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Baby bath tubs

Ladies, what bathtubs are you getting for your infant/baby? Need some recs. I ideally need one that grows with your baby from infant to toddler, has a built in thermometer. Bonus would be built in infant scales. Share your choices please 🙏

K
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4 oz

My baby will drink 4.5 oz and still crying. Idk if it’s gas or she’s still hungry but I’m afraid to give more. She never spits up. She’s giving me hunger cues but is also squirmy so idk 😞

A
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Spitting up!

Help! My almost three-month-old baby keeps spitting up after every feeding, and this didn't use to happen. He is also fighting sleep more than ever. He is breastfed, and I've noticed a change in the color of his poop. Has anyone else experienced this?

Incognito
5

Baby is eating solids, how do I introduce water?

Okay so my baby's doing great eating solids but I have noticed he seems to be constipated and is straining, I've been giving him baby oatmeal as well as cream of wheat, I think he needs water obviously, what brand of water would you recommend? This is Rafael btw. 8mo on the 22nd! Yay!

V
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Mistakes

What mistakes did you make when buying cars that you found out after purchase

Incognito
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Toddler hating bath time

My daughter (now 16 months) used to love splashing in the bath tub but since a few weeks is hating it more and more each bath. We’ve got a shower over bath, she’s never liked the shower. In the bath she now stands and refuses to sit down. Doesn’t want to play with any of the bath toys. Hates it when we poor water o...

M
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Hair Appointment

What are your thoughts on taking a 1month old exclusively breastfeeding baby to the hair salon. Im only doing a haircut and a gloss. My hairdresser has no problem with me taking my baby but Im not sure if it’s a good idea.

W
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Gassy baby. Formula recommendation.

He’s almost a month and seems to be sooo gassy and only pooping once a day

M
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Anemia check

Has anyone had their babies well visit for anemia check? My son’s 15month check up is Thursday and they are doing an anemia check and I am just curious how they check for that? Is it a finger prick or do they draw blood? If they draw blood idk how I am going to handle being there listening to him scream. He has neve...

K
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Help!!

I have three pictures of the scab or open wound my son has, it escalated really fast but my parents told me it wasn’t a big deal and let them shut me up which I regret deeply.

Incognito
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Being poorly with a baby hits different

Sickness bugs though the house is absolutely killing me off, how on earth are you meant to do anything for your child when you can’t even stand to make a glass of water. So dramatic but my god it’s horrific 😂

Incognito
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What is an RSV injection?

I seen a poster at my last scan about it and have not been told by any midwife that I need to get it or should get it.. I’m currently 35 weeks and remember getting my whooping cough injection but haven’t been told about the RSV?

Incognito
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Toys

Hello mamas, I need to have a big clear out of our little ones toys and a restock. What are your ones enjoying atm?

Incognito
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Need some excuses for not using hot tub in early pregnancy

I just found out I am pregnant and i am not ready to tell anyone. My friend wants to use my hot tub but I am not going to get in with her. What excuse can I use when she's asks why I'm not getting in?

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Health visitors

I see on here a lot that people are still getting visits from their HV… is this what’s supposed to happen, as I haven’t seem mine since my LO was about 2 months old? She signed me off and said all was good I think, but now I feel like I’m missing something?

Incognito
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Baby is not pooing

Hi. My baby is 17 weeks and she hasn’t pooed from Friday. She is exclusively breastfed. Getting super worried, she doesn’t seem upset or anything but I just want her to poop!!

M
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Pre school booster jabs

Has anyone's child had their jabs yet, and how did it go? We have my daughter's tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to it!

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Reflux

Does anyone else LO have reflux but swollow it? When she is laying down and we hear it we trying to pick her up or turn her to her side but she just swollows it, she can definitely turn her head herself as she has done it many times but it’s like she prefers to swollow and sometimes she will cough after swallowing. ...

C
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Cosmocol paediatric

Has anyone little one been on this before my 4 month old really struggles to take it but doctor can’t prescribe her anything else for contispation!

B
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Green poo 💩

Over the last few weeks I have noticed in the afternoons my babies poos turn green. She’s breastfed and the rest of the time they’re normal mustard yellow. From what I can tell online, it’s fine. Just weird it’s the same time everyday, anyone else had this?

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