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Does my 4 week old have Colic ?

Does anyone else baby not let you put them down ? Once asleep in my arms ( after a fight to get him to sleep all day every day and night ) I will try to put him in his next to me and he squrims constantly like he’s really uncomfortable and spring his legs up to his belly he is never just completely flat out asleep ...

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Grumpy baby

My boy is 5 weeks and I swear is possibly the most grumpy baby ever. Unless he’s asleep or got a bottle in his mouth he is crying. I just can’t work out how to settle him sometimes and I’m worried I’m over feeding him by offering him the bottle after only 2 hours to soothe him when I’ve run out of other options. Th...

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Grunting baby

So my baby is 2 weeks old and is constantly making this grunting sound and seems like she’s pushing/forcing to poop or pass gas. I feel so bad she always seems uncomfortable.. iv been giving her probiotic but doesn’t seem to help. Anyone else’s baby does this or does anyone have any suggestions to help?

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Jabs yesterday

My 9 week old son had his jabs yesterday at 11am and he was fine until now done the 3 doses of calpol yesterday and now he has developed a slight temp and super unhappy this afternoon anyone else had this?

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Poo during feeds?

My 9 weeks LO goes to the toilet every during feed. Is this sign of diarrhea or normal? Does anyone’s LO does the same? His poo isn’t wet but there are times a bit of wet.

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1 year vaccinations

Those who have had them, did you have to take the day off work the next day or was LO okay for nursery?

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Is this normal - I’m worrying (poop pic)

My baby has forever suffered with constipation but this is the hardest it’s been (she’s now weaning) but I’m more worried about the consistency and the white bits?

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Infant gaviscon

Has anyone been given infant gaviscon and their little ones haven’t become constipated? I’m putting off using it as all I’ve heard is babies getting really constipated

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Infacol… how long can we use it ?

I’ve been using infacol to help with my babies wind and trapped gas after she would cry non stop arching her back and brining her knees to her chest we thought it must be colic so gave the stuff a go. It worked a miracle ! She was letting out all the trapped wind her tummy wasn’t hard anymore and she was sleeping af...

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2 year review

Does anyone have a number I can sort my child’s 2 year review? I’m abit confused as to how I book it!

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Tongue tie

Has anyone had baby’s tongue tie cut? I have an appointment tomorrow and not sure if should go ahead. Has anyone done it and regretted it? Baby has posterior tongue tie and not effectively breastfeeding so at the moment he is combi fed (pumping breast milk and formula) and he is gaining weight

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Baby allergic?

So about three weeks ago baby started with rash as below…. Ten days ago roughly it then developed into a cough and cold. Cough being much worse at night and struggling to get breathe it seems. Babies poo has been like this since the change from mucus when first born- is this normal? Photo in comments. Recent hosp...

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Who do I report this to?

BD, not on BC no PR, has done a DNA test without my consent. It is my understanding this is illegal but I'm not sure what I do now?

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Nappy talk

Just wondering if this is normal or if I should speak to the HV/GP My little boy since last week has been doing little trumps with poo. Prior to this he was doing 2 soiled nappies a day. We’re going through 10+ nappies a day 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Loose poo?

Hi my baby is 10 weeks old and exclusively breast fed . Would you consider the poo as loose? He had blood in his poo last time he pooed that was 3 days ago. He is extremely fussy, arching his back, squirming all the time mostly when feeding and after . Sometimes he lets wind out. He doesn’t let any wind out when ...

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4 week old still seems hungry

Hiya lovelies. My 4 week old baby girl still seems hungry sometimes after 4oz so I offer her 5oz now and see if she takes or shall I just keep it to 4oz sometimes she’s content with 4 oz sometimes she’s still hand sucking and rooting around for more I’m so torn I don’t know what to do as a first time mum I don’t wa...

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