Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Milestones

hi looking to connect for play dates and coffee my son has speech delays .He understands everything but has difficulty talking at present putting it out there as some mums have found this a problem .looking for like minded mums . trying to find a good circle of women .

So I live in a garden unit, if you don’t know what that is it’s like a basement apartment…but higher. They’re common here in Chicago bc they raised the ground level so all the 1st floor apts became garden units. Anyway, they tend to have lots of spiders, centipedes and stuff like that. I sprayed when I moved in back...

When should a toddler know his/her alphabet & counting? I'm starting to stress out that my daughter is falling behind. She's 3 & knows half the alphabet & can count to 5. Then sometimes when I try to count with her, or do the alphabet she'll want nothing to do with it or refuses to repeat the letter or number out loud.

How are we managing intense tantrums? The ones where they are hitting and screaming and don’t want you to be near them. They break my heart 😩

My son started crawling a few days ago and it’s like he’s making up for lost time. he is everywhere all the time and VERY happy about it. But, the tops of his feet look sore from crawling on our horrible carpet (ex rental - lots of renovation work in the pipeline so no point replacing). I’ve been putting socks on hi...

Anyone else dealing with horrible tantrums? My son is almost three and the tantrums lately have been insane and it seems like I can’t get them under control he has always been such a good kid and listener but the last couple weeks it’s like a whole new kid..

How many words are your babies saying at this point? My guy just turned 16 months yesterday and is only saying mama, dada, mom, hey and hi. He might be trying to say dog. According to my SLP friend he needs early intervention…by 18 months they should apparently have a vocabulary of 10-50 words. 😞 We’ve already had…

Wasn’t sure what to caption this, but is this normal? My son’s legs don’t look “normal” but I need to know if they are before I jump to the conclusion that it is his CMT1A coming into play.

Anyone else’s child scream as soon as you put their child near the pram when we get in the pram we just have a full meltdown for the whole duration

Hey guys jus wanted to know where your toddlers are at in speaking skills. Mine says Mama Dada and jus repeats a couple words but hasn't been using sentences. There hasn't been any conversational speaking. He doesn't tell me when he'd hungry or when he needs his diaper changed. I have a strong feeling hes speech del...

Hello mums, if you have a non-verbal 2 year old. Do you have any tips on how you know that they are hungry or hot? Day to day stuff like that. I tend to my LO as needed, but sometimes I am wondering if he is still hungry or if he is too hot/cold. He has needs so doesn’t have other ways to communicate and is basicall...

My LO is 7 and a half months and not showing any sign of crawling. Is anyone in the same boat? We’ve been showing him us crawling and trying to get him to move etc but no signs

Does anyone else’s baby pay no attention when you say not to do something? My 19 month old definitely used to respond to no (although may not have actually stopped doing whatever it was). No it is like we aren’t even there saying no, just completely ignores us. I suspect it is a developmental thing and she is test...

Answer honestly please ladies, how many words does your child say?

How or when do you have time to read with a toddler? I have a 22 month old that i have to constantly entertain. She will sit and read with me sometimes but not long enough. Any tips?

Anyone else’s little one flapping their hands and legs/feet? He does it a lot when he’s excited. My daughter never done this so this is completely new for us lol. I’m assuming it’s normal but just want to see how many others are like it and whether I need to bring to the attention of my health visitor.

Is there any little ones (born July 2023) still not walking? Our little girl still isn’t walking. She would rather walk on her knees. She pulls herself up on furniture and she will walk if she holds our hands or a walker but not without. The HV has referred us but it’s an 8 month wait apparently so just wonderin...

Hello I have a 5 week old and 20 month old. Since the new baby has been born my toddler is obsessed with her and wants to be near her constantly but she doesn't know her own strength and often accidentally hurts her. If I try to gently move her away she hits either me or the baby or throws something. She is worst wh...

Please give me allll your tips to keep your patience with your 2 year old. It seems I’m not as patient as I thought 🙈 the tantrums and ramping up and I can’t realistically teach my child patience if mine is terrible

I can’t cope with these noises at night anymore! It’s constant and getting worse… anyone else?