Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Care

What can I expect for LO’s first jabs..? Will he be okay after?

Those who only have showers, what are bathing your babies in now. The little Nuby bath i have is too small for my LO so I'm not sure what to get. A lot of the ones i see online are for when they can sit and we're not there yet

My baby has his usual milk this morning and as I was burping him abit of spit up came out and I managed to catch it on his bib but I noticed there was alittle bit of yellow with it, I’ve been monitoring his behaviour closely this morning and he’s been playing normally and smiling, rolling over and seems his usual ...

Anyone else find aptamil formula to cause constipation for your baby?

My daughter swallowed a piece of hand sanitizer wipe 😰 (under my sisters care) has anyone had this happen before? How concerned should i be? I did message her Dr but waiting on a response. Pictures of the pieces she ripped off. She only ate one of the pieces.

Any tips on how to help your LO tolerate bath time? My LO is 3 months old and she always screaming bloody murder whenever the water touches her after a few seconds when she processes that she’s in the bath. We have a water temperature to make sure it’s warm enough.

I had an appointment for 2nd vaccination with my baby girl that is 4 months and when I got called in I asked the nurse about her eye as is constantly discharging since she was born. She look at me without checking her and told me she had conjunctivitis. I got i little irritated as I been to several appointments ther...

pls tell me if im normal for this but i swear me and my boyfriend are smelling more and more like my babies poo everyday, if i fart it smells like my LO’s poo and i was cuddling him earlier and it smelt like a sweeter version of my sons poo??? i sound crazy saying it outloud🤣🤣

My baby was born March 16 he’s 3 weeks today 🥹 but has been having diarrhea constantly! I did inform his pediatrician and she did a full evaluation and everything checked out good with him! No sickness or illlness she suggested I put him on a prebiotic as well as start one myself and stated it could be due to my…

asked hub to get our kiddo a squishy just bc she’s been squeezing and smushing all her snacks in her hands so i thought she’d like the feeling of a squishy. but he came home w this instead bc “well the bag said it’s smushy” (which it is) but idk what’s in it and it didn’t say on the bag nor am i able to find it look...

This week my 15 week old baby girl had a streak of blood in her poo. So straight to the doctors, who have said she has a cows milk protein allergy, so have cut out diary from my diet as I’m breastfeeding and she was prescribed Althera formula. The only other symptom she has is low weight gain, she’s only 4.85kg. Doe...

Since three months we suspected my LO had a lactose allergy and has been on aptamil lactose free ever since and almost all symptoms cleared (hooray for no more mucusy poops and screaming 12 hours a day) however her reflux was worse than ever and began to have chronic constipation. We switched her over to SMA lacto...

Hi everyone.. Has anyone noticed that their 4 month old’s appetite has just suddenly decreased? My little girl used to DOWN every single bottle we gave her, but is now suddenly leaving anywhere between 30-90mls for most bottles. She seems fine otherwise.. no fussing or crying during the feed, just simply isn’t inte...

Hi everyone, so my son (8 months) has always had problems with formula and milk. First 2 weeks I had to exclusively formula feed (aptamil) as I was having to be on strong pain relief and he was constipated. The doctors said this was normal so I went into breast feeding but he was wanting to feed every 30 minutes and...

Am I the only one still dealing with severe constipation after giving birth 6 month ago? Its so bad, I want to go see the doctor for it

A week ago we had 12 months standard vaccinations for my son, he came up with a light spotting rush a few days ago. Has anyone experienced anything similar. It may or may not be connect..

Hi all So my son is coming up to 3 and his always had like bad poos, mucousy and never really solid. He also has a rash that sometimes can't be seen on his arms and legs then it flares. He also gets a bit wheezy and we have taken him doctors countless times and no answers. Recently he had a stool sample done and it...

I've tried a bath, baby massage, carrier, shushing, rocking, bum pats, back pats, skin to skin, white noise, pink noise, music, dark room, red light. Nothing works. Has anyone got any weird way they managed to soothe their colicky baby? We're currently going back and forth from the doctors to find the cause but in t...

She struggles to poo and during the days and notes she goes red in the face and makes grunting noises she seems to go about every 2-3 days for a poo but seems to be really troubled by not being able to go

Anyone else turned down the 2 year check app? After the 1 year check and the absolute grief she gave me for my boy still having milk to sleep & a dummy (said it was the reason he wasn’t talking, my sister is a dental nurse & it’s definitely not the reason) I was just in a state for months & honestly I just don’t wan...