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Hardest stage yet

I love my little boy to death but my god the 4-6 month stage is killing me off!
I did struggle with the newborn stage being a new mum but wow bring back my newborn 😭

Naps no more than 40 minutes at a time,
He use to sleep through now wakes up 1/2 times a night and wants to start the day at 6am 😴
Screaming like a banshee, loves to roll about but hates the fact he can’t crawl yet and makes it known 😂
cannot be kept entertained for more than 10 minutes at a time.
Doesn’t want to be held sometimes but doesn’t want to be put down (I can’t win 😅)
If it wasn’t for his cheeky personality and the smiles/belly laughs I think I would have lost my mind at this point!

Please tell me I’m not alone 🥲

Is 2 year olds (almost 3) too young to start learning to read letters?

Not expecting him to suddenly master it or anything but we have been doing alphabet and phonics for awhile cause he always wanted us to draw and after a point we ran out of new things so we went on to letters and numbers 😅 but he knows almost all of them so I don’t know if to see if he can string them together to read cat or something

All or nothing baby!!

My second daughter is about to turn 17 months and since the day she arrived she’s either quiet and peaceful or full blown screaming. I don’t think I’ve ever in the history of time heard her just moan or whimper. There’s no simple cry she just cuts straight to atomic bomb level. Even just for a bottle when she was a new born, my first daughter used to stir first and then make little gruntty noises first before she’d let out a little “I’m hungry” cry. But not my second. She can go from being flat out asleep to red face crying.

It makes my anxiety go off the charts as I’m always trying to keep the peace because of how extreme things can turn. I get baby’s cry, obviously this is not my first baby, but I’ve never ever had a child like it. Even when I go into her room on a night to settle her she doesn’t stop the scream until she’s fully happy, there’s no simmering down or calming down. So I can be changing her nappy or giving her bottle with her blasting into my ears throughout the whole duration. Again with my first as long as I tended to her and got started with fixing what ever was wrong she’d start to calm down.

Has anyone else got a baby who’s always been like this and if so how did they turnout?

My 3 year old has nuclear tantrums
Like seeing red and nothing will console or distract her.

It’s mainly at home which I tend to try and ignore it the best I can and not try to resolve the best I can but nothing works sometimes. Please tell me I’m not alone in this

Obsessed with hands

Is anyone else’s LOs obsessed with their hands?! My daughter is constantly sucking on her hands and sometimes will try to put her whole fist in. She also has a dummy and is getting frustrated as I think she also wants to suck her hands at the same time but then knocks the dummy out… anyone else in the same boat? And are you cleaning hands regularly?!

I thought crying was meant to get better as they got older but it's only got louder and more intense

Not sure how much more screaming I can take

Behaviour is just getting extreme.

Hi guys, so my son is 3 in August. He is honestly getting so exhausting, he's so naughty when hes at home. Doesn't listen to mummy or Daddy, absolute nightmare at bed time. Won't let me get him changed, just daddy and then if I start trying to change him he starts hitting. He's just tried to bend his safety rail tonight. Please tell me someone else's is like this 😫

Throwing head back

My 7 month old keeps throwing his head back / bending backwards when being held, especially if he’s crying. Anyone else? Is this normal?

When is delayed crawling an issue?

I have 7 month old twins my daughter will lay on her stomach and grab the carpet to drag herself and son has always hated tummy time and shows no interest whatsoever in crawling. But he can stand with little support and will try to walk in his walker. Should I be concerned or could he just skip crawling and go to walking has anyone ever experienced this?

How many words?

My little boy is only saying mama and dada - he babbles all day and babbles to us as if he’s having a conversation with us. He points and shows us things he’s interested in and understands commands and knows words for certain objects - he just won’t say any of them.

Anyone's 5 month old just shouting 24/7?

Not sure if its boredom, teething or shes adjusting to purees as she is closer to 6 months so slowly started to wean. Didn't know if it was just a found my voice phase.

Babbling but still no mama 😢

My little girl babbles constantly but has yet to say ‘mama’. We get a lot of dadas, babas and yayas but nothing near an ‘m’ sound! Also she definitely knows dada is Daddy but doesn’t call me anything at all even though we make sure to call me mama in front of her! Anyone else experiencing the same?!

Sensitive toddler?

She cries everytime she falls over, stumbles, slips or trips. I understand if she fell and hurt herself but is it normal even if she just stumbles?

Vocabulary babbles

What word babbles is our August babies saying?
My little boy just screams with excitement and bubbles some too but nothing like my first, I’m trying to get him to babble more M’s for mamma, Ds for dada and L’s for his sister but he’s just not interested unless he’s crying after me, which is when he will say mama, but that is the only time🤣 I know it’s still early I just want to see where everyone is at! I love knowing and checking progress of how we are all doing!

8 month old walking

Hi everyone I just wanted to know if this is normal I'm a first time mum and my 8 month old is walking she started sitting up with no support at 4 1/2 months then started crawling at 6 months and now she is walking on her own in long distances at 8 months old she also has no teeth as of yet and can say mama, dada,nanny, uh oh and hi but she only says it if she's crying or bored and doesn't say it a lot is this normal or am I overthinking?

Whinging/Frustration

Does anyone else’s 7 nearly 8 month old baby make a whine and moaning noise constantly (or the majority of wake windows). He is maybe entertained for max 15 mins before the whinging starts and he makes a sort of grunting noise. I have tried everything to entertain him and unless he is literally glued to my hip or asleep he makes the noise. I’m wondering if it’s frustration whilst learning to crawl and a new form of communication but the constant whining noise is so hard to listen to 😅

Standing???

Anyone else’s 7 month old standing up and trying to take steps??? My son can fully stand without support and is now trying to take steps. I feel like it’s too early?…

Excuse the mess, I’m doing a late night deep clean and he’s doing the opposite of helping 😂

PPD?

Hi mums, has anyone thought they had ppd or if it was just to many things on your plate?

What did you do? Also recommendation on what to do?
My youngest baby is currently 10 months old but have been dealing with this since he was 6 months. Dr did say I was “just dealing with a lot” but things aren’t getting any easier.

Thank you.

7 month old wild child

My son who is 7 months old is crawling and standing. He crawls really fast and then will just stand out of nowhere and sometimes falls backwards or throws himself forward. He also is trying to pull up on things and then will loose his balance and take a tumble. We have rugs but our whole house is hardwood. At this point I can’t even trust him to sit without me being behind him because he goes into a standing position. I feel like I have to have a hand on him at all times. How do you guys keep your babies from getting hurt?

Is nursery a bit out of line?

Today I learned that my son was “seen by someone” when picking him up. Apparently speech therapist saw him in the nursery to evaluate him and I only learned about it on pick up.

No warning, no even proper explanation of what triggered it. With one staff member saying “he is not speaking at all”, and another dismissing it and saying it’s completely normal.

And everyone seem to dismiss my shock as he is the most chatty happiest child at home.

So it triggers me that instead of finding a way to get him “open up” and make him feel secure so he starts speaking naturally. They now decided he needs to be “fixed” and probably push him into more anxiety with it. Without even consulting us.