So erm my son is 3 years old and has recently discovered his penis does things ๐ till now it has mostly been 'oh it gets bigger' or similar comments but he has just spent the last 10 minutes playing with making it move on its own ๐ ๐คฃ obviously i want him to know his body is normal and natural etc etc and to be honest I have just sat and laughed my head off because it took me by surprise. He also started a thing of wanting to cool it down and does that by straddling a pillow... like I said I know this is all normal and natural him discovering his body etc but I guess I am just unsure on how best to handle these things and want to make sure I handle it the right way because I dont actually know the best way for me to react or talk to him about this
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My son is 6 & I wouldnโt know how to react, because he hasnโt ever experienced that. At 3, I wouldnโt expect him to be that way, but I guess I would just tell him to stop playing with it or do it in private. ๐คทโโ๏ธ

Iโd probably just let him be but of course answer all of his questions if he has any.

My sonโs been besotted with his since we did potty training. I just explain that if we want to play with it thatโs absolutely fine but we do it in the bedroom or somewhere private not in front of people. I also try not to make a huge deal of it as I found the more interest you paid the more he did it for attention kind of thing.
As you say, heโs just exploring his body and what feels nice etc. Perfectly normal ๐ x

Iโd start teaching him that itโs private and that he should do it in his bedroom, no shame or anything just directing to an appropriate space c

My sons 7 months and heโs already touching himself up! But like everyoneโs said just try get him to do it in a private space

When he starts touching it ect.. let him know he canโt do stuff like that in front of people and that itโs private and if he wants to touch it or anything he needs to go up to his room or the bathroom and explore there

You got to 3 lucky you ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Just say, please don't do that on front of other people that's private.
And then repeat for the next 100 years....
Currently in hospital staying overnight in the children's ward because my daughter born on Monday had her 3 day check yesterday and she's lost 15% of her body weight ๐ญ
With my son i had to express for 8 weeks due to flat nipples so I totally expected that this time too but for her first feed she latched perfectly and pulled them right out doing a full 15 minute feed! She struggled a bit more in the later hospital feeds but I was told its just likely due to tiredness from birth.
Midwife came on Wednesday and I asked if I should maybe add some bottles cause i feel like baby cant be getting much milk because shes very on and off doing very short feeds and she cries a lot and they said its normal and just sounds like cluster feeding and I shouldn't be expressing or adding bottle before 3 weeks plus since shes having wet and dirty nappies shes fine.
But then when another midwife came Thursday they weighed her and said she'd gone from 8lb 10oz at birth down to 7lb 6oz and they watched her feed and said I needed to give her a bottle immediately then called paediatrics who asked for me to bring her in...
They did a blood test and it came bad that her sodium and potassium levels were really bad and she needs to be admitted and I have to express at least 60ml every 2 hours for her to be bottle fed with.
I feel awful about it and I'm so worried about her, feeling guilty that my sons at home worried about us both, I'm worried about how to handle feeding back home too. I started off saying I dont mind expressing cause I did for my son and then when he was 8 weeks old we just switched to breastfeeding when he was stronger no issue and the staff were all really surprised saying thats super unusual and if im switching to expressing and giving bottles for several weeks they can't see me being able to go back to breastfeeding as babies typically develop a preference for how much easier the bottles are. I had no issue switching my my son like I said so its blown my mind!
Of course id rather she was fed but still now im worried we wont be able to switch back and I just feel so panicked about so many things rn...

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2 year old hit his face on his bed guard and seems to have cut his mouth. Not sure what to do, any suggestions would be great. Thank you!
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13months. Going to daycare in about a month, and I already am not the favourite parent, she only wants me for comfort and bedtime. All about hubby during the day to play - when she was younger, she screamed at me all day but only smiled for her dad. I only got smiles like 9 months onwards.
She loves MIL more than anyone right now- at her baptism and various other special occasions I wanted to share with her, she was throat punching me to jump out of my arms into MILโs arms. Our photos together at these events are all forced, and sheโs crying. All her special moment photos are with MIL. To be fair, she doesnt want hubby either when MIL is around lol.
I am scared that when I start work and she goes to daycare, we will have even less time and she will care about me even less.
Anyone else deal with this? Daycare and already not being the favourite parent? My heart is crushed every weekend, when she spends time with my hubby and MIL. She doesnt look for me, and if I leave and come back she barely acknowledges when I return. My heart is already breaking

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My baby has their 8-week vaccinations coming up and Iโm a bit nervous. Has anyone got unvaccinated children my partner is on the fence about them and has gone down many rabbit holes
I donโt know what to do for the best ?
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Hi has anyone got any tips of making their babies sleep past 5am? Currently breastfeeding my 14 week old, we do the whole bath, feed and bed routine.
He has his bath around 8pm, and usually fed and asleep by 8:45/9pm - in his next to me.
After this he wakes up at 1am for a feed and will go back to sleep but it takes around an hour to settle him back down again in his next to me. He then wakes up again at 4, will fall asleep on me and then wakes up again from 5am, and just refuses to go back to sleep.
My partner has left us so Iโm currently doing it all on my own, any advice would be great fully appreciated, just need abit more sleep!
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So erm my son is 3 years old and has recently discovered his penis does things ๐ till now it has mostly been 'oh it gets bigger' or similar comments but he has just spent the last 10 minutes playing with making it move on its own ๐ ๐คฃ obviously i want him to know his body is normal and natural etc etc and to be honest I have just sat and laughed my head off because it took me by surprise. He also started a thing of wanting to cool it down and does that by straddling a pillow... like I said I know this is all normal and natural him discovering his body etc but I guess I am just unsure on how best to handle these things and want to make sure I handle it the right way because I dont actually know the best way for me to react or talk to him about this
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