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I FUCKED UP AND FREAKING OUT 😭😢

my fiancée accidentally bought 6 month old + good start formula !! And our daughter is about to turn 3 weeks old she had pebbles stools 😢 is it dangerous ?! We right away went and got the newborn one again but she had almost half the box 😢😢😢😢 im freaking out should we rush to doctor she’s fine other than having…

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Sleeping/Feeding

My baby girl is 8 weeks old and I’m still struggling with her feeding and sleeping routine. I’m purely bottle feeding, During the day she’s feeding 3-5oz every 3-4 hours. She suffers with colic, stuggles to get her wind up,and is taking an hour+ to feed which is making it hard to plan when im out. I’m not sure if ...

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Baby active sleeping

Hi all, My baby is constantly moving his arms all over while he sleeps at night making him wake up and the only time recently he has been able to sleep well is in my bed and I never wanted to co sleep

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Recommendations???

Hey, so I'm currently 27 weeks pregnant and I'm really struggling with items that I need to buy?! I've got clothes but have no clue about baby bottles and sterilizers, breast pump brands and bedside crib? I've been reading reviews but each brand will have something negative about them and I don't know what to buy no...

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Advice needed…. Pumping 😵‍💫

I exclusively breastfeed my 7 week old son. I have to go out for 2/3 hours tomorrow and he’s staying with his dad. I’m pumping for him to have a bottle tomorrow if he needs one while I’m out. I’ll feed him right before I go. I’m clueless as I only breastfed my first so have no clue! Help I’ve bought same brand bott...

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Lots of sleeping

Is it normal to have the occasional days where your baby just sleeps loads? She’s 2 months today and had her jabs on Wednesday. She slept overnight for 11 hours straight without waking up!! And so far today I’ve logged roughly 5 and a half hours of her sleeping since she woke at 9am this morning (I also had to wake ...

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Waking up

Help needed my 15 month old goes to bed between 6.30 and 7pm but is waking up at 10pm screaming and can take up to two hours to settle him back down I have tried putting him to bed later but still wakes up at the same time any one got any suggestions please

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What is a “good” baby?

My mum said we have a good baby because my LO (2 weeks old) doesn’t cry often (we do get difficult days - maybe every 2 or 3 days she will have a bad evening or a bad afternoon where she’s just crying / fussing and we can’t work her out), but if we average it out, she has more good days than bad. I just wondered ...

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Breastmilk on holiday

Hello, I’m going on holiday 6-9th May (our first time away from baby😩). I’m absolutely terrified and panicking about what to do with my milk… I’m going to pump to keep a supply but I’m so sad about wasting it all :( do any of you have any experience or ideas about keeping my breastmilk the whole time?

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I need help

So my 4 week old baby is having a hard time pooping and haven’t pooped in few days do anyone have any suggestions on what I should do other then taking him to the hospital.

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Nappy leaks

Hello I know this is completely unrelated to pregnancy and birth! But I'm sure I saw a post on here a few weeks ago with someone asking advice on best nappies that don't leak during the night and people gave some recommendations of nappies I'd never heard of. I now can't remember the recommendations. Does anyone els...

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Completely fed up.. 🥺

Ever since my baby has been born, she has been so, so difficult. We had a difficult birth - emergency c section and honestly, from day one all she has done is scream and cry. I know that is what babies do & I have been told by the doctors and HV's that "she is a baby, they cry" but I am just completely and utterly f...

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Baby sleeping at someone’s house

When you and baby go round someone’s house like family or friends, do you take their pram in for them to nap in?

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Postpartum depression

I think it has finally hit me, my little boy just turned 6 months old and I finally realized I was more depressed than usual. My clue was the book I've waited over a year for came out this last week and I have no desire to even pick it up. I've reached out to my doctor. Please check in with yourself, sometimes it sn...

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Am I being too sensitive?

I'm 4 weeks pp and my mom recently relocated to my area to help me with the baby. In the past week she has started talking to her repeating certain phrases that are really bothering me. Last night she decided to give my baby a bath and said like 4 or 5x "you look like a drowned rat " to my baby. It really annoyed me...

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i’ve needed to rant to someone for ages about this. i gave birth to my beautiful wee girl in dec 2023, my mil (and fil) had helped buy things for our wee one ( which i was perfectly happy with even when they bought a lot of her firsts!, clothes, toys etc). when i had went into labour my mil had said to my partner t...

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