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2 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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11 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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10 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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9 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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8 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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5 Week Old Baby: Feeding, Care, Sleep & What to Expect

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When Do Babies Learn Their Name?

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When Do Babies Get Tears?

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7 Stages of Crawling: The Ultimate Survival Guide for Parents

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When Do Babies See Color?

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5 Cute and Fun Half Birthday Ideas

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6 Week Old Baby: What to Expect

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16-Month-Old Baby: Milestones & Development

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15-Month-Old Baby: Milestones & Development

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Baby doesn’t cry if I leave

Hi so this may seem a bit weird but my baby doesn’t get upset if I leave him with someone else. He doesn’t cry or anything. He seems happy when he sees me again though but I was just wondering as I was reading a post that said that babies like that could be unattached? If that is even a thing. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? Also do I sound weird 😣

Pulling at her ear ?

My daughter keeps pulling at her ear ? I’m unsure why she keeps doing it any help ?

8 week milestones

Hi all, being that this is my first I'm a little hypervigilant about milestones and am looking for maybe reassurance or guidance. At 8 weeks our little guy has started smiling here and there and he does look at us and gazes have become longer- I also know he can hear because he startles with sounds and passes hearing exam. I was feeling anxious because I don't notice him reacting as much to our voices as I thought he would by this time, like he doesn't really look towards us when we're talking but if he looks over and we're talking he then sometimes smiles or locks in a bit more. Is a there a "normal" range of time when this is still developing? Thought hearing from other real life moms rather than just IG would be helpful :)

Pulling at her ear ?

My daughter keeps pulling at her ear why is she doing that ? Should I be worried

Baby shaking head

Baby is turning 7 months old this week and shakes his head left and right quite quickly for 5-10 seconds. He does it a few times a day while playing and sometimes makes his usual shouting/ babbling sounds while doing it. I have read it could be for soothing but also (along with other things), is an early indicator of autism and I'm spiralling! All other development (sitting up, babbling/ making noise, name recognition) is as expected. Does anyone one else's baby do this?

Crawling..

Anyone else's 9 month old not crawling yet? And showing absolutely no signs either?

3 year olds

I’m not ok. That’s it. That’s the post 😔😞

Biting

Convinced my sons gonna bite my nipple off😅😅never had this with my daughter but he’s being a nightmare. 7 months. What can I do😫

Need a rant!

My partner refuses to stop swearing around and at my toddler and my toddler is picking up on stuff and repeating it. It’s becoming a proper problem and he keeps telling people to fuck off. I have no idea how to stop it because my partner just won’t help me with it, he swears literally every other word and calls my toddler really awful words and when I ask him not to he just tells me not to tell him how to parent and it’s his decision. I’m getting so sick of it!!

Smiles

My 9 week old baby is so serious and has literally smiled once ever so slightly, is anyone else’s baby like this?

Walking

My nearly 15 month old boy took his first steps at 13 months old and he’s been so on and off with the walking some days he won’t even walk and some days he’ll take a couple steps but he’s not continuously walking like practicing and I’ve tried helping him but he refuses my help and sometimes as I said won’t even walk by himself. Is this normal has anyones else had this ?

Discipline at what age?

My daughter is eight months. She’s been crawling for a month now. Starting to get into things and grabbing things. Starting to throw herself back and cry when she doesn’t get her way. When do I start telling her no and letting her cry it out? Usually I hand her a toy or put on a show she likes. She already kind of listen to me. Example whenever we’re in the living room she crawls towards my cart I have set out for me with her stuff on it, I’ll say her name She’ll turn her around and look at me. I’ll tell her to come here/back and she’ll come. She knows the sign for milk and play so she’s very smart I just don’t know when I should start telling her no and be firm cause I’m not sure she understand that yet. I hope I make sense lol

Anyone else considering getting noise reducing earplugs.

I love my daughter. But right now all she does is scream at the top of her lungs. We have been working on signing and trying to say words for months. And she is just at the stage where she can't communicate yet. But if she wants she doesn't cry or get fussy she screams at the top of her lungs. Im getting a permanent headache from all the screaming any kind of reaction turns it into a game for her. It doesn't feel right to just let her sit and scream even when all of her needs have been taken care of. She screams when we go to do bedtime routines and has started screaming at every diaper change when she gets put on the changing table. If I put her in the pack and play to try to make lunch she will still scream. I know the screaming is developmentally appropriate but both my husband and I are fed up.

Advice please!

My daughter has learned the word no and will not listen! She just turned two in August! Punishments are timeout (only for like 2 minutes or so not crazy long), or sent to her room (door is never closed) depending on what she did. If I say no she laughs and ignores me. Everyone says it’s just a phase and to listen when she tells me no but certain things I feel like she needs to be taught not to say no. I love that she is talking but man my baby girl is sassy lol 😂

Almost 2 and still doesn’t talk much

My daughter has a hand full or more words but she refuses to say words that we ask her to say and she doesn’t combine 2 words together to make a short sentence like I’ve heard other children her age do… should I be worried or could it just be a speech delay or just a toddler being stubborn? She knows what we’re talking about because she’ll grab things for us and do the things we ask her to but she just refuses to actually say the words. Someone give me peace of mind!!

Tantrum/hitting

Is anybody else, or has anybody else previously with other children around 17months gone through the tantrum/hitting stage? My LG is having so many meltdowns at the minute, especially when she doesn’t get her own way, throwing herself on the floor, really crying, hitting, pinching. I keep reiterating the “kind hands” and she just hits out more 🙃

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