Community Posts, Tips & Support on Toddler & Child

Any tips on how to stop my 10.5 month old baby from continuing to throw food on the floor? I make her food (literally meals) and she likes everything but will proceed to throw it on the floor whether she’s hungry or not. I’ve tried giving it to her instead or even putting it on my plate so she thinks it’s mine, but ...

Context; At nursery, they're helping my LO eat with a spoon/feeding him as if he does it himself he throws the spoon/mixes it, sometimes puts it in his mouth/smears food everywhere. Basically plays with it. So to get him to actually eat, he's being handfed. We do the same at home, as well as letting him practice. Sh...

My son be 3 in April and need to have him potty trained for preschool by September would this work or would I be wasting my money

Soo… my son has been having a few tantrums here and there where he yells and if I say he’s going on time out he’ll say “No I’m putting you on time out!” But that’s been the worst of it, I usually tell him to take some breath, play with some toys in his room and I’ll come get him in 5 minutes. Today, just mid conver...

What is your routine please? I’m trying to keep inline with the nursery and it seems a lot of milk. They’re doing 200mls each time, I questioned and they said they offer milk during the PM rather than snacks? Milk Breakfast Lunch Milk Dinner & Pudding Milk

So my partner has a friend. Really nice guy from everything I've heard over the years. Started dating a lady back in September who's got two kids 8 and 10. She left the children's dad due to abuse from what I'm aware as the two kids still have terrors and truma about him coming back from them and they get very anxi...

My little one has been solely on purées from 6-7 months which was simple for the childminder as I would just batch cook them and freeze. He is now 7 and a half months and is now having finger foods like toast/pancakes etc I am worried those will go stale and weird by the time he has them. He is back in 2weeks and...

I know the weather is awful and our babies are abit too young but I’m just curious at what age can our babies go to the park

I am going to view a nursery next week and looking to put my baby in for 3 afternoons a week when I go back to work when he is 1. I have read online that the 15/30 hours free childcare “free” aren’t actually free and you have to pay additional costs with people saying they are paying £600/700 a month! Does anyone ha...

Are your 4 year olds reading and writing? I’ve seen a lot of children same age as mine who can write, draw simple pictures like stick men, animals etc and can write their own name and other words. Mine does none of this. We colour and draw a lot but he just does random messy scribbles nothing we can make out. Not in...

Am I doing something wrong/missing something? Me and my partner both work reasonable jobs. Partner is a PC and I am a biomedical scientist. Since going part time (3 days a week) after mat leave we have really struggled to afford anything. But I feel like we shouldn’t be struggling this much. Is everyone in the sam...

We’re flying to Australia next week from UK with an 11 month old (very anxious about this but husbands family are out there). A colleague recommended giving piriton antihistamines to baby to make them drowsy (these say 1+ years on them) he said they do it with their kids and his wife is a midwife. Not sure how I fee...

…make sugar cookies! (Toddler friendly ones with less sugar in). Was a bit of a mess but let her measure almost everything herself, picked the shapes she wanted and helped with the rolling and cutting. Mummy’s little baker ❤️

Hi, my 3 month old has recently started pulling off and re latching continuously during daytime feeds and also having much shorter feeds more frequently. Can anyone help?

3am rant. I'm sorry. I just need to get it out. I feel so alone in being a parent sometimes. I work FT from home, help my husband with our business, take care of the house and dogs, take care of our baby 24/7 since the day she was born, no family or friends out here for support, and my husband feels transient in ter...

So I’m trying really hard with my little girl to potty train. When she is bare bum she’s fine and will wee on potty or toilet when she needs it. If she’s wearing training pants or knickers she will do wee/poo in them and not tell me she needs it. She point blank refuses to poo on toilet or potty (even though she has...

Ham sandwich, bell pepper, biscuits and red grapefruit.

How are you mums passing the day with your 8/9 month olds? Need ideas . The day is looooong and the weather is cold.

Can someone explain in lamens terms regarding funded childcare. My LO is 9 months and we'll be using a childminder rather than a nursery. Those of you in a similar boat .. am I entitled to anything? TIA

fairly new to the houston area, does anyone have any recommendations where i can take my 13m old out? can be a park, a place to walk, or anywhere nice that we can have a great time