Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Milestones

My 7 month old (just turned) has started playing with her ears either when drinking her bottle or tired/going to sleep. Is this a form of self soothing? Does anyone else’s baby do it?

It drives me mad. I know he's just finding his voice but the sound is so triggering. 😭 Anyone else?!

My husband's grandma frequently refers to my son (who is 2.5yrs) as "the baby" (i.e. I got the baby some clothes, how's the baby today, what does the baby want for dinner)

If you have had your health visitor review already and your little one isn’t rolling or crawling, what did they say? My lb is able to do everything else but is falling a bit behind on his motor skills. He can sit up unaided and lean forwards / sideways to grab things but isn’t moving around yet - he hates tummy ti...

I need help I don’t think I’m bonding with my baby. I love him so much words can’t describe but he doesn’t find comfort with me, he is happy in his dad’s arms but when I comfort him he cries. I try to sing, whisper, rock but he doesn’t bond with my like other moms say their baby does and they say their baby is cling...

Any tips or tricks how to get your 13 month old to take calpol or nurofen if they refuse to take it the normal way?

I feel like I’ve been trying everything to get my son to talk😭he only says mama daddy and nana . Everything thing I see says he should be saying more I read to him he watches nothing but learning shows . I try verbal play . I don’t know what to do. He knows to bring me his cup when he wants more to drink. He claps…

Hey, so we had an initial speech therapy appointment yesterday for my little girl who is 3.5 and just been diagnosed with Autism having been on the wait list nearly 2 years. We were told that speech therapy isn't right for her at the moment and just carry on with what we are doing..even though she is clearly delayed...

My two year old cries every time baby cries. We just had an hour long tantrum, I’m on the floor with him trying to prevent him from banging his head, dad trying to calm newborn and we’re all a wreck. Plus I just had a c section a week ago so wrestling a 35 lb baby is taking a toll on my wound. My son may be on the...

have your lil ones started yet? right now it’s mainly mama, dada and will say “hey baby” to her stuffed animals and the house cats lol but my husband swears she said green and red while reading to her

My baby claws at my face and hair when I’m cuddling her to sleep. Sometimes I can tolerate it. Other times I can’t. The repetition of it is really grating and sometimes starts to hurt. It makes me feel really cross so I try to hold her hand to stop her and she gets cross. Then I feel guilty cos I feel cross. Anyon...

How do you track milestones such as sitting, standing, walking, etc.? The first time they do it, if they can do it for a set number of time (ex. Standing for 10 seconds or taking 5 steps, etc.) or once you’ve seen them do it repeatedly, like standing multiple times in one day)

My LO is randomly shaking his head eg whilst changing, playing etc (no other limbs tremoring or anything like that). Is this something to worry about? Hes 8 months.

hi!! putting it short, my daughter does still babble, but there are times where its obvious she is trying to talk. both my husband and i have auditory processing disorder and struggle to understand her. she gets frustrated, and we also get frustrated for her! any tips? im willing to answer questions about specifics...

Does it only when crawling from time to time ? Also pls ignore her hand that’s dirty she crawled into my pile while I was passing broom lol (she’s 9 months old)

Hi everyone, any tips for what to do when an 8 month old (with teeth🙈) has started biting at the start of a feed?

So my little one is 7 months going 8 in a week. She currently arm crawls and will rock back and forth if I put her in the crawling position but doesn’t seem to understand how to do it that way. I’m in now way trying to rush development but I was wondering is there any ways to help her learn how to crawl on all four...

My son doesn’t answer his name, when we put him in his cot and call him he will look as we say where are you? and call him but he thinks it’s a game otherwise he doesn’t really respond at all. I mentioned this to the health visitor and she just told me he’s very young still (14.5 months) I know this can be linked t...

Hey all👋 my 14.5 month son doesn’t have any words, he says mama sometimes but that’s about it. He does babble and blow raspberries but no words yet. At what point should I become worried? I called the health visitor and she just told me to go to baby classes but didn’t seem too concerned yet. Is anyone else in…

Have ur little ones started laughing yet ? I can’t get her to laugh. All she does is give me big smiles , all gums but nothing 😭