5 month old…

My baby has just turned 5 months old and has had solid poos now for a while they don’t hurt him but you can see he’s struggling, I have not introduced him to solids at all and have followed guidelines for example giving 2oz of water if constipated, I don’t know if he’s constipated or if this is normal as he’s getting bigger. His last bottle on a night time too he has been leaving 2oz out of a 6oz bottle, this isn’t all the time but does happen and has happened since his poo has been like this on and off. Has anyone experienced this at all and know what’s going on?

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I was literally just about to make a post about this myself! My girls 5 months on Saturday and for the past few weeks she’s been really struggling and we’ve been having to help her get it out and she’s crying in a lot of pain. We’ve been doing the extra oz or so but whenever we do she won’t finish that bottle. I just started today giving her prune puree. I haven’t told my HV as she’s been ignoring all my messages and on the last visit when I brought it up just said add water don’t give any foods until 6 months. I gave her the puree this morning and she’s just went there on her own. Still solid and sore but without our help which is a step in the right direction as I don’t want her to depend on us helping her to go. I’m calling the drs tomorrow to try hopefully get some answers so will update you! 🥰

My baby is only 2 months but she was having constipation and I started giving her probiotics and it had helped her so much she’s no longer struggling and in pain

So strange! I don’t know if this means he is ready for solids and his stomach is now breaking down everything he should or whether something is wrong and he doesn’t cry in pain just struggles to actually get it out. I rang the HV and didn’t really get a response either was just to give him 2 oz of water but this hasn’t worked and just goes back hard again! He was so consistent with going to the toilet everyday and now it’s every two!
Hope your LO gets the answers she needs and gets sorted! I may have to book a gp appointment but his tummy is not hard so I’m not sure what else they can apart from what the HV has advised!🫶🏼

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Has anyone donated / sold their supply, if so where do you recommend for this?

AITA

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I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
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Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
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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

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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.