Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Care

My son had his 1 year jabs last Wednesday and has been grumpy ever since, the last couple days he’s had a temperature which after calpol he’s happy for abit then is grumpy again and isn’t sleeping good I have a doctors appointment for him just to make sure he’s ok and to put my mind at rest, has anyone else had this...

Hi all How did you hear about your little ones having their next round of vaccines? I just tried calling the GP and they said the letter doesn’t come from them and that it comes from the health visitor. I’m pretty sure this isn’t right and I’ll ring the back to get the appointment booked in but I just wanted to check.

For those who gave birth in UK, were you allowed/offered to bath the newborn at the hospital? I want to bath my baby as soon as she is born but everywhere I read it says that they recommend not to do it for the first weeks or so. Can you still do it?

Help my 2.5 week old has colic. I’ve been trying to avoid colic. It was horrendous with my first. But now my exclusively breastfed baby has it. She burps after feeds but wakes up. So I have to latch her on again to go back to sleep. She always wants to be held. I’ve given infacol but you’re supposed to wait 15mins b...

When did you get your little one to come and meet your baby? I am on blood pressure medication so will have to stay in the hospital for 24 hours after having baby. I see lots of people getting their children to come into the hospital to meet the baby. I kind of thought I’d wait until home unless have to stay for l...

My baby (7 weeks) is currently on kendamil first infant milk. Which she has been on since birth. We are finding that she is struggling with wind/poop before she goes to the toilet she arches her back and cries and will often kick her legs seeming uncomfortable. Once she’s been. The soiled nappy is fine there’s no ha...

Hiya, Interested to hear from people who have tested positive for group B strep. What was your experience like after labour? Were you kept in for further baby monitoring? Should I expect to be in hospital longer? Thank you :)

Hey all! Where is good for taking a just about walking 14 month old? I feel he'd really enjoy them but have no idea where any are! And can I just show up and pay or are they more pre booking? Thanks in advance!

Does anyone dealing with their newborn constantly struggling with reflux? My baby is 6 weeks old and after each feed she is making this strange noises like she is uncomfortable and then after she would spit the food and often hiccups and then she would be hungry again. She is gaining weight so I’m not worry about th...

For how long do we need to bathe a newborn for the first time? Like 2 mins is fine or can we do more? I have an 8 day old newborn and was wondering if bathing him should be time bound?

Oh my gosh! I'm 10 weeks tomorrow and I swear my a** is producing mustard gas! Anyone experiencing really smelly farts!?

Anyone know good soft plays to take 4 and 2 year old in london?

Just delivered baby on 19th with emergency c section and baby had breathing issues and was on cpap due to meconium inhalation. I feel the baby still keeps breathing heavy and has troubles feeding. As per doctors she will take time to heal and it’s is expected to breathe heavy. Anyone has had similar experiences and...

My almost 8m old is still spitting up several times a day and I’m tired of cleaning the carpets! He’s eating plenty of solid foods, is a very healthy chunky breastfed boy, I’ve tried cutting out caffeine and dairy from my diet, keeping him upright after nursing, nothing seems to make much of a difference. Any othe...

My little girl is 5 half months, and she has become really fussy if I put her down she cries if I leave the room she cries, tummy time she loves but then cries, she becoming fussy with the bottle too but does take it. She isn’t a reflux baby and spoken to doctor, could it be to do with her teeth as she is constantly...

I recently heard that an epidural can cause future back problems and I wanted to ask if anyone has experienced this? I’m currently on the fence about if I want the epi or not.

Did you take your child with you to the appointment? Im seeing some site saying they don’t need to attend and one that said they should if under 12 and face has changed significantly.

Any mommas not given their baby these and if not why so? Confused and scared momma 🫤🫤

My LG 19 months use to love her bath and yesterday and today she started screaming and crying not wanting to bath The water was okay everything was as usual !!! How do I make her to like bath again ? After stopping eating now stopping bathing what next 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Hi Everyone! My 5 week old is combi fed and sometimes he is fine passing gas, other times it really really upsets him. It’ll wake him up, he will go bright red and scream but he’ll stop within 30 seconds. Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on what I can do to help him?