Help!

Just had baby and it's our first night home. An older nurse in the hospital told us to always be able to see his face in case he silently chokes. He is being breastfed and we actively burp him when he cries, etc. This freaked me out and is making us sleep in shifts even though we're both exhausted.

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Not walking

Does/did anyone else’s 17 month old not walk yet? He’s recently seen his health visitor due to us moving area, she didn’t seem too concerned about it but I’m quite worried and always compare to other toddlers his age🙈 he was 3 weeks early which isn’t a lot but he was a late crawler too and seems to do things in his own time. I’ve bought him a soft play which he now sometimes will go on his feet to lift himself up onto it, if we’re sat on the floor he will bend his legs to push himself up over us so there is a small improvement.. he has stood at the sofa twice with us helping him up and only for a short time. He just doesn’t seem bothered but he’s a good fast crawler

(The socks on the photo was because we was going out! I try and have him bare foot as much as possible)

Anyone else hating the newborn phase second time around?

I tell you what, if my second was my first I’d probably only have one child
I love my second so much obviously, but when I say she screams every second she is awake I mean literally every second and this has been going on from day 2 of her being here and she’s now almost a month old
I am losing the plot, I am exhausted, my first born is being so good about it all thank god because if I was her I’d be begging to send the baby back 🫠😭
I cannot wait for these newborn colic days to be gone and I feel so guilty about it but I am honestly having such a shit time compared to my first

Repeating

I just wanted to know if am the only one. My girl loves listening or watching a specific movie over and over again and I didn't see it as a problem till other said something. My girl right now loves watching free willy, the movie about orca my sister was like not again, and am like what's wrong? She like am annoyed by it am like am not lol. Then my mother in law was singing with my girl and she would only do it twice, the third time she would say no more is to much. I literally can watch and sing her favorites for hours. I actually don't understand why am not annoyed by the repeating movie and song. Any one else?

Falling asleep independently

My 13m takes ages to fall asleep. I’ll put her down 10ish mins before she is supposed to be asleep. But she’ll just play for ages, sometimes over an hour.

How do I get her to fall asleep on her own. I used to be able to put her in her crib drowsy or awake, white noise on, comforter, dummy. And leave the room and she would be asleep within a few mins. But for the last 6 weeks, she’s been really hard. I can’t leave the room or she’ll cry. She wanted me to nurse her, hold her. And I’ve managed to get her to bd in her cot calmly. But she just won’t sleep.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you x

Naps - send help!

Curious as to what your guys nap situation looks like? my LO is 8 weeks and is such a bad napper. He will pretty much only contact nap & apart from the odd one where he knocks out after a bottle, mostly all of his naps are such effort and can take well over an hour to get there & even then its a fairly light sleep whilst hes laying on me. i try everything, white noise, swaddle, low lights, rocking but sometimes he just doesnt seem interested but is obviously getting overtired.

am i doing something wrong? Im getting so fed up of my day being entirely made up trying to get him to nap or sitting completely still with him whilst he cat naps, if i move an inch hes awake, wont take to a sling/carrier either

When should cousins of opposite sexes stop seeing each other naked?

Was giving my almost 4 year old a bath and her boy cousin (3.5) was running in and out. We have him a lot and for the first time I wondered if I should stop it. They go to the bathroom together all the time too.