginal birth due to the fluids given. I'm booked into see my doctor for the baby and I and lactation consultant at the doctors yet this nurse won't stop asking if I want to give formula so she can pee more and gain back her weight fast.

Are we just staying in bed for 12 hours a night?

Right now I’m going to bed when my baby does at 8pm and staying there until his morning wake usually around 7. Does anyone else do this? He sleeps on top of me and usually wakes up and just crawls back on me when I try to put him down. What are your tips for sneaking away?

Sleep

7 month old still doesn't sleep through the night 😭 wakes up 2/3 times a night. Normal or nah?

Reducing formula feeds

I've just been told by my nursery that they wont give bottles of/and formula from 1 year one, my little boys 1 in 3 weeks.
Looking for advice on how to reduce his formula intake?
Hes loves both food and milk 🫣 I think he will drink cows milk so that's not the issue im more concerned about the fact that hes in a routine with his bottles.