Healthy start card

For anyone on UC that hasn't been told about this, it's well worth applying for, you £17 added every 4 weeks for things like formula for the first year and then you can buy normal milk/milk alternatives/fruit and veg with it after the first year... I've currently got £68 on mine as I applied when I was 10 weeks pregnant and I'm saving mine so I won't have to stress too much about getting formula when baby arrives

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in our community

Blood in baby’s poo

Ladies, I’ve just changed my baby and noticed some blood on his poo and on the diaper. The poo was quite soft, not pebbly and he wasnt straining or anything like that. Anyone had anything like this before? What is it? Shall i call the GP?

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Help

Hi mamas! Has anyone dealt with their baby’s hair clumping at the back of their head? I tried baby oil to loosen it but no luck so far. Any advice?

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Struggling

My baby’s 5 weeks old and I am really struggling. I knew it would be hard but it’s so much harder in reality. She won’t be put down without waking up after 5 minutes. Won’t be put down at night either. I can’t do anything without doing it one handed holding her. Every night she spends hours being stressed and crying and really difficult to console, fighting sleep and nothing I do seems to help her for more than 30 seconds. I’m just putting this out there wondering if others are going through the same. It’s a lot.

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FTM First night home advice

Hello! FTM here and have just come home with baby. I am so tired as obviously didn’t sleep a wink in hospital. But I am SO paranoid my baby will stop breathing so I just cannot sleep I have to be able to hear her. Someone tell me I’m not going mad and it will get easier!!??

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Wake Windows

Out of interest, how long are your LO's wake windows at 5 months? 🙂

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How many oz?

I’m trying to switch my EBF baby over to bottles of formula/pumped milk.
How many oz is everyone’s 5M old having?
I can hardly get her to have 4oz sometimes lucky if it’s 3oz😢🫠
Just feel like it should more?
She used to BF every 1/1-.5hrs day and night so feel like she’s a snacker also?

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