Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Care
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Bath
How often are you bathing your baby? We are bathing our 4m every 2/3 day do you think that is right. Other day someone was horrified we don't do it every night.
NHS scan
Hi does anyone know how many people can be at an nhs can my partner came to my 12 week one but I want to bring my sister to my 20 week one aswell as him thankyou
Bathing
How often tall bathing your babies? Mine is almost 12 weeks and I’m only bathing him like once a week. He is my second and my daughter gets a bath every night, I can’t remember when we started that however. Just much harder with two! Am thinking maybe he needs to be bathed more often!
12 week jabs
My son has his 12 week jabs later and I am absolutely dreading them as I've heard they are worse than the 8 week ones. Is this true?
Advice on hip pain!
Hey, I’m 24 weeks and have been getting hip pain - especially at night. It’s waking me up as I have to constantly swap sides, and I’m guessing it’s only going to get worse as I get bigger. So far I’ve bought a mattress topper, the bbhugme pillow, and the babymoov sleep belt, but none of these things really work for ...
Baths with children
What age would you stop having a bath with your children?
I need to know that I'm not the only one
My son (3 weeks 1 day) is really struggling with trapped gas even though I use Infacol before every feed and attempt to burp him afterwards (not always successful). He also experiences random sessions of hiccups and he has always had this when I was carrying him. He farts a lot but when he can't shift the gas, he i...
Health visitor
Do they still do a 6 month check up? I haven’t had a letter or phone call to book one in
Tongue tie privately
Hello! Anyone had their child’s tongue tie cut privately? My child is 10 weeks old, always struggled to latch because of it but midwives and dr said they won’t cut it because she’s putting on weight, but feeding time is a battle of latch on and off, we breast feed and we’re feeding constantly and it’s getting me ser...
5 days left
5 days left till my son comes out of hospital i cant wait its been a long month
Reflux ?
My 2 week old recently has been doing small vomits usually when she’s on her back in bed , looks like she has tummy pain then vomits or gags it’s becoming more frequent Any tips or answers to why this is Shes always burped and sat up for at least 20-30 mins before put down
Did your little one have significant symptoms after 3 yrs 4months MMR jab?
I've realised I've booked it in for a date where I've got a first client meeting for work the next day 🙈
Baby baths
when did everyone first bath their newborns (if they have yet) and how many times are you doing it a week? i know you’re not meant to do it loads! just curious what other people are doing
How? Just how?
How do i shave my legs in the third trimester??? 😭 I can’t bend the way I need to, to shave and just wondering if anybody has any tips?
Hair cut
Has anybody had their babies hair cut? My gorgeous little boy has curly blonde hair and is often being mistaken by strangers for a girl. It’s happened too many times now. Just wondering if anyone has had their babies haircut or if they’ve cut it themselves.
Frequent Runny poo for last 10 days
My 5.5mo is doing lots of runny poo around 6 a day , Yellow or greenish yellow in colour. I read online if baby has no fever and is active there shouldn’t be concern. However I am very upset as he was a one poop or two poop a day boy and potty use to be soft and yellow. I did contacted gp and they prescribed some p...
Projectile Vomiting
Is anybody's little one experiencing projectile vomiting multiple times a day especially after coughing? I took my little boy to the doctors and they've put it down to a viral infection. It's just so horrible seeing him vomit out all his feeds and I'm so worried about him losing weight 😢 Other than that he's still…
Bath regression.
My 15 month old now absolutely hates the bath. She loved it so much since she was newborn now it’s like it’s the worst thing ever. How do I change this ? I can’t bath her for longer than 2 minutes
Constipated 8 week old
My daughter hasn’t had a poo since monday night she had her 8 week needles Tuesday afternoon and was good as gold after them you wouldn’t have known she had needles until last night, I’ve googled how to help her with her being constipated and it says to give her an ounce or two of water or apple juice but i’m sure i...
Can I take my baby a bath yet or wait till her belly button is completely healed ?
Her stump fell out 4 days ago and I really want to take her a bath should I wait till it’s completely healed or ?
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