I live in a remote area and I can’t go out everyday. On days where I’m home, my baby is just bored all the time, she fusses so much (moaning really, rather than crying). She can’t sit up or crawl yet so it’s hard for her to play independently. I interact as much as possible but as the day goes by, I run out of ideas! I’ve read about how some babies are happy to just watch their mum do things around the house, but mine isn’t interested and she’ll just fuss. Anyone been in that situation? Any advice?
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Narrate everything, and turn it into a song... my son thinks its hilarious.... i sing in daft voices and high and low... i was chopping mango earlier and somehow made it into a song which kept my 5 month old entertained for a bit. I tell him everything I'm doing in that song... doesn't have to rhyme or even make sense... but he thinks I'm daft. He is the same, no sitting up or crawling yet. Rolls but only occasionally.
Also rainbow ribbons on a wooden ring. He is obsessed. I just dangle it over his face, move it up and down him body. Let him grab it etc. He will sit with me and do that for a good half hour.
If you have tiktok or anything like that, look up play ideas for what ever age your baby is. You can find lots of things at home.
If you have a garden, get out there. Walk around holding baby, show them everything, talk about the trees and flowers, talk about everything to them. That will take a little time. Or even walk up and down your street and "discover" things with them.
Good luck. ❤️ xxxxx

I’m home most days, when I’m
busy he likes to sit in his high chair with a few toys on the tray and I just talk and sing to him a lot. Personally I think there’s way too much pressure to be constant entertainers and it’s ok to be bored some times!

We walk around outside, or we go to different rooms, i also sing to her and work on skills or even turn on music videos and we dance together
So my LG was diagnosed on 5th August with rotavirus and today we are still experiencing similar poos to what she was having when they said she had this? Does this poo look normal as she is a formula fed baby on apatamil pepti 1. Just I’ve been back and forth to docs and wanted to see if anyone else babies are having poos like this before a ring up again 🤦🏻♀️ this is her 2nd explosion of the day

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I took my 5 week old son to the GP because his poo turned green (after being yellow for some weeks) and he started to strain a lot more which was waking him up. Doctor said since he is pooing 6 times a day sometimes more (exclusively breastfed), he might be dehydrated so to give him a tea spoon of water after each feed. He is having 6+ wet nappies a day so i don’t believe he is dehydrated and was told at the hospital that breastfed babies can poo after each feed and it’s normal. Has anyone else had similar advice before because i know water could be dangerous at this age.
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At what age did you stop using bottles for milk?
I have a 15 month old and we went to get 15 month old appointment yesterday and her doctor told us that she wants us to stop giving her milk in her bottle at night?

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My friends daughter is only 4 but is really cruel. Always has to make someone feel bad or less, forcing them to give her what they have, excluding them, she is always so serious even with adults like she hates everyone and everything and only smiles if she is doing something bad. She makes her friends beg for food for instance and when my daughter runs excited to see her she looks at her with disgust and walks away (even if she later tries to find her) another small thing she tries to get my attention copying things that my daughter just done like asking me to wash her hands (I think is a competition with my little one) and she has 0 respect for other adults. For instance her mum asked me to help her as she was in a dangerous bit of the playpark and her mum was feeding the baby. She said in a very rude way: go and sit with my mum over there. I'm pulling my daughter away from her just now because I know my daughter loves her but also causes her stress as when they are together my daughter has episodes she wouldn't have afterwards. Opinions please
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is it normal to bleed after 4 months not quite sure if this is a period i was told while still breastfeeding i wouldn’t get it for a while

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My boy is almost 6 months old and has never slept through the night, he wakes up at least twice but mostly more than that. Last night he was up every hour! He always want a bottle to go back to sleep, even when he’s not hungry and I’ve tried everything to stop the bottles through the night, dummies, rocking, co sleeping but he still needs them for comfort even if it’s only a few sips. Thing is sometimes he will drink the full thing, so I feel I can’t stop offering completely just incase he really is hungry. I don’t know what I’m hoping from this, maybe some advice or hope that it does get better…
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