Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Care

Am I wrong for asking my mother to get an RSV test when she was recenly exposed to my niece and nephew who had caught it? She made it seem like it was a big deal me asking her to do so and we have a Christmas event at her house in 3 days. I have a 10 month old and RSV can be dangerous and potentially my daughter...

My baby girl is 1 month and 3 weeks old. She had an allergic reaction to aptamil when she was about 4 weeks old. She went on this new milk and has been perfectly fine until now. Iv noticed after a feed she screams for no reason or sometimes she can randomly wake up and scream for 2 hours at a time and won’t settle. ...

My little boy is 4 weeks and has started pooing once a day or some days not at all. Up to about 2 weeks he was pooing 4/5 times a day. Is this normal?

my five months old and has been pooping after every feed. The stool color has recently changed from yellowish-green to fully green, and I have noticed jelly-like structures in his poop. Additionally, he has occasionally been spitting up or vomiting, with a curdled appearance. Please advise if this is normal or if it...

Be honest - how often did you / do you bathe (as in a proper bath) your newborn? My baby is nearly 4 weeks old and has had 2 actual baths. The rest of the time she has a cotton pad wash of the areas that need it daily - face, hands - sometimes pits and bottom half.

My baby is 10 days old and is showing signs of constipation, she cries/screams like she is in pain💔 and keeps trying to push. This usually happens during her feeds. I would love to know what could help

Hi everyone! Is anyone still using bubble bath during pregnancy. I cant work out from the guidance online if they say not to just because it can cause thrush or if it can actually harm the baby..... any advice/info would be much appreciated as this girl is missing her bubbles!

I know the answer to this but I think I'm being hopeful. We're suppose to be going to my sisters for boxing day and my nephew has just started with HFM. Can we still go or am I best to avoid?

My little boy is 5 weeks old tomorrow he struggles with reflux and is on gaviscon but he’s constantly gagging for ages after a bottle which stops him from settling and sleeping, any advice on how to help him? Is this normal?

My 5 week old has episodes of breathing quicker than usual the HV said it was fine and wasn't concerned. He was born at 38 weeks and not had any steroids for his lungs. Does anyone know when this will settle down?

New mum here! How is best to bathe little one? When can they have a proper bath? My little boy is 4 days old and no one really gave us any advice on bathing so I've just been giving him a wipe down each morning.

My son is 15 months old, recently I feel like his bottles of cows milk are causing him to get painfully constipated, I’ve just bought some soy milk to see if that helps him at all, he’s only on one bottle in the morning and night now, anyone else found this with cows milk?

Has anyone experienced this, can it start as little as 3 days old in babies?

Has anyone else been told by health visitors that they shouldn’t use Johnson’s baby bath as the ph levels are too high?

I've always been for immunisations and have never thought otherwise. However, my friend is very anti-vax and it got me thinking as my little one is due his in January. What are peoples opinions on immunisations? For and against, I'm here for them all! 💉 (no judgement on people's comments please)

Her high chair was close to this and she's chewed the end off one of these leafs... will she be okay? Do i need to get it checked out?

My 3 day old son is so fussy tonight and barely pooping little to nothing, he is combo fed and tonight is very hard to soothe him or get him to sleep could it be constipation, he has a doctors appointment today

Baby current has tonsillitis which is horrible but has been on antibiotics for a few days now so is definitely more himself. He's able to drink water and eat limited solids but is completely off his milk. If he does end up having milk, he then projectile vomits it back up within seconds. Everything else managed to s...

My daughter 2 months finna be 3 months on the 29th but she’s been fussy all day after I change nd fed nd burped her she’s still fussy I rubbed her bottle on her gums and she stopped crying….i tried rocking her to sleep she’ll doze off but then wake up then she’ll get to screaming loud and I’ll give her her pacifier...

Hi everyone, before I post, I have been to the GP and spoken to the health visitor but just want to see if anyone else's LO is like mine! My baby girl is 5 weeks old. EBF, and seems to struggle to poo. She goes 2 -3 days. On the night before she poos she will go off milk and appear to be in a little discomfort, bu...