Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Care

I recently moved to the area, are there any good soft plays around for toddlers?x

My little one is 26 months. I'm just wondering when the 2 year health visitor review is, do they send a questionnaire in the post for this?

I had to change my baby’s formula due to the other one making her sick now she hasn’t pooped since last night I’ve tried everything does anyone have any advice or remedies

Little one has always loved bath time. Never been a massive fan of having hair washed but otherwise fine. Time with Dad to laugh and play. Suddenly hated baths. Literally happened overnight with nothing traumatic the day before. No idea where it’s come from but won’t even sit down in the bath anymore, insists on sta...

Should expecting fathers get vaccines to be near their newborn? I know as mothers it’s helpful for us to get them since we can help the baby build their immune systems but my baby daddy is from another country so he doesn’t feel comfortable getting vaccinated especially with his allergies, but I just wasn’t sure if ...

My son acts like the most dramatic kid in the world and spits it out like it's the worst thing he's ever tasted. How do you get your baby to drink water?

Sorry for the photo but I am concerned my baby had pooped twice like this and Idk I am concerned because of the texture and color. I hd gave for dinner something I think did not go well for her But the color of her bowel movement was like this andnI would take her to the clinic Saturday. Any suggestions ? She does ...

Hi ladies! My LO has just started to hate bath time I can’t even get him in the bath because he’s screaming his head off so much, I’m not sure why he’s suddenly doing is. I’ve tried different temps different toys me standing/ in the bath with him nothings working. Have anyone else’s LO done this or know any tricks t...

My little one is 7 weeks old and hasn’t had a poo in three days (since Monday night and it is now Thursday night) We have all been ill with a cold/flu recently and her bowel movements have reduced from one a day to one every two-three days this week and last since we got ill She is passing A LOT of smelly wind and...

Has anyone had blood drawn from their 18 month old? Like just routine labs? If so how did that go? Did they do a finger stick or from the heel? Or the actual veins?

Hi, I've seen a few posts about health visitor appointments so thought I'd share my experience as I just had mine today. I'd read some posts previously that made me very nervous but there was no need! My visit lasted maybe 30 minutes and it was mostly spent covering what the health visitors are there for and signp...

My 4 week old baby girl is constantly straining to pass wind, going red in the face and sometimes she doesn’t even get the fart out. It seems to be a constant battle for her and I can’t stand seeing her in pain. We’ve tried bicycle legs, tummy massages etc to no avail. She’s been to the doctors and they said it ...

My little boy had his 12 month jabs on the 31st of December, had the usual symptoms for two days and now 10 days later is head to toe covered in a measles like rash I know this can be very normal, has anyone else had this, and how long did it last?

How often should I bathe my 4mo? 2x a week?

Someone parked too close to my minivan so that when I opened the door, me and my giant baby bump could not get through. Fortunately, I was still able to crawl in through the passenger side door! 🥴

What vitamin drops do you use ?

Babygirl he’s been really bloated she had 2 bowel movements yesterday but I don’t know if I’m just paranoid does she seem to be breathing fine or belly breathing should I take her to the er just to get checked

My little guy is 3 weeks old and I'm ebf, at least once a day I will feed him until he's done (15- sometimes 30 minutes) on one side, burp him change diaper then offer him other breast, normally not as long on second boob but at least some time in the day he will feed, get burped and everything, signal that he's ful...

Anyone else’s babies had their jabs late?? LO hasn’t even had her first jabs yet and she’s 11weeks today. We could get them booked over the Christmas period as it was so busy and was meant to get them today however it snowed where I am and all the roads are blocked etc so I had to reschedule for in another 2 weeks...

my baby had his 8 week jabs on monday 🥺 and this redress has appeared aroubd where he had it, i phoned the doctor surgery abd the receptionist said it’s fine . has this happened to anyone else, im worried !