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Wind 8 weeks old

Hii, my little girl has wind, she passes on her own and with massages I get soooo much out it's insane! Never known anything like it... she is EBF, she did have a tounge tie but had this cut and hasn't seemed to make a difference. Just wondering... what age does this end.. and any tips for the mean time welcome🫶🏻

C
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111 - asked if baby has ever been seen by social services

My little one has fever since yesterday and it wasn’t going down until this morning. I was worried hence why I called 111. Since the phone call this morning he’s feeling little better so I didn’t want to take him in to the hospital risk of exposure to other viruses and illnesses. During the end of the phone call th...

Incognito
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Baths

Hey isit just me or when you are suppose to take a relaxing bath. It's not even relaxing because I'm so big now half my body is not in the water so I'm just feeling cold and the water all drains out from the safety drain when I try and fill it more lol.

H
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What to wear for 1yr jabs

What did your Lo wear from their one year jabs? Also where does these jabs go,arms or legs?😓

Incognito
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CMPA? Help 😔

We are lost with our LO. He is 8 weeks old (formula fed) and it’s been almost 4 weeks that we struggle with feeds. He is struggles with gas, fussiness and thrashes at the bottle even though he is clearly hungry. He also has bad reflux which worsened on the 6th week. He was much worse with Kendamil so we changed to S...

Incognito
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Toddler baths

Does anyone have any recommendations for baths for 1+ year olds? We don’t have a bathtub, only a shower, and my little girl is really not keen on the shower, plus it’s quite a long time for her to stand to wash her properly! We are still using her schnuggle baby bath, but she’s far too big for it now, we are essent...

B
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RSV vaccine…. Yes/no

Why is this becoming such a difficult decision to make :( Thoughts Opinions :) X

J
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Relatives kissing baby on the head / awkward MIL

My MIL often kisses our little boy, we’ve not really policed this until now (he’s 5 weeks) but after speaking to other new parents recently we’ve decided altho it’s awkward it probably isn’t worth the risk. My partner mentioned it to her today after spotting her doing it again, explaining why and that it wasn’t a r...

Incognito
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Health visitor wales

I’ve seen a few posts from people saying they had a health visitor go to their house recently, and I was wondering if this is an English thing or whether I should be expecting the same? I haven’t had any letters about a health visitor coming and my midwife has only mentioned visits after birth

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Drug testing

Do they drug test mum or baby after birth in Victoria Australia TIA

Incognito
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Soft plays

Hey! Just wondering if anyone can recommend any soft plays or places to go with my (almost) 7 month old? We’ve exhausted our local children’s centre sensory room and I’d like to do something new outside our usual classes! We’re based in south Liverpool but open to travelling! X

A
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Osteopaths for babies

Baby seems unsettled not sure if it’s wind or a bit of reflux but heard Osteopaths can be good for this has anyone used one?

Incognito
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Breastfed baby barely poos

I was told that breastmilk is like a natural laxative but for some reason my little one very rarely goes. I find that when I’m exclusively feeding him from the breast he won’t go at all but if I give him a bottle of expressed mil

L
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Baby spits out his purées!

For the first few days he was actively swallowing food and I could tell as I heard him gagging. Now he’s learnt to spit food out and it’s his fave thing to do! Anyone else having this?

C
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Help!

my son makes these noises everytime he drinks his milk, he also throws up and spits up alot due to his reflux. does anyone know what this noise is ? is it laryngomalacia?

C
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Vax

My son is currently 7 weeks old. His next appointment he will need the first shots they get and I wanted to hear some opinions about vaccines! My other kids are all vaxxed I started reading into some and I’m worried about the things in them and things that happened to some babies from them. He will need the Hep B, r...

K
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breathing

is this normal for a 6 month old to breathe like?

a
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Play pen

Is 17 months too old for a play pen?

Incognito
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Constipation

My 5month old is constipated, I breast fed for three months now he’s on aptimil with colief drops due to colic (which I’m weaning him off) Gp gave me lactulose which I’m given but it’s not working 🤯 any one had similar experiences or can help xxx

K
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How are we all bathing our LO’s?

My 7 month old has outgrown his Shnuggle bath tub. What would be the next step up? My LB is on the chunkier side so not sure those bath seats would be comfortable for him? Thank you x

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