Not believing in sleep regressions

I had an interesting conversation with a mum a few days ago and she doesn’t believe in sleep regressions. She has 4 children. Her point was a high majority of babies are just bad sleepers, so is it really possible to regress?
She believes they go through phases of development and learning, yes, but doesn’t think ‘regressing’ is a thing in babies.

Do you think she’s making sense? I’d love to hear people’s thoughts.

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Sex Postpartum…

Hi ladies, how long has everyone waited/plan to wait to have sex again? I had an unplanned c-section just under 5 weeks ago, but recovery has been really good so far and have been feeling ready for a while but the guidance for everything seems to be wait till at least 6 weeks. Just wondering what everyone else’s thoughts are, and anything to be aware of? 🤍

Cradle cap

Is it normal for my 9.5 month old to still have a small bit of cradle cap (see picture)?

Do you have any tips for how to get this off? I can’t really exfoliate properly as it’s right over his soft spot so can’t push down.

I’ve heard coconut oil is great. How would I use this? Just melt it down and apply once a day and leave on/exfoliate?

MIL issues

So my baby is EBF and he is only 7 weeks old on friday. Every facetime,phone call or visit she goes on about taking him home with her and talks about when she will have him over night etc. Recently my partner mentioned adding formula for some of the babys feeds I said why he is gaining weight fine there is no need and it may mess up his belly as he isn't used to it he brought this up 2 or 3 times I was confused why he even said it. Then when my MIL called she said the same thing and said when will he be going onto formula so i can have him over night at my house. I WAS FURIOUS. Am I in the wrong I told her he won't be going onto formula unless medically necessary and even if he was I wouldn't be comfortable him staying out until hes abit older. Am I in the wrong????

Early signs of autism

My little girl is 14 months old and I'm worry if she has autism. I understand it's very early for diagnosis though. She has a pretty good eye contact with me and her dad (not very good) but avoids looking at the other people's eyes. If they're away she will keep looking at them once they are close and look at her she gets uncomfortable and a bit scared. She loves reading for her a lot but I've noticed she has some sort of intense interest in some specific animals and airplane and point to them 50x times everyday and we should keep repeating their name until she let go. She's very active and hardly sit on the floor. She has started the nursery and the staff has said she just explores until gets frustrated and then cries.
She can clap hands, wave and point very well. She says a few words but I feel she has gone a bit quiet recently but has a very good understanding of words and follow simple commands if listens and not run away!
Can anyway who has experience share their thoughts please.

Worried about babies development..

I have contacted our HV a lot and to be honest, they haven’t been that helpful or have made me feel like I’m going mental!
My boy is nearly 10 months old, he does not babble, transition into sitting or standing (I know standing is still early), not crawling or copies.
He has always hated tummy time, he was a late roller as he only rolled belly to back at around 7.5 months.
I thought by now, we would have more babble noises or be wanting to push up on all fours but he just screams and flattens.
He’s never been the happiest baby, I’ve just always felt like there has been something wrong but have never put my finger on it or know what to tell people..
He SCREAMS whenever he is put on the floor but throws himself back to hit his head on us when we hold on, he flaps his arms a lot and just seems miserable, all of the time.
I’m kind of at a loss here, I’m a first time mum and other babies his age just seem a lot happier and are doing a lot more.
I feel like I’m missing out on my first time baby experience as he’s just upset all the time and cannot do anything..
We had our 9 month health visitor appointment the other day and I ticked “not yet” for a lot of the boxes, the health visitor kind of downplayed a lot of this and I felt like I was talked into ticking sometimes for a lot of the things but he doesn’t do them? I don’t know, it’s just making me really upset, I just want my happy boy but I don’t know what else I can do 😢😢

7 weeks old baby using me as a dummy

Help ! I am so so tired ! My 7 weeks year old baby girl is combo feeding. She never does a full feed on breast, she is constantly for comfort on me and my nipples are so so sensitive and sore. I would like to stop breastfeeding because I find it so difficult with a big breast like mine, but she only sleeps in my breast with the nipple in her. I have tried to let her cry for a bit but it seems so impossible for her to settle just with rocking and the 5's. Any idea? She won't accept dummy at all !