Naps with a cold? (Potential chickenpox)

My little girl is 1 next week and has been completely off, she’s screamed for 2.5 hours last night before bed only to sleep for 2.5hpurs and wake up at 11:15-1:50. She woke up this morning at 8:45 and was awake but looked so tired bless her. I’ve been trying since roughly half 9 to get her down for her morning nap, she’s yawning and rubbing her eyes but fully refusing, screaming, arching her back and shaking her head. She’s screamed that much she’s sweating. She’s got a couple spots on her face and a snotty nose. She’s just not herself. I’ve had very little sleep dealing with her last night and I’m also unwell. I literally could cry with her. She’s been so off. I went on my hen do and stayed away on Saturday so thought it could be maybe she just missed me but this isn’t right, and I’ve got no one to come and help just give me 5 minutes to have a quick shower and a break because my fiancé is at work. Any advice?

in our community

Can we talk vaccinations?🙏🏼

Question for the mums 🩷

Are you/have you vaccinating/vaccinated your baby? 💉

If yes, what made you decide to vaccinate? Are you glad you did?

And if not, I’d love to hear your reasons why.

No judgement either way… just interested in hearing different parents’ thoughts and experiences. 🤍

Reassurance please

Hi all, just after some reassurance as everything online tells me to be worried!

My son is almost 18 months old and still doesn’t say any proper words. He literally says “Ga” to everything.

He does respond to his name, points, waves, follows most commands (like “bring me the ball”..etc).

Should I be worried he’s not speaking yet, or have others experienced this and their children were just later developing speech?

Negative midwife experience

Hi beautiful ladies,

I’m feeling absolutely awful about my latest midwife appointment. I’m going through the public health system so every visit is a new/different midwife. I went in for my 28 week appointment, and when the midwife asked how my mental health was I told her it was up and down and I’m after a referral for the free psychologist program offered (🇦🇺), she looked almost annoyed at me and told me I need to talk to my own psychologist before she gives me a referral. She also asked about my support network - I told her that my dad had passed away from mental heath and my mum has a carer and addiction issues. We have a positive relationship but it’s not possible or practical to rely on her. I explained that my only other family is two brothers who live two states away and do FIFO work. I explained that my partners family all live interstate with the closest being his mum who is two hours away. She told me that it’s simply not good enough and that I need to get my mum to stay with me to help me and help with the baby, I explained to her that she unfortunately can’t stay with me because she is a long term addict and that isn’t an option. After this, she reiterated that I need to have someone to come stay with me for a week or two at a time and if I can’t find anyone, I’m going to be hiding inside my wardrobe crying at 4am, she reiterated this multiple times.

Does anyone else here have limited to no support and have been grilled by midwives about this?

I’m considering ringing the hospital and requesting not to see that midwife again

Ps. Just noting that I am completely okay, I’ve lived my entire life without parents or a support system and this is just another thing. The midwife just really got in there with a dagger

Hates the car

My 16 week old absolutely hates being in the car seat, we have tired everything to try keep him occupied in the seat he will be fine for 5mins then screams, a few times not he’s screamed himself to sleep because there’s nothing that will smooth him while in there once he gets too far into crying.

Any tips on how to get them to like the car welcome!!! 🙏

2 under 2/under 3

What is everyone's thoughts about having 2 under 2/under 3? How did work take it when u told them u was pregnant again ? Trying to decide if we should or not. My partner is 32 in a few months time so he will be about 50 when our little man turns 18😅

what age did your babies start “putting themselves to sleep”

my bub is almost 6 months old and is a contact napper all day (by being bounced and then rocked and ocassionally placed in the cot to try and keep asleep not on someone). baby also used to sleep in cot all night but now it’s in cot for the start of the night then cosleeping.

my partner thinks we need to just lay him in the cot and he will go to sleep as he needs to learn to put himself to sleep (even tho he’s a baby and i don’t think he will just ‘fall asleep’)

bub has never liked sleeping in the pram and only recently started sleeping in the car. he just loves people and is a terrible sleeper😅