16 months no words

Hi all, my son is 16 (nearly 17) months. He does not independently say any words. He sometimes babbles mama, baba, dada, yaya, and will sometimes copy those when we say them and says ‘uh oh’ when he drops something. He has once or twice said ‘doh-gah’ (dog) when we pointed at our dogs and said ‘dog’. When I hand him a shoe and say ‘shoe’ he sometimes goes ‘sh’. He does have understanding - if I ask ‘where is: dada, ball, dog’ etc he will point or go to them. Has anyone else had this kind of speech delay and had everything turn out okay? I’m spiralling.

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Get your county to come out and do an assessment. Early intervention is what my county program is called. They will evaluate & get him help if he needs it

They won't support until he's at least 2 years old. They do say wait until til 3 my 2 year old speaks but has trouble pornouncing some words. But if they are saying none then ask health visitor cx

My son is in a program called Birth to 3 he had a hard time with speech and it’s done wonders for him

My son is in early steps cause I’m in fl but your son is already ahead of where my son started my son doesn’t point or react to questions when asked. Not a problem to get evaluated but I think it’s okay all kids blossom at their own pace

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Is it a woman's duty to have sex with their partner no matter how she feels and to even put her babies 2nd just to please him?

Even if she is post-partum, the default parent, doing everything around the house or maybe not feeling up to it... Should her duty be to have sex? Otherwise he has a "right" to go elsewhere for it or a "right" to treat her unfairly if doesn't? Also should the babies/children come last just to fulfill this "duty"?

Help. Are men really this lazy??

My boyfriend and I drunk till 4am on Friday night and I woke him at 7.45 on Saturday morning to open his front door to go to work. But he never messaged me till 3.40pm and said he was only wakened. He was really drunk on the Friday night but do guys really sleep this long ? I could never sleep this long no matter what!’

How is everyone having sex with so little time?

Honestly, having a newborn/baby under 1 is already challenging specially with the nights where the baby is fighting sleep…how is everyone here finding the time to have sex? Also with bigger wake windows and no family support around to watch the baby!!

When did contact naps end for you?

When were you able to put your baby in a crib or bassinet for naps without your baby waking up or crying.

Putting the baby down

Hey, I have a 5 month old baby boy who is so clingy towards me. I absolutely love it and I love him to pieces; however I cannot get him to go down at all. I know they say co sleeping is dangerous, but I’ve done a lot of research and follow a lot of women who co sleep with their babies on instagram to make sure I do it the safest way possible because he just will not go in his crib. If I put him down, he instantly cries and will scream the place down until I pick him up. I don’t know what to do, I can’t get anything done around the house and my body is just so achey all the time from holding him 24/7. Any tips??? I’ve tried loads but nothing works, I can’t even get him on the dummy, he can’t keep it in his mouth and he just wants to eat his hands all the time x

Intimacy at 36 weeks

Are people still managing to have sex? The last few times we’ve had sex I’ve felt so much pressure down below that I’ve genuinely feared that I might go into labour. Wondering if it might be time to stop until baby is here? 🤷‍♀️