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Fast let down/gassy baby

Im EBF and looking for some advice. I believe I've got a fast flow as my 3 week old (and me) are showing all the signs. My little one is also really gassy and I think a bit of reflux although no issues with weight. I don't know if these are related to the flow but just wondering if anyone has experienced anything si...

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Pooping

Does anyone elses babies poop while they are nursing or feeding? That seems to be my daughters go to time to let it all out 😂

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6 month old pooping

Hi!! My 6 month old is on day 6 of not pooping, she is breast fed and doesn’t have a hard tummy, still eating, and passing lots of gas. I’m wondering if I should be worried or if this tends to be normal? How long can they go until I should start to worry. Thank you!! I’ve also tried the prune juice and done all the ...

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Constipation

My daughter really struggles with constipation. I try my hardest to give her high fibre, sneak prunes into her food ensures she drinks water with meals and she’s breastfed but her constipation is severe. She screams and screams to the point now she tries to avoid going for a pooh e.g today I was changing her wet nap...

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Colic or something else?

Hey guys! Just looking for advice really. My 5 week old little boy has gone from doing 5-6 poops a day to 1 explosive one every 24 hours or so. It’s been like this for a few days, he gets combination fed formula and Breastmilk and has done for weeks and has always been fine. He seems so uncomfy has a hard belly and ...

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concerned

is anyone else baby throwing up from kendamil? my baby spits up after every feed and it takes a while for him to burp. also his spit up is very different from a month ago since his pediatrician told me to add cereal to his bottle

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Playpen

At what age did you stop having a playpen for your baby?

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Reflux babies feeds

Hey mammas! I am just curious to know what everyone’s babies with reflux is drinking at the minute. My baby boy is 4.5months and he drinks 5oz every 2.5-3hrs, whenever I try to up the oz his reflux gets worse just wondering how everyone else is getting on with their babies?

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Omeprazole containing lactose?

My near 6 month old is on omeprazole for her reflux and has CMPA but she always gets tummy ache after taking her omeprazole and is always more unsettled. I just had a thought that some medications have dairy in as a bulking agent. I’ve googled it and it says that omeprazole does contain lactose?! Does that mean that...

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Toddler hates baths all of a sudden

Our 1y/o has always loved baths, to the point he would have a tantrum when he had to get out. We started him at daycare about a month ago and since then he will not bathe- he will have a meltdown if we put him in it, or even start crying if we go in the bathroom. We can't even wet his hair. We have tried getting in ...

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Help!

Milk smell so bad in my baby clothes,she’s two months old and had reflux and I can’t get rid of the milk smell in her clothes

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Drained. Lo will not be put down

So lil one was born mid sep... has had nothing but tummy issues, milk intolerance, reflux... Now at just over 5months will not be put on the floor... will not be put in a bumbo seat, a walker or anything else. I'm on my own with her and omg I'm so drained... I hate hearing her screaming if I try to leave her ( even...

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16 week jabs

My LG is 18 weeks and has her 16 week jabs tomorrow - I have been told that this lot of jabs are the worst ones so I’m just seeing what everyone else’s little ones were like with these jabs?

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OMG 💔

I FEEL LIKE SUCH A TERRIBLE MOTHER AND JUST WANT TO CRY MY EYES OUT. I was bathing my baby and my sister showed me a new bathing technique to pour the water out her bathtub and it requires lifting the bathtub and upwards forward. The bathtub slipped backwards and my baby fell off my support down to the bathroom tub ...

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Bathing

Hi, I don’t have a bath in my house and wondered if people had hints and tips on how best to bathe a baby when you don’t have a bath. We have a baby bath but she has grown out of this and need to get something new… wondered how other people may tackle this?

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Bath time

How are u guys getting ur babies to stay still in the bath? 😂😭 my daughter is constantly trying to drown herself and is slipping all over the place. If I get any water in her eyes she goes crazy and starts screaming and it gets so dangerous

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Anybody have tips to make baby stop crying in bath? She’s now 16 months but has always hated water

Ps we’ve tried changing temperatures/ make sure the house is warm/ bath toys/ different time of the day etc but she is petrified of the water :(

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Don't know what to do

My wee one is 7weeks old, the past 4weeks we have issues every night with trying to get him settled, gripe water used to help it now seems to make it worse now - he sounds in absolute agony he's also suffering with reflux and has done since like 10days old, I stopped drinking milk made it slightly easier and now I'm...

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Sudden fear of bath

Hi! My 15 week old has suddenly started to startle in the bath (in a bath seat) and cries hysterically. He has always loved bathing and never had any issues until now. Has anyone any advice or experienced this? I go in the bath with him and am very calm when he responds this way reassuring him but it's happened twic...

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Bath routine

How is everyone doing the bath routine? What time a day? Fir how long? What temp? Its the first time for my baby girl and im scared she will scream because she does when changing nappy

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