Is you baby talking yet?

By cooing I mean ah, eh, squeals etc no actual word sounds like ma/ da/ ga etc

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It worries me that we are still onlh making sounds rather than word like sounds

Sorta, she's doing sound waves that include the da, mu, sound but not intentionally words yet. Still exploring her range I think. She's got shouting down though! 😂🙄

I get a lot of bah bah bah bah during the day, and when she’s really upset she goes mah mah mah, but nothing intentional yet

A lot of screaming to communicate for us 🫣

We've got mama and baba down but every time we try to get her to say dada its just mama 😅 it took some time to get where we are, we're just trying to use it wherever we can, describing what we're doing using and using the words and also doing baby signing. Can definitely say shes got a pair of lungs on her 😄

Honestly I wouldnt worry at this stage. Id be verrry surprised if any babies are using mama and dada with meaning at the minute as they need to learn to assign meaning to the babble which takes a lot of exposure, referencing and reinforcement

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Hi writing this out of exhaustion. My baby’s long stretches have suddenly disappeared and baby waking more frequently at night and won’t settle unless on me belly to belly? It’s not a feeding thing as baby is waking shortly after his night feed unsettled. Baby also not gassy or got wind.

Scared to get help and be seen as not coping

I'm 6 weeks PP with baby no2. I also have a 3 year old.

I'm really struggling but I don't want to tell my health visitor because I know as soon as I start speaking I will burst into tears and I can't do that, it's so embarrassing and I hate being seen as not coping.

She's due to visit on Wednesday to weigh baby and do a couple tests. I also have a GP appt soon for my 6 week check. I know I should probably mention my mental health to one of them but I just can't.

I keep expecting it to get better, and some days it feels easier, but then some days are just so dark and I can get a break from my mind or snap out of it.

I'm starting to feel distant from both my kids. My son (3yo) is in a VERY argumentative phase, and although I'm not a shouty parent, I have started getting short with him and unable to hide my annoyance. I can't look at him sometimes and just cannot wait for him to go to bed. I always feel guilty.

With my baby I just can't bare her being awake because the pressure of keeping her from crying makes me feel so unbelievably on edge. It's like I always have a lump in my throat, or like I always can't quite take a deep enough breath. When she goes to sleep I feel relieved. But the bigger she gets the less she sleeps, and the harder it is to get her to nap. She was awake from 6pm - 11:30pm tonight and nothing I was doing was working. My husband was also trying but I cannot bare to hear her crying when what he's doing isn't working. I'd rather be the one trying. I know it's silly.

But at 10:45pm I had to message him to come upstairs and get her and take her away because I was starting to get angry and so frustrated and telling her to shut up. She was clean, fed, burped, and just kept crying. If she woke my 3yo up it would be hell. I just can't take it. I feel so guilty for thinking like this.

I love my babies, I don't want to be a sad, angry mum but I just want to run away. I don't want to be with them.

Baby is asleep now buy I know she'll wake soon for a feed so I can't sleep. I feel like I'm drowning.

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recently i’ve been really missing everything especially my old body. i love my son so so much and happy he’s here and that my body made such a beautiful boy but i miss my old body. i’ve also started getting really stressed too much especially when he cries after he’s been fed changed and burped. try get him to sleep and screams more leaving me not knowing what to do. i put him down in a safe space and have time to think but recently i’ve been wanting to just cry and cry. i feel so alone and idk what it could be. i just want to cry all the time and i can’t then it all hits me when my baby’s asleep and my boyfriends asleep too. is anyone else experiencing this? could it be early signs of post partumn depression? i don’t know as im a first time teen mum. i just don’t know what’s wrong with me.