Babe seems uninterested

My LO has turned 6 months this week and just seems uninterested in doing much or learning any new skill. He can roll front to back and has tried to roll the other way but has given up trying. He seems to get bored of toys quickly too. I feel like a terrible mum and I'm worrying he is not okay or happy.

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Aww.. my LO is the same. Turned 6 months yesterday. Doesn't want to play, do his exercises with me.. bored of his toys and wants to be carried a lot of the times. We got him balloons and he loved it.. gave him his first food banana and porridge..not interested at all.
One thing he started to do yesterday was dropped everything on the floor. Pick and drop.. pick and drop.
Don't worry you are not alone.. they are just growing. And also mine is teething so very very itchy gums.. can be uncomfortable for him i can imagine. Maybe your LO is also teething?

Same my LO is goin to be 7 months tm and she has been doing just a little here and there she has been trying to seem like getting ready to call but she also has been very very fussy when putting her down lately but she is also been teething for a while too 😩

@Rupal I think he is teething but he forever seems to be teething and nothing had popped through yet 😔 he keeps sucking his bottom lip in, does yours? I gave my LO cucumber and he loved chewing on it for his gums as its cold too

You're not! My 2nd was the same way! They do everything at their own pace.

Maybe your baby just prefers to be observant & watch what is happening around them?🤷🏼‍♀️ Narrate your day {if you don't already} to baby; 'mammy is just making a cup of tea' or, when out walking; 'there's a dog/bird/tree' etc...

My firstborn was the same as a baby, she preferred independent play & 9/10 times she was happy to sit in her chair & watch everything that was happening around her. Months went by before she hit more milestones, for months she'd just watch/observe.
She's 4 now & is very clever! She'll try something new & copes well with change. She's confident & a little social butterfly. It took a little while for her to speak but, all of her motorskills where there {by the time she was 1/2} & she understood what was being said to her. She was able to follow instructions & would do simple tasks. Then once she did start talking she had a wide range of vocabulary & articulates herself quite well {by the time she turned 3}.

Please try not to worry about your baby, they may surprise you!

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AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

Baby clothes

Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

Car seat

No idea which car seat to get next. Please hit me with your recommendations, 1year+ (preferably rear facing or 360). Thank you 🫶🏻

Dummy

My baby has had a dummy since about 2 weeks old (now 5 months) and over the course of the last month we weaned her off it during the day only for naps and night (which was fine) and then 5 days took it completely away during the day.

The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

Currently typing this as she screams uncontrollably in the car and I cry with her cos I can’t do anything.