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Ms.rachel

Do you and when did you start turning on ms.rachel for your little ones? My baby is 10 months and I don't turn on any screens for her but I have heard that people start early to help with speech development. Obviously in moderation. Any thoughts

Nighttime nappies

Hi all, does anyone have recommendations for a good nappy for nights? 3 month old is sleeping in good stretches but nappies can’t keep up. Tried Aldi and pampers and now on Sainsbury’s and they are great in day but not at night?! Thanks so much

Very unsettled baby girl tonight 😢

My 4 week old seems to just not want to settle/sleep unless she is on me or my husband or being nursed by me. Every time I try to transfer tonight she just starts crying and getting inconsolable. Have made sure she’s fed, burped, helped with gas, changed etc but nothing seems to be working tonight when usually she is ok. I am absolutely exhausted and my husband is working tomorrow so having to manage solo is pretty tough. Anyone else or any suggestions?

I need your help/advice

My 6 day old hasn’t done a poo for almost 72 hours now. He’s been passing wind and peeing normally. The last time I spoke to the midwife, it had been 48 hours since his last poo, and she said she wasn’t too worried and advised me to continue feeding him.

I’m calling again tomorrow, but I wanted to see if anyone has experienced something similar. We switched from formula to 100% breastfeeding about 3 days ago, and I have no idea whether he’s getting enough milk. I can see and hear him swallowing, but it’s still so confusing trying to know how much he’s actually getting.

Any thoughts or similar experiences?

Co sleeping

Hello! What do you do to stop the baby from rolling off the edge of the bed? Out bed is quite high and LO had now learnt to roll!

Booking 16 week jabs

I had to cancel our 16 week jabs due to illness and my gp keeps telling me that inhealth will be back in contact to rebook them. It’s now been 4 weeks and still nothing.. anyone have any knowledge here?

2nd baby

hey! I am currently 18 weeks pregnant with my second, my first is 27 months old and will be 32 months when my second is born.

I do a lot of walking at the moment and plan to do it with my second, but I just wanted advice about whether people with similar age gaps have gone for double pushchairs or buggy boards!

I am worried about spending loads of money on a double pushchair that my son won’t really use for long and I’m worried about converting our Icandy peach 7 back into a carrycot if he is going to want to use it!

Breastfeeding

Does it actually get easier?

Two weeks postpartum and I’m exhausted. Baby is awake every 1-2 hours feeding and is EBF. I can’t sleep during day as my toddler doesn’t nap and so I feel like I’m running on fumes.
Do you get longer stretches when baby is breastfed? I’ve seen some women say they haven’t slept in years for more than two hours due to breastfeeding!

Reflux?

My LB is 5 weeks, he was normally feeding fine with no issues he is formula fed on cow and gate and eats roughly 4-5oz every 3 to 4 hours. Now, he appears to have constant reflux, vomiting from his mouth quite a lot after food and comes out of his nose, seems to be giving hunger signs but appears more wind based. Started having issues with burping but we try sit him up for a bit different positions and all sorts, it just doesn’t really work. Tried slower teats but he became too frustrated with them. Infacol hasn’t helped. He keeps crying, fussing, arching back for ages and appears like his stomach is sore after feeds. Is it worth going into comfort or changing formula completely or going to the gp? He seems so unhappy after feeds now and I want him to feel better as soon as possible thanks

Sleep

Is their little one still not sleeping fine after the 4 month regression? My lo is now 5 months, will be 6 at the start of Oct. Used to only wake up once, twice max a night and I thought I got really lucky. 4 month regression hit and he’s still waking up every half hour - hour at night. Cat naps in the day no matter what I do to try change things it’s not working.
I currently breastfeed, I’ve tried adding in formula to see if it helps. I’ve tried making his wake windows longer, pushing his first nap further. But as he only has 20 mins for a nap I feel like he needs to have more naps otherwise he’s so unhappy?
Feel abit at a lost now and I just need sleep again.

Advice please!

So my son is 9 months hes fighting sleep really bad. He fought me pretty hard in the beginning, got better, now its even worse and theres no comforting him no matter what I do besides the car. And im wondering if its separation awareness possibly? Ive looked it up and looked it up trying to figure out what to do.. and at this point ive just been putting him in the car to drive around so he naps... but its the hardest thing and hes teething as well and its just hard. So if anyone has any tips please let me know

Cry it out method

What’s the longest you would leave your baby to cry it out without interviening?? My partner is trying to use the strict cry it out method in order for us to train our baby during the night and he’s currently been crying an hour and a half and it’s killing me .. the urge to go in and breast feed him is so strong it’s so hard to hear . But then apparently I would ruin it if I go in now

3am and wide awake

Anyone else little one randomly sometimes wake up early hours and is awake for ages before going back to sleep???

Any tricks for colic and gas pains

Hi, my 4 weeks old has colic and gas pains so bad she won’t really eat and gets fussy and fussier. Struggling and feeling bad because I can’t take the pain away. I’ve tried mylicon and all types of massages and patting. Any ideas or advice welcome 🙏

Baby crying out in sleep

11 month old usually has eyes shut but cries out during sleep, anyone else experiencing this?

Putting to sleep methods

I am just curious how everybody is getting there little ones to nap/sleep. Share your methods below, such as binky no binky, shushing humming or silence, rocking chair, walking, yoga ball, swaddled, sleep sack etc.
would love to hear! Maybe it will help someone too :)!
For me I have an area in the bedroom I can make darker and a yoga ball and I go there to calm him down. We start to bounce pretty strong at first if he is overtired or fussy, and shushing, no binky & either in sleep sack or regular clothes, then once he calms down and starts to yawn (because he knows this is always where he falls asleep) I shush quietly then stop completely and do little pulse bounces and he’s usually out in 5-10 minutes then I walk to rocking chair and sit with him for about 10/15 minutes until he stops moving his hands and rests his facial muscles I know I can set him down in his basinet to continue sleeping without waking him up.
I also got a Tommy tipee pacie today and he fell asleep in like 3 minutes. 😮 very happy about that too !

Suggestions

I need some suggestions last night in the hospital with baby boy super sleep deprived cannot get baby to sleep without family’s help family gone for the rest of entire night what can I do to get baby to rest in the bassinet literally will not sleep in it

5am wake ups

Anyone else’s baby wake at 5am each morning? Our baby has been waking up at this time for 4 months and no matter what I try or do it never changes! Just curios to see if anyone is in the same boat. I’m sooooo tired 😭🤣😴

Almost 2 year old has never slept through

Hi, my almost 2 year old has never slept through the night. She now wakes up once in the night thankfully but can take from 30 mins-2 hours to resettle with milk still (she has a huge tantrum without), needs her dummy, rocking, putting her back in bed and holding her hand/tickling her back or stroking her hair. She’s starting to climb out of her cot so we’ve got a toddler bed on order and waiting for it to be delivered. I just feel like I must be doing something wrong as I feel like other parents that I know, their baby/toddler has slept okay-ish, with the odd regression/odd bad night. My toddler now always wakes 4.30/5/5.30 ready for the day as well, and I really am struggling to get her back off to sleep as she climbs out of the cot/wont stay in there/wont stay in my arms and wriggles out and runs around her room. I’m so exhausted and just feel like it’s my fault why she doesn’t sleep great but I don’t know what more I can do.

Need help or advice

My 6 month old has been sleeping through the night for the past 2/3 months now and all of a sudden she is waking up at 12:30 ish crying and won’t settle unless on me. She will be rocked into a deep sleep and as soon as I transfer her she wakes screaming. The past 3 nights has resulted to her sleeping with me which is not ideal. Anyone else gone through this phase or any advice? She currently has a cold and is teething so I’m trying to take this into consideration too🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️