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Teeth?

Are these teeth? Didn’t notice swollen gums but my 3m2w old baby is drooling like crazy and is fussy way more.

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Teething?

Can anyone with teething experience tell me if the white bits look like teeth? The red is a birth mark so ignore that!

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Potty training!..

Sounds way too soon I know!🙃😂 but hear me out! My little girl is 15 month old and for the past week at least every time she is going for a wee she’s stopping and holding her nappy and saying ‘wee uhoh’ and then carry on about her day 😂 the same when she has a poo, she stops and holds her nappy, tells me what she’s…

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Potty training time

At what point did you mommas start the potty training process? I plan on slowly easing into the transition slowly just so my lo can get the jist of it

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Any experience with toddler tooth extraction?

My sweet 2.5 year old tripped on pavement last night during a walk. He was running just ahead of me and lost his footing. He didn’t seem to have any bleeding when we checked him, just a small scrape on his chin. This morning though I noticed a very obvious vertical crack right down his front tooth. He seems to be do...

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Teething

When do babies start teething? I’m a ftm so idk the signs to it

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Playing in diaper

My 2 year old is constantly playing in his diaper. It has gotten to be such an issue because he does it with poop and just plays with the poop. I’m 8 weeks postpartum and dealing with PPD. I mentally just can’t handle this. We started only letting him wear pant/long sleeve onesies/zippies but he will stretch the clo...

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Teething medicine?

Hi mommies, my lo is going to have his 3rd tooth soon… i know it’s crazy… the problem is, he cries so much for this one. What do you guys do when your lo is in teeth pain? 🫠

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Is my baby teething?

My baby is constantly shoving her hands and clothes and toys in her mouth and is crying a lot more than usual. I think her teeth are starting to come but my partners not convinced. Opinions???

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Potty training

Anyone still struggling to potty training after months of trying, been doing this since summer but regressed so started again in October it’s been 50/50 but my daughter still doesn’t say when she needs to go so I have to be on it and put a timer every hour but struggles with poo’s and ending having to put pants in b...

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Is your toddler fully potty trained

June 2022 mommies is your toddler fully potty trained? If so, please share your strategies. No judgment here.

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Potty Training Help

My daugther just turned 3 years old and I am stressing out she is not potty trained yet!! I work remote from home so it is challenging. Also, everytime I put her on the potty she doesn’t potty and then after about 5 minutes she runs off the potty. What do I do? Also, should I stop changing her on changing table when...

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Hands in mouth 24/7

Hey! My LO is 12 weeks old and her hands are her new favourite thing, comfort, toy. You name it, the hands are it😆 Buttttt how are we cleaning their hands so young? Like do I need to stand at the sink and wash them with normal soap like we do? I’m so paranoid at what she puts in her mouth and what’s on her…

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Dentist

Have you taken your baby to the dentist yet?

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Any tips for how to check teeth?

LO wont let me anywhere near to have a look! Has the front 6-8 teeth but I cant see the rest of her mouth but I think the teething is bad, would like to know how close we are to mote teeth…

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Toilet misses

Please, how long is the pee-all-over-the-floor-every-time stage?? 🤪 He’s just turned 4 we have to have the conversation about aim every damn time. And I’ve got a 3 month old boy too so will be going through it all again in a few years 🙈

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