Community Posts, Tips & Support on Child Development

My baby boy is a bit over 5 and a half months will be 6 months old on the 19th and he's full on teething now is drooling a lot more and swollen cheeks by his ears and he's been chewing on his fingers a lot since 4 and a half months and yesterday we went to a parent and baby group and he was fussy almost the whole ti...

Hi I just wanted a gauge on when you guys start potty training? My daughter will be 14months next week and we’re expecting another in Oct of this year. Realistically I don’t want to buy 2 different sized diapers. They’re already expensive as it is with just one.

Baby boy has been fussy for the past few days, started drooling a lot, and roots but doesn’t want the breast (he only wants his knuckle in his mouth or something similar). I thought it might be teeth but he’s only 3 months old. Dr hasn’t answered my message yet- wanted to see if any moms know what it could be.

Ok, so my almost 2 year old has been doing something during the night where his diaper will still be on, but it seems that he takes his thing out and he will pee when he needs to... he's not speaking yet, so he can't tell us when he needs to go... but it's been two nights in a row that has happened... his bed would ...

My LO has just been asked to come back home from nursery for being sick, he hasn’t even been eating as normal, his temperature is fine and he is playing, wet nappies as usual. And I try to apply anbesol teething liquid twice a day. Is there anything else I can do or give him, he is very tired now, (he is not feedin...

If you're changing a Nappy and your LO pees, are you logging that as one wee or two?

My MIL is convinced my LO is teething as he likes putting his hands in his mouth and has started dribbling. He isn’t showing any other signs and she keeps buying and going on at me to buy teething toys but his hand eye coordination isn’t even good enough to put the teething bits in his mouth yet, he just brings to...

Idk if it’s because I’m used to my rose toy but I feel like I can only go while using it My man doesn’t suck in bed but I get it if he can’t make me go maybe he’s not doing it right idk he’s the biggest thick guy I had in my life but I also noticed after having my 2nd kid (she’s 4 now almost 5) down there is just d...

I got my wisdom tooth removed today and my dentist (not my regular dentist) said he was going to give me a paper with instructions like the dos and donts after an extraction but never did. I’m just looking for advise here :)

Taking my toddler for first time next week and i tried to explain it like going to the doctors (which he has been totally fine to do) and also used a paw patrol audibook but toddler is throwing a tantrum about it when i bring it up now and doesn’t want to go… feel like i gave tmi and it would have been fine on the d...

Please tell me I'm not alone, I'm really really struggling to help my daughter. She used to be so placid, but now we are having screaming fits as soon as she gets out of the bath, only wants me not her dad, won't brush her teeth without a fight, getting dressed is the same. She hasn't eaten an evening meal since bef...

We’d been very informally and in a very relaxed way potty “training” our boy for a little while now. I say “training” because we were really just getting him used to the potty. He hadn’t done anything in it but loved sitting on it and going through the whole routine whenever we went to the toilet. Last week we had ...

My daughter is 18 months & want to start just to see how she will do with it, any tips or advice I should know?

My daughter is 4 turning 5 in November and is going to kindergarten this September. She is half potty trained. She pees on the potty all day long and has for the past year. She refuses to poop on the potty. She was just diagnosed with adhd and odd. I have tried everything under the sun to try to get her to poop on t...

Can anyone share their potty training journey? I'd love to hear how it went- how long it took, what methods you used and what you found helpful. Thinking to start next week, but I need some motivation to go for it!

I had planned to use the next couple days to focus on potty training but I feel bad keeping her in all day when the weathers so nice :/ so do I wait til the next rainy day?

Morning all! We’ve given potty a go today as I thought LG was ready as her communication is great and she’s been doing a wee on the potty before the bath for over a week. This morning however has been a little chaotic 😅. She is saying wet or wet as she’s doing on or just after but there’s not enough tile…

Hello. I’m a first time mum so please be gentle to me the below question might sound silly. I think we are at the thick of teething! My boy has been extremely clingy, hard to settle which was never the case, can’t eat solids as much but drinks his formula, wants to be cuddled all day, cries more that usual, excess...

Any tips on helping my three year old son to start pooping on the potty? He started peeing on the potty at 18mos! .. but he has a fear of pooping. He knows when he has to poop. Asks for a diaper and everything, so it’s not for lack of understanding. When I ask him why he just says it’s scary. I try not to force the ...

My LO is 6 months in a few days and seems to be teething though it’s hard to tell. What symptoms did you all experience when your baby was teething?