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Baby Feeding Struggles - Help?!

My boy will be 8 weeks tomorrow. Sometimes he was struggling after feeding with wind, so we tried Infacol & that seemed to help, but the HV said to try gripe water instead. This was used last week & seemed to help a bit. However, yesterday baby seemed to start struggling again with his belly after a feed and it’s g...

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Food help!!

I have introduced my baby to cow and gate porridge as part of her starting to eat food instead of her 210ml 11am feed. However the last few days she is showing signs of constipation and I just can’t get her to drink water throughout the day. I’m looking for some advice on how to get babies to drink fluid and what an...

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Constipation help for LO

Looking for recommendations for a prebiotic and/or probiotic for my almost 15 month old baby girl. She struggles with constipation and I just want to help her little system. I try hard to avoid anything non-natural and she has a very balanced diet as well as she still breastfeeds. Any recommendations would be appre...

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Pre school jabs

Does anyone know when they’re meant to be?!

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Symptoms

Not sure if my son has CMPA or not. Those of you who have had your babies diagnosed with the allergy what are the symptoms ? Typically my baby is a chill baby unless he’s hungry or over tired. But since about 2 weeks old(he’s now 9 weeks old) he has spit up soo much like I have to change his outfits so often thru th...

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First Haircut poll - Girls

If your little girls hair is long enough to be cut, have they had their first haircut yet?

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3 mo old peeing less

My girl is still urinating but not as much as before. She used to have full diapers in between feeds and now they are less heavy diapers. She doesn’t have a fever, is eating fine and hasn’t been acting super different. Is this normal around 13 weeks or should I take her to the doctor?

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Pro and anti vax common ground?

Parent of the child who died of measles STILL thinks their DEAD child is better off without the MMR vaccination. I thought perhaps a common ground between those that vaccinate and those that choose not to was the livelihood of their children, but if we can’t see eye to eye on that, how do we find a common ground to ...

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Baby poo - gritty

(Photo in comments) Hey My 10 month old hasn’t been to toilet for a poo for 2 days (can be normal for him & he’s obviously having more ranges of solids etc) But he’s just been & there was some small bits of what looks gritty never seen before I looked online & unsure if we should take him to a&e or just watch ov...

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Aptamil

Anyone else’s baby unwell on aptamil? He’s showing some symptoms of CMPA, but not too severe. But I’ve seen a lot of things about people’s babies not agreeing with aptamil. So I don’t know whether to change formula. Drs appointment tomorrow anyway so will enquire then about symptoms, but just wondered if anyone had ...

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Tongue tie?

Anyone whose baby had a tongue tie able to say if this looks like one? I've always wondered if she had a tongue tie because we had such a tough time breast feeding and she's never let me look properly as she just licks my hands if I go anywhere near🤣 finally got a picture of her with it showing, so I've zoomed in.

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Play mat recommendations ?

Does anyone have any “affordable but good” play mat or area rug recommendations? Little guy is crawling already and falling while trying to do more . We have hard vinyl floors and I just want something to soften the fall a bit. I suuuuuper want a Totter & Tumble mat but dad says it too expensive. Baby currently has ...

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Beach/ Swimming Pools

Normally I wash my daughter's hair once a week. We're going on vacation in a couple days to the beach and we'll also be at the pool a lot. With her hair getting wet everyday at the pool and possibly ocean, should I be washing it each night with shampoo?

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Pelvic floor specialist

Does anyone know of a good pelvic floor specialist/physiotherapist in Scarborough preferably open on weekends.

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Vaccinations?!

Should I be getting vaccinations whilst pregnant? I know some people are for and others completely against so just wanted peoples opinions on why I should/shouldn’t. Thanks!!! xxx

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Play pen

My 7 month old is now crawling and getting too confident with pulling himself up. So I'm looking for a playpen for when he's with grandparents. But I want a sturdy one that's going to withstand him pulling himself up. Any suggestions please!

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CBeebies land for toddlers

Have anyone been? Is it worth it?

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Epidural

Please can someone give me pros and cons of epidural, I’m so torn on what to do! ( was hoping to give birth in birth centre but worried about how I will cope with pain )

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Lactose free formula

My LO is 5months and has been practically breastfeeding the whole time. I was told he had 'colic' from 2 weeks old. This 'colic' did start to get better, however recently between the hours of 3am & 8am he's been in a lot of discomfort again. He started to become fussy on the boob so I did introduce 2 bottles of Kend...

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Shoe recommendations?

Hi! My daughter has been through so many different shoes and none seem to be THAT great for her, she’s been walking since she 12 months but falls over a lot. She gets REALLY sweaty feet too and it seems like her current trainers are giving her blister type things on the sole of her foot just under her big toe! Her f...

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