5 month old -

My 5 month old babbles and squeals so LOUD all day long when she’s not asleep. And even at night for the past week she has gone from sleeping through to waking after midnight and babbling and scratching the crib for 2 hours so I will feed her to help her settle again.. is this normal? I know that might sound like a silly question but I guess it’s because she’s my second and I can’t remember my first babbling and squealing so loudly constantly. She seems fine she’s not crying. But I’m very tired from lots of broken sleep over the past week and I’m starting to think if it’s something I’ve done ?

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Falling out with colleague over being pregnant again

Today I had to tell my work colleagues that I’m pregnant due to working in a kitchen where we heavy lift stuff

And a response from one of them was ‘I think your taking the piss out of us, your always off and you’ve just had a year off and now your having another’ and she also said ‘ I don’t see how this is gonna help your mental health’ bare n mind this lady never asks how I am ask how my day has been always shuts me down when trying to talk to her
Also I took 7-8 months off with my first baby am I over reacting I went home so so upset

Pp sex

Girlies I’m like 17 pp (C-section) my period has stopped and now my man looks sooo good so I’m asking how serious is the 6 weeks wait time for sex 😂😂😂

Split nights

I’m literally at breaking point I don’t know what else to do. My 13 month old has never been a good sleeper. But for the last 4 weeks has been up for 2 hours in the middle of the night with a couple more wakes before that. We’ve sleep trained him to fall asleep on his own, we’ve capped his naps, extended/lowered his wake windows and I don’t know what else we can try. I understand they go through regressions/split nights but surely 4 weeks is not it. I’m sat in bed crying, absolutely exhausted and feel like the worst mum in the world as he needs his sleep. I just wanted to know if anyone else has been through the same or has any advice?

What would you consider to be normal language levels for a 1.5 year old?

My 1.5 year old has about 15 words and I’m worried this is not enough.

Husband concerned with co sleeping

Been co sleeping with our daughter for a good few months now. My husband recently shared that he’s not comfortable with it as accidents can happen. He’s afraid we’ll roll over on her or she’ll get stuck under a blanket or pillow.
My husband and I are both bigger people, with me being 5’8 and him 5’11.
I understand his fear because accidents do happen, but I don’t see what’s wrong with co sleeping.
If we can find a safe compromise for her to co sleep with us.
I’m able to get my baby to sleep in her crib, which is bedside, for around 2 hours before she wakes up looking for me.
I’m just feeling a bit stuck.

My 1 week old will just lie in his cot awake and not try to get our attention

Is this normal? He will just lie there awake for ages but not want any comfort etc.