Crawling on hardwood

We only have tile and hardwood in our apartment.

I did buy the foam mat squares from walmart. But they are so cheap, hard to clean, and take forever to set up.

What other ways can I provide my baby with a safe space to learn to crawl?

in our community

Does it drive you crazy wheb someone is talking on the phone using earbuds instead of holding the phone to their ear or on speaker?

It looks like they are talking to themselves at first.

What things do people say to you or do that really annoy you

Here are some of mine....
Myyyy baby (no that is MY baby)
Is she cold?
Are you hungry *talking to my baby* like I didnt just feed her
Careful she doesnt fall (like im not watching my baby) or watch her head like im just gonna walk her into a wall
Being ignored but everyone talking to my baby when shes in my arms like im not there. (How are you? Who me? No the baby.... pisses me off)
Trying to kiss my baby
Knowing they cant kiss my baby but trying to share food with her after theyve bitten it or letting her put her fingers in their mouth. Like nooooo mouth contact plsss why is it so hard to get your head around
So many things pisss meee offfffff.

3 week old baby only has hard balls of poo

My 3 week old, only has one poo a day and they are always round ball shape hard poo stools, she is staining for a while for this one stool, is this normal? I'm worried these poo's are hurting her to pass

Outfit and nappy changes

Desperate for some advice, my little boy is turning 1 next week and for the last 3-4 months nappy and outfit changes have been so difficult. He hysterically cries and screams and constantly wants to roll over to get up. I’ve tried different distractions / toys and occasionally they help or sometimes they make the situation worse. It’s becoming hard to change him in public too. I keep thinking he’s going to grow out of it but it’s been a few months now and if anything it’s gotten worse 🥲

How do you reprimand your baby and help them understand “no” ?

FTM, I have an almost 7 month old and I can tell she is starting to test her new skills and testing my limits as well. She will deliberately do something and look at me and wait for a reaction. If she is doing something wrong or unsafe I’ll tell her “no” and to “stop” with a more serious tone of voice and she literally laughs at me😭…EVERY TIME! I don’t know how to get her to understand that when mommy is trying to help you or tell you something that is wrong you cannot just LAUGH at her IN HER FACE😭😂😂😂kinda joking but kinda serious lmao any suggestions?

sleep/crib training 😭😭

okay wtf.. sleep training is so much harder emotionally than i ever thought. for the first 4 months of my sons life he slept in his bassinet strictly with contact naps here and there of course. at some point we switched to cosleeping because it was just easier at the time with me going back to work. please no judgement on that, i never thought i would cosleep and always looked down on it but it kept me sane when i was back working 40+ hours a week. i recently quit my job because the schedule was too inconsistent for me having a 9 month old now so we’re trying to sleep train and get him back in his crib. it is SO hard. i feel so guilty. i am not in any way doing the cry it out method or any form of that. i comfort him when he cries and i am currently sitting next to the crib after an hour and a half of trying to get him to fall asleep and he finally JUST went to sleep. i just feel so bad he was getting so worked up and crying like he has never cried before. i am really hoping it gets easier and it wont be weeks of this because i am on the verge of tears with guilt. 💔💔 my mama heart is breaking. if anyone has any suggestions or tips on sleep training that are NOT cry it out methods please let me know i could use all the tips i can get.