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OZ???

How many ounces are your babies eating at what age?? I’m curious because my 6 month old is still eating 3 ounces but he’s gaining weight and super healthy!

At what stage are you allowing visitors to meet baby? I always worry baby isn't vaccinated yet and don't want them passed around people. What's the standard timeframe for starting to allow people to come and visit? Baby is 3 weeks old at the moment

Intolerance?

Hello, we’ve recently noticed my girls belly being quite overly bloated after some meals.
Now I know a bit of bloating when they’ve eaten a bit is normal because who doesn’t bloat? And I know she’s only small so can look quite extreme.. BUT this is after half a slice of toast and a slice of apple!
I think it may be gluten? What do we think.
I tried her on the gluten free pasta and she literally scoffed it all like I’d never seen her before, a bit of bloating but like I said she ate what seems like a tonne of it😂

I tried gluten free bread but she is not interested at all!
Just want to get different opinions

Also, she never seems in discomfort, her poops are never out of the ordinary.. it’s literally just that bloating that’s making me think she could be intolerant to something

TIA

Glue ear

So i took my little boy for a hearing test this morning and it turns out he has hearing loss caused by glue ear, he’s got another hearing test in a few months and if he still can’t hear properly by then they want to look at him using hearing aids or getting grommets fitted. I’m pretty sure he’s had hearing loss for a few months already so I’m pretty certain that he’s still going to have it in another few months so I’m trying to decide which option seems better, if you’ve experienced this with your little one at a similar age which did you go for and what were the pros/cons? x

Constipation

Any tips for helping with constipation please? My son hasn’t done a poo since Saturday and he normally does at least once a day so getting a little worried. He’s loving bananas and raisins lately so I’m not sure if this is maybe causing it. I did notice him pushing a bit on Sunday and this morning he was doing a bit of a dance moving his legs up and down which kind of seemed like he was trying to hold it in. x

May sound like a silly question...

How old was your LO when they had their one year vaccination?

I've been told by the hospital receptionist he needs to be 13 months, but know babies who have had them younger 🤔

Health visitor

Does anyone know what health visitor does at home? I had my baby 17 days ago at 36 weeks via emergency c section. We have been to our midwife appts and now have health visitor on Wednesday. I’ve heard they are really judgemental and I’m petrified. I’ve been struggling with breastfeeding and I’m on a feeding plan as she’s dropped just below birthweight again.
I don’t want a judgy health visitor making me feel shit in my own home xx

For those of yall who smoked during pregnancy and are in Texas. Who all babies were drug tested at birth?

I hear it’s only on reasoning of suspicion or drug history use. What was yalls experience on this?

2nd set of jabs

Hi 👋

My LG has her 2nd jabs this week is there anything to expect or is it similar to the 1st ones?

Thanks for any updates!

Screaming through feeds

How do people make it through feeds whilst their baby is screaming due to reflux? I find it so upsetting. We have started on meds and taking other measures to try and help but whilst these take time to hopefully work, how does everyone make it through a distressing feed? Thanks in advance.

I need some recommendations!

What does everyone use to style their little ones hair? I want to start styling my little boys but I need something that will stay in place!

Jabs

My baby is a bit poorly, no temperature but snotty and has a cough. Caught it from his big brother 🙃

He has his second lot of jabs tomorrow, the NHS website says it’s fine to have if they have a cold but just wondering if I should postpone. Anyone had similar?

colic or something else

help, my baby is 5 weeks tomorrow and has been congested the past couple days and super unsettled, has been to the doctors and ruled out any sickness possibly just a little bit of reflux… tonight he has been super unsettled, crying uncontrollably and will only settle when on the boob or has a dummy when he usually doesn’t even take a dummy. has anyone else had anything like this with their bubba ??

2 week old keeps being sick after feeds

Any advice on how to reduce how much my baby is being sick? We're breastfeeding and have been working on getting a deep latch, I burp after every feed and keep her upright for around 10mins after each feed. She's gaining weight well but so horrible to see her being sick so often. It's not always after each feed and the timings seems to vary so sometimes it's straight after a feed, other times it's after burping, sometimes it's even 30/40mins later. Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

Formula feeding….

My boy was prescribed Aptamil Pepti 1 nearly 7 weeks ago now. His rash cleared but the mucus nappies continued, I gave it 6 weeks as I know it can take a while for his gut to heal.

Last Friday when changing him I noticed what I think was blood (not 100% sure though) and the GP was happy to change his milk (Nutramigen) which we are waiting for our chemist to have in stock.

Last Friday he was sick a lot after feeds, this has happened a few times leading up to Friday and I presumed it’s because pepti was quite thin and was planning on buying carobel.

His rash has now come back and he’s had loose nappies since Sunday. I presumed he was maybe having a bit of a clear out as he didn’t go on Saturday. I know it’s normal to not go everyday but my boy does.

Now after every feed he’s having loose nappies. Orange in colour, it’s still slightly mucus like and I think seedy (not 100% sure because the smell is unreal🤮 what I can only describe as death!!). His last feed he went halfway through a bottle.

I’m not sure if it’s a viral bug or it’s because of Pepti? Should I be taking him to the GP?

He’s fine in himself (maybe sleepier than normal), still feeding, small wake periods, not crying in pain etc. he’s been really windy since starting pepti but even this smells now.

With him still feeding I’m guessing it’s the milk? I’m hoping it’ll be available to pick up today 🤞🏻

Help. It’s 10:21 pm and I want to give up. I don’t enjoy being a mom.

My 6 week old baby girl has been crying nonstop today, and nothing seems to soothe her. She’s been really gassy, and we think she might have reflux since she’s also been spitting up frequently. She only wants to stay on the breast as well . Shes been feeding for almost an hour, and every time I try to unlatch her, she starts crying again. Has anyone experienced this or know what might be going on? What can I do to help her ? Am I supposed to just let her suck on my breast for the whole night ? I love my baby so much but I’m so frustrated and wish my baby would stop crying.

What should I do for blood draw

I have to get a blood draw this Friday. It can’t be another day. My husband works 7-5 and the lab closes at 430. So I need to be there at the latest 3. I have a 3 and 7 year old. Do I just take them with me?
they will be drawing a decent amount and sometimes I get faint and have a bad reaction and need to lay down for like 20 minutes. I just don’t know what to do. We just moved her and have no friends or family.

Drinking bath water 🤢

Her latest obsession is trying to drink the bath water, I’ve had to remove all scooping toys/jugs/watering cans from the bath that she used to play with cause she uses them to scoop water into her mouth to drink but by removing those things she literally leans her head to the water and starts drinking it. It’s making me 🤢🤢🤢 and feels so unsafe that’s she’s putting her face in the water. Is this a phase, how do I stop her from doing it? Am I best leaving the scoop toys in there for her to drink from as this seems safer? Send help, she is absolutely not thirsty fyi, she has a drink before and after the bath 🫠