Still not talking yet

My LO will be 18 months in a few weeks and still has not said their first word, they babble but thats as far as it gets. They know waving, high fives, points and kisses but they dont always do it. Its hard to get their attention by name. Im getting worried does anyone have advice or similar with their child?

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My Baby made 2 months 😍😍😍🥺🥺🥺🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

She two months already looking around, holding her head up and trying to hold on a bottle very blessed to have her any advice or should it tries for my two month baby guys

Grandma’s Weird Comments

My mum keeps making jarring comments about and to my baby boy, 8months old. He’s a big baby and she’ll be telling him he needs to go in his bouncer more because he has big legs, or if he cries it’s because he can’t move because he’s heavy… (he’s big and tall and rolls around and plays all day) Reaching the end of my patience as just today she was sitting on the floor with him and he was standing holding onto her top and she said to me “look your son is looking down my top, what do you see in there?” YUCK! She’s always making jarring/gross/offensive comments all the time. I had already said I won’t be having it when my baby is talking and understanding. 😫😫 Can’t stand it anymore!

Saw another post about rear facing vs forward facing and was just amazed at responses….

The fear mongering around forward facing is incredible… rear facing obviously is preferable but people talk about it as if the alternative is negligent.
Rear-facing being safest often gets interpreted emotionally as “forward-facing is unsafe.” And they just are not the same thing.

I’ve got 3 kids and have done both for different reasons… Living in 2026, forward facing seats are continuously designed to be safer each year. Just wanted to put it out there as we often feel like we aren’t doing enough or are constantly scrutinised as mothers anyway. Do what’s best for your child, you aren’t a bad parent.

Sleep help!

My baby is 11 months old and he has never slept though the night!

He is up every 1-2 hours in the night and wakes up at least 4 times. We try to settle him in the cot and if that doesn’t work then we try to settle him in our arms but it’s get to a point he is getting really stressed so I give him some milk to settle him which he has multiple off.

We’ve tried to just eliminate the milk and replace with the water but it makes him worse.

He has the same routine every night- he has a book, gets changed and then a bottle. He has 3 meals and 2 snacks through the day and 1 4oz bottle in the morning after breakfast.

I need any help or advice for getting him to sleep through the night! Thank you

Transition to own room, cot or floor bed?

I have been cosleeping with my lo since he was 6 months, and he's now 10 months old.
I'm considering putting him in his own room as I don't think he needs me anymore, we've night weaned and that went really well and now he's started sleeping through the night and he doesn't need to be touching me to go to sleep hes quite happy sleeping on his own in our bed.
I'm considering getting him a floor bed. 1 so he can lots of space and 2 if he ever needs me in bed with him I can easily just go there but my questions when they figure out they can't get out of bed how do you stop them because with a cot its got the sides so they can't get out but what about a floor bed? How are we keeping them safe? All I can think is when he gets to like toddler age he'll likely be in and out bed a lot.

Does your partner help with the night shift?

I feel guilty for asking for help during the night as I know he has to work in the day but I’m shattered from doing all the night feeds (our baby is bottle fed) 😥