Community Posts, Tips & Support on Toddler & Child

(Uk) my child is turning 4 this week he will be starting reception in his new school this September he will be leaving his current nursery soon I will be working this year too my question is how am I going to balance work and childcare his new school is ofcourse just open term time only his nursery will be open in h...

NHS sdvice is to bring baby to a dentist as soon as they have the first milk tooth but it's impossible to find a practice that accepts new NHS patients! Is private the only way to go? Is there any way to track when practices open their waiting lists?

This might sound a little mad but here we go 😂 We recently installed a monitor above our LOs next to me in our bedroom. It’s linked to our phones and is always on. My husband works away for half the week and he has started to check the monitor when he’s away as he says he likes to be able to see our baby in real…

Hi everyone. When I was signing my son up with a new nursery I asked them specifically not to feed him baked beans but today I found out he was given baked beans. The head carer herself told me oh he ate all his baked beans. I was fuming as I do not feed him any food with added sugar and I know baked beans contain s...

Hi, what would you bring your baby for lunch if having a picnic? Need some easy picky lunch ideas 😃

Any tips on this topic would be much aprishiated, for reference I have an 18month old boy xxx

My 3 month has all of a sudden got hard to feed. She squirms, kicks and gets so distracted. Sometimes even acts like she doesn’t want it. Should I space feedings out more? Is she just too distracted? Do they plateau with how much they want to eat? She used to chug bottles lol so it’s not a feeding issue as far as la...

My sons about to be three and he's jot yet potty trained. I feel so shit about it and I've been so sick as I'm pregnant to the point where I'm like on and off with it. I'm gonna try my hardest to try again this week. He's soso smart and has indicated when he's done and poo and pee which is very good. Need to move m...

Hey gals, Has anyone flew past 28 weeks pregnant and needed a fit to fly letter (Ryan air)? I’ll be 31 weeks when we go on holiday - I booked it ages ago and didn’t release I needed one- so now I only have less than 2 weeks to get this sorted. I’m happy to pay for it if needed I just NEED to find a way to go on ...

What activities do you do with your 7-8 weeks old in their wake window? Also where? Floor? Bouncer etc?

My 6 month old has suddenly doing this thing where it looks like she's chewing anyone know what this is?

Y’all I’m over my family’s unsolicited advice on how to raise my son and feeling like I have to explain how I’m raising him time and time again. My son is only 5 weeks and my mom and Nana will not stop saying I need to let my baby cry and not hold him so much. I’ve explained again and again that we are not doing the...

Regardless who you voted for or what you believe in Petroleum Based Dyes are banned in most other countries (where they substitute with natural dyes like beet root, carrot juice, turmeric, ectect)for being Cancerous, causing neurological disorders in children and adults, and a boat lod of other problems. It is al...

Hello mamas ! I have a 7 month old August baby girl ! Does anybody want to walk around freedom park today?

My 5 month old needs constant entertainment, i sing and dance and play and take him around the house and try to go for walks everyday. He likes being in the sling, I think as it helps his reflux and he likes being close to me. Want to try find more ways to entertain him, maybe like some sensory things i could do? An...

My baby’s started wanting to chew on everything, drooling more, and being fussy the last couple days. I took a look in her mouth and I see her lateral incisor through her gums. Anyone’s babies have teeth besides the bottom two come in first? Or is this just a coincidence?

My bf is mad at me because I don’t want him to take our son abroad for a week to see his family. Our son is 6 months old and just don’t feel comfortable with him being in a different country to me for over a week! There’s a few reasons as to why I can’t go at the moment but he says I’m being way too overprotective. ...

I know this year I have to start looking at Primary Schools for my 3.5 year old for next year. I live in London and don’t drive so use only local transport (the traffic is horrendous iykyk). I am looking for schools closer to my home as I really don’t want to do the long journeys back and forth on a bus daily. Ther...

Little man is 7.5 months old and has gone down for bed well for a long time! The last few nights he has screamed and sobbed until he can't breath properly and will only settle for me and not my husband! His top gums are purpley red and look very inflamed but no teeth visible! He is cutting a lateral incisor on the t...

Since my little girly started really properly walking two weeks ago, shes everywhere and of course her bumps, bruises and scrapes have increased a lot as she has become a daredevil 😭😖 3 times in 2 weeks already nursery have filled in an incident report asking us to confirm what happened for X bruise or X bump 😭 As…