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Terrifying accident

Today my son fell off the kitchen worktop onto the kitchen floor. Thankfully he is fine. I’m not. I’m beside myself over it and can’t forgive myself. I’m a terrible mum. It was an accident but it shouldn’t have happened. I feel so lucky he is ok, the outcome could have been unthinkable. I’ve been feeling like I’...

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Constipation with baby

My baby is 10 weeks old and has been on laxatives for the past 3 weeks because he would go toilet every couple of days and would scream in pain. He is on formula, we do the stretches and exercises and baths to help but nothing seems to work. He is still weeing and passing wind with no issues. I don’t want to keep hi...

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Haircut for boys

What haircuts have you given your little boys? Looking for ideas!

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Delayed milestones

Hi so my sons almost 27 months and i keep ringing the health visiting team to try get a new health visitor as his left before he turned 1 and they never gave us another, and everytime I call or email they just say they will contact me to book closer to the time but its looking unlikely. I looked up the checklist for...

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Green smelly poos 3 month old

My LO is 3 months old and for the past 3 days thas had really smelly poos that are green and muscusy and on Friday a couple had specks of red in them. She is EBF and has had no issues before. She has pooed around 3/4 times a day past couple of days where usually it's once in the morning, once in the evening. I had a...

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Croup

Anyone else's LO had croup? LG is 11 months, we had to have an ambulance out as she was struggling to breathe. She had steroid meds, hoping she is better in the morning. Just wondering if anyone has been through something similar?

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Poop

Okay mamas I’m just wondering how your babies poop is mine is almost 5 months and it’s pretty solid is it normal or should I take him to the doctor.

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Bath seat

Baby is outgrowing her little bath. Any suggestions on baby seats to go in the bath? Or should I buy a toddler bath? TIA

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Is this hand foot and mouth?

Post pics in comments

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What do you do with your toddler when you go for a shower?

I can’t trust my LO to be left downstairs on her own for long yet

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Hasn't pooped

My 11 month old hasn't pooped in 3 (almost 4) days (very unlike him he poops at least once a day) and I know every baby is different, but I'm concerned! I went to a dr and they said breastfed babies can go a week without pooping and to come back in a week - but I don't want to leave if that long? My son has a ha...

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Bath time with half siblings

I don’t know why I feel weird about this but I just do. My 15 month old has only ever had a bath with myself or my partner however today my partner bathed her with her 8 year old Half sibling. I was suprised as the 8 year old is very conscious getting dressed and undressed in front of us now but with my baby she was...

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Explosive poos

My 14 week old does explosive poos at least a couple of times daily. Is this normal for a breastfed baby?

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Smelly Gas

Hi, My 4 week old babies have been constipated for around 2-3 days now. We are waiting on a GP to call. We have always had problems with their trapped wind too. Because of this, changed to a comfort formula. We were using infacol but clearly it didn’t work so have changed to Dentinox and it seems to get the burps ou...

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8 w/o feeding help please! 😩

My 8 week old little boy has been very restless during feeds over the last few days and peaked over the last 24 hours so some advice is well needed now 😩 We started him on anti reflux formula 2 weeks ago and seems quite constipated since and also during feeds very restless, uncomfortable and refusing to take the…

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27 month review

Had a txt message to book for the 27-month review. Few concerns with some questions little one can't jump for example. He also flaps but only at home, he can't climb stairs by himself ( doesn't help being in a ground floor flat) I wonder what they see as more of a concern. Also, what comes of the meeting if certai...

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Advice please!

My sons 8 days old and I think he’s got really bad constipation. I’ve changed his formula and took him to the GP and she was useless. His stomach is hard, he’s pooing less frequently and he’s crying a lot, I put him down when he’s sleeping but 10 mins later he wakes up tense scrunched and crying. I feel helpless and...

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Jabs?

My daughter had her jabs yesterday, all evening she was constantly crying (even with calpol) and this evening she is exactly the same. My partner and I are at our wits end. Nothing we are doing is working. Any advice?

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Bath

How often do You bath your baby

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Diastasis recti help/advice!

My little boy is 18 months old & my gap still hasn’t healed, I have tried doing exercises but no luck. I’m just looking for other people’s experiences. I know it’s said that it’s never too late to close the gap but feel like nothings working and it’s been like this for so long. The past couple of weeks my stomach ha...

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