Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Care

my baby is combo fed with 2-3 feeds being breastmilk and the rest formula (i dont produce enough for all feeds) he poops like 3 times a day is this normal lol (going to contact his dr too just curious) side note: my supply is slowly increasing so he went from 1 bottle of breastmilk a day to 2-3!

My baby started with solids. He is 6 months will be 7 months next week. He is been having loose watery poo. And its been going for 4 days, I think it’s diarrhoea or sensitivity from his food? We went to GP yesterday he recommended us to go to Children’s hospital but he said 99% it’s nothing. But we did not went as i...

Has anyone else been booked for a health visitor before the baby comes. Currently 33+4. Can’t find any information on this and getting a bit of anxiety as to what the purpose of the visit is for. Anyone know what I should expect?

Help I am very confused should I take an epidural or no Epidural can you tell me your experience or which option you think is better?

I’m starting to notice my 6m baby girl has a very strong pee smell recently. Is this normal? She’s on combo feeding of breast milk and formula

When did everyone feel comfortable taking their little one out in public? Did you guys wait until the 2 months vaccines?

I need some help, my son is 10 months and he has sometimes been struggling with constipation. When he does, I give him pureed prunes, constipation medicine, or foods that make him poop. It works sometimes but not this time. I gave him all this stuff every day for two days and still no bowel movement. I just don’t kn...

Has anyone been to the tongue tie clinic at NNUH? What was it like? Did they recommend calpol after? Or was it just feeding?

Anybody used coloxyl before? Do you recommend it? My 3 week old is showing mild signs of constipation and I don’t know what to do

My boy is 7 days old and has started to be sick after his feeds, sometimes a lot, sometimes just a small spit up. We are taking feeds slow with lots of stops and keep him sat upright to burp at the end. This sick either comes out while burping (sometimes it feels like it won’t stop and keeps flowing) or up to an h...

My 11 month old just woke up and threw up I picked her up and she threw up again. She never even use to spit up as a newborn. Should I be worried?

My little girl is 6weeks and is struggling to popped she lets out very stinky farts but no popping It’s been a couple of days now since she last went Is it normal?

So today I went on the train for the first time with bubba as I had a doctors appointment in central london. I havent been on the train since last year so quite a while. Everything was fine till I was coming back home. I was thinking, how do I get off the train? I couldnt see how far the dip from the train to the pl...

My 7 month old son seems to be having some tummy troubles today, being a little fussier and clingier than normal, lots of tossing and turning during feeds and having very loose stools. He’s still peeing like normal and has no fever. Does anyone have natural remedy suggestions for tummy upsets? He is breast fed, no f...

Was anyone else’s baby really unsettled after their jabs? Our baby isn’t a massive crier, but he had his jabs at 4:45pm and he has been totally inconsolable since. He had his first load of calpol at 5pm and has just had his second dose (does anyone know how much he is allowed also, the leaflet inside the box says ...

My two week old lost her umbilical cord a week ago, can I give her a water bath now instead of sponge?

Anyone else's Little ones so unsettled after the 12 week jabs? My little boy had his yesterday morning and it has been awful since! Barely any sleep just crying and unsettled!

Looking for any help.. I’ve applied for the 9 month funding on the Government Gateway site, but as I’m over 31 days away from returning to work, I can’t access a code. The nursery my son is set to attend say they need the code by the end of week for the January term, so I’m confused as to how I can get the code to t...

Hello, Little one’s cord has fallen 2 days ago and had a tiny bit more cord piece inside his belly button that was much more open and round in shape. Now it does look like this and it seems like it’s closing with a bit left inside. I will contact the GP anyways but wondered if anyone else had this?

My 8 week old boy has reflux so he is on Infant Gaviscon with his milk HOWEVER this has made him so constipated. He has a laxative but that hasn’t kicked in yet and he is so uncomfortable and possibly in pain all day and wakes so much more in the night straining bless him. Anything else I can do to help him apart fr...