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Crawling already 🤯

So proud of my little girl for crawling already, she started getting around a couple of weeks ago and yesterday started crawling properly. 6 months and she’s so strong - although, I did hope for a couple more months of not needing baby gates and eyes in the back of my head 👀 🤣

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Boyfriend dealing with screaming baby

My little girl is 4 months old and I went to the gym for the first time and my boyfriend had to deal with her screaming for an hour straight and nothing settled her. He seemed so stressed when I got home. I’m so happy he got to deal with that so he can see what I have to deal with most days while he is at work. I fe...

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Grunting straining baby

Anyone dealing with a grunting and straining baby? Mine makes noises most of the night and it’s just awful. It does stop after he’s pooed (and he does a normal amount of poos). But then starts back up again, it’s really affecting my sleep as it’s so loud.

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8 months phase

This is my 8 month old - and for at least the last few days he's been grizzly all day. The only time he has stopped whine-ing is when he's napping 😴 It's not a full cry and there are no tears, just a constant winge. He only learnt to crawl yesterday after weeks of trying so he is trying to get about. Is anyone…

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Is this normal? (Speech)

My almost 2 year old is talking a lot and has started to speak full sentences. Recently I’ve noticed when she uses words ending in -ing or “in the” in a sentence, she has kind of a hard time. But I can’t tell if it’s that, or she’s just being silly or if it’s just her getting used to putting all these words together...

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Baby seems ‘stuck’ development wise

Anyone else feel like this? She has been trying to roll both ways for WEEKS, same with laughing she makes little happy noises but doesnt properly laugh. Im not comparing with other babies as I know they are all different but it feels like nothing is moving forward? She has started grabbing her foot and much more int...

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Words

16 months vocab update Lord here we go  mama Dad💔😭 Hi Bye Night night Bed Ball Bath baby Bubba Dog Yes No That Light Please He tries to say thank you He said I love you the other day Snack He says Mimi for my mom More go Outside Up Down he tries to say bike Bite And there might be one or two…

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Walking

So for the last 2/3 weeks my nearly 1 year old has been taking steps! She can do around 5-6 steps before losing balance but she’s been doing it very rarely. Like 1 day she’ll take a few steps then for 2 days she’ll just go back to crawling. How long after their first steps do they start walking independently? Also a...

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Baby cry’s when I say Awh🤣😩

My baby is five months old and recently if I stroke his face and saw awww his lip quivers and he cry’s every time 😩🤣 I don’t know why this could be triggering him to cry it’s so random lol, anyone else have any ideas as to why this makes him emotional?

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Americanisms

My mum makes a comment every time we see her about how 'Americanised' I am, and that everything I say to baby sounds American and that I must have him watching too much TV. Firstly he barely gets any screentime, but the only programs he watches are Bluey and The Wiggles, which are both Australian 😅 I said "Good…

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First

When do your children start to speak words properly? My daughter will be 16 months in a few days, but she only says "ma-ma," "da-da," “ba-ba” and some mix of consonants like "gbbb," etc. Did your children start saying words at 16 months? I don’t know if I should worry about that.

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5 and half month baby gone from being so happy to having crying fits?

My baby use to be so happy but last couple of days he's literally screamed crying and I have no idea why. Not hungry, change his bum and checked his temperature but just has a crying fit then eventually stops or falls asleep. Anyone having the same or knows why? Is it a regression or leap at this age? Honestly break...

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Nodding head

My baby girl has started shaking her head side to side like she’s saying no a few times a day for a week or so. Is anyone else’s doing the same? I don’t think she understands it means no yet.

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Little one has loose hips….

Our little boy is 15 months (14 months is his corrected age) So my boyfriend took our little one to a drop in physio session today and they checked him over turns out he’s got loose hips. They’re referring him to the hospital. He can’t crawl but is bum shuffling he isn’t pulling himself up on anything yet. We have ...

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Crawling

I think LO is going to be off soon 🙈 I'm going to need 👀 everywhere 🤣🤣

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Baby cries when someone else holds him

My baby seems to cry if I give him to my mum or sister or any one really I am his main caregiver he is with me all day but when I’m out and about they want a hold and he literally screams to the point he turns red! When they give him back to me he stops crying bless him. He’s 3 months 3 weeks old xx

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