Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby

One of the unfortunate things about my job is many of our clients will eventually die and the facility. We currently have one client who’s in transition and actively dying and whose family hasn’t even come to visit her or anything. It truly breaks my heart that she’s dying alone. With just the staff around her to gi...

My 2.5 year old son still isn't talking. He has said some words before but has stopped saying them. (Mama, dada, down, meow etc) I also watch my niece who's the same age and she can make sentences and hold a small conversation. We are in speech therapy but it hasn't benefitted him at all, we started in Jan and have ...

My baby will be 2 weeks tomorrow and I breast fed from birth, however last week the pain when she was latching became unbelievably painful (I felt like I couldn’t breathe when she was latching on). I spoke to my midwife who recommended pumping to give my nipples time to recover. I have now been pumping for 4 days bu...

Hello my toddler has curly hair and I’m not sure how to take care of it since I never took care of mine and my husband doesn’t take care of his hair at all. I don’t know what hair products to use on it either so if anyone has any suggestions I’m open to hearing them. Here is a photo of her hair wet and drying.

I’m on my fourth and final baby and I’ve always wanted to breastfeed but have never managed it until now… problem is she’s insatiable and I have two other girls under 6 that also continuously need my help and attention as well as an extreme case of hungry Velcro baby. She feeds every 2-4 hours even at night still at...

Especially bedtime taking forever

I was 320lb before getting pregnant but after having my baby im 342. My daughter is now 1 year and 6 months and i don't understand why it's so hard to shed these pounds. I mean it's been hard but now it's even harder. I've been juicing and eating salads and baked foods for 2 years moderate works like walks ,yoga , ...

after a dreadful 15 years I’m going to invest in a mattress but my god where do you start ?!? I’m a front sleep, will lay on side of watching tv and maybe dose off sometimes but majority of time sleep on my front. Can anyone recommend a place to get a good mattress, not too expensive. Thank you UK based

for the first time ever i’ve woken up to my baby sleeping on their front, he’s recently learnt how to roll from his back to his front, but can’t roll from front to back yet. i’ve googled it and online it says to not let them sleep like that if they can’t roll from front to back but he keeps readjusting himself into ...

So ever since I gave birth to my daughter my back pain has been awful, I struggle to stand for a certain time and when I walk a certain distance I get spasms up it. And when I make sharp movements with my leg sideways for example my pelvis goes into a massive cramp and it feels like I've pulled a muscle and it can h...

My LO is 12 weeks and for the past two weeks has been getting really bad reflux. I burp him and I try and sit him up for as long as possible after his bottle but sometimes he’ll projectile vomit. Could this be an allergy? Anyone else have this problem?

So my baby is still waking up at least once in the night for a feed. I’m due to come off of maternity leave soon and I work in a job that is at night. My mum is going to be having him 2 nights a week whilst I work but she has disabilities which make it hard for her to be Mobile, obviously going downstairs to make a ...

Anyone tried block feeding? I’m miserable, I have such an over supply from pumping. I’m trying to aim towards exclusive breastfeeding but my baby was not able to latch at the beginning, she’s now 6 weeks old and nursing so much better, I was pumping on one side and feeding on the other and then switching at the next...

Has anyone got any tips for a colicky baby that aren’t already on google? We’ve tried everything with our 6 week old LO and the night times are really rough. I find myself getting upset simply because I can’t help her and I feel so sorry for her! I’m going to talk to my health visitor on Tuesday as I’m fairly certai...

My twins are 4 months next week and I have been breastfeeding and expressing all this time. When I tell you I have gone through it mentally I really have. It’s been the hardest thing ever. I’ve felt like giving up on so many occasions but I’ve persevered. Sometimes I just feel like I’m not producing enough. I can’t ...

My 3 month old has been in a swaddle at night since birth and is now trying to roll 🫣. Knowing it’s now not safe I need to stop using it but he just will not settle at night without it. Has anyone got any tips? I’ve tried a sleeping bag as a way to transition but it clearly does not give him the same safe/cocooned…

So my little one is 7 weeks old and we have been EBF. I've pumped 2-3 times and given it in a bottle in the first couple of weeks but not had a chance to pump since. I hear a lot of people talk about leaking milk, or having to catch their let down on one side while they feed on the other breast. I never leak in be...

My LO sleeps in nursery for an hour and half but then sleeps at 10:30pm every night but since yesterday he is home and I tried to put him to sleep but he was fresh and playing, woke up at 8:30 am and slept at 9:30 pm. Is it okay to skip afternoon nap at this age?

What is everyone’s little ones on now for wake windows/routines?

Okay, so I have stopped breastfeeding my almost 2 year old this week, I stopped because I am pregnant (7 weeks), any advice on what to do when you stop? My boobs are massive, engorged and so so sore. She’s my first baby so I don’t know if there’s anything I have to do after I stop breastfeeding. Any advice welcome, ...