Hypermobility

So, my sons nursery has told us to get my 13 month old son checked out as thry've noticed his foot keeps turning inwards quite a bit when they're changing him. I just thought he wss playing with his feet really. There's no pain or anything. I've spoken to HV and made a doc appt anyway to check.

Anyway, this morning I was talking to my mam and she said that they took me to the doctors quite a lot when I was younger (I vaguely remember). I would cry in pain and say my knees would ache and she said I would say my bones hurt. The doctors kept saying it wss growing pains and to cut back on sport - I remember them saying this because my Dad was annoyed they'd said that to a young girl

I can also turn my feet inward so they are horizontal , if that makes sense, and pull my thumbs down to my wrist. I'm wondering if I could be the problem?

Is it hypermobility ? Is anyone diagnosed with this that can give more info?

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Front sleeping

Hey all 👋 might be a little bit of a silly question but here goes!
My 7 month old has started sleeping on his front (which is fine, ofc) he actively unrolls and rolls and crawls. My issue is that he is so active in the day that when bedtime comes around he’s comatose, he then slowly rolls onto his front but sometimes he is literally face down. He does move himself in the night and isn’t face down the entire time, I think he just doesn’t move when he’s in a mega deep sleep.
Is anyone else experiencing this? I don’t want him to suffocate 😅

2AM and your baby is crying.

All needs have been met. He’s 2 weeks old.
Do you pick him up and hold him til he sleeps or let him cry as to “regulate himself.” Dad seems to think he has to cry it out at 2AM verses him being picked up.

4 month regression

What the f... is this???😭😭

Its the constant fussiness and crying and the struggles to put them down to sleep.

Wow!!!!

I can't wait for it to end!!

No sleep

Anyone else’s 9 month old become a twat for sleeping? The past couple of days my little girl has decided she doesn’t want to sleep, we’ve been doing the whole routine during the day with two naps, 3 meals and 3/4 bottles. She went down to sleep at about 6:45 last night, very kindly let me watch the England game and woke up at about 12. She screamed the house down, we gave her an extra bottle, changed her nappy, rocked her, gave her a dummy to see if that helped but nothing she ended up wide awake bouncing away, then eventually went down at 1:30! Which means I’ve had probably 3 hours sleep max, as I don’t sleep well anyway. Her front teeth are coming through so I know that she will be a bit out of sorts because of that but she’s never been this bad with other teeth.
I’m exhausted, and this week it doesnt help I’ve hurt my back so I’m in pain, exhausted and past the point right now. And the exhaustion is effecting my fiancé as well we are both tired so end up snapping at eachother. I just need to know if I’m doing it all wrong or is this normal?

Sincerely a very tired, overstimulated and overwhelmed mam

nursery, work and toddler

what is everyone doing with nursery and working? Me and husband both work full time. Today is the last settling in day at nursery but we’re doing the 30hours so we’re taking her half days. My little one is 14 months.

I’m looking after her whilst trying to wfh in the morning, settling her in nursery is emotionally draining as it is and then trying to work in a nearby cafe after is so hard.

I don’t know how I can sustain this lifestyle of wfh in mornings with her she’s so active, and very needy atm (my husband stays when he can but his job is onsite a lot).I’m typing this as she’s refusing to take her nap 🙂🙂🙂

How is everyone tackling this?

Struggling to settle at night

My little one will not settle at night. He used to go to sleep at 7-8pm untill he hit 6 months, now he will fight sleep for hours, sometimes even till 12pm! We follow the same bedtime routine. I know he is getting overtired but we cannot manage to get him to settle. The only way we can get him to sleep is by going in the car or pram and sometimes this doesn’t work. Please send advice!!