Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Care

How much water are your little ones having a day? Helpful to know the ratio to meals also. I can’t find clear guidance on how much they should have and very conscious of preventing constipation. Thank you!

Has anyone dealt with their baby being constipated? If so, any recommendations to help? My baby last pooped on Monday, and it was a soft normal consistency. She’s been farting, but no poop - maybe this is tmi but I need help lol I’ve spoken with her pediatrician and she recommended apple juice, warm bath, belly ma...

My little one is 11 weeks and we’ve tried so many different milks to try and help his constipation…the paediatrition has prescribed sma Athera, which we’ve been on for 2.5 weeks, initially he went 2 days in a row then nothing for a week so we had to add in the laxatives again, so at this point, I’m not sure if it’s ...

Hey, my baby is usually breastfed and if we try to give him formula after the next breastfeed he throws up a lot until there’s only bile left. Docs don’t reckon it’s allergy although we’re not certain but just wondering if anyone else has heard or experienced this?

Does anyone know of a softplay dedicated to under 1s? I went to the arts depot and it was full of 7 year olds so we had to leave! My daughter is beginning to crawl and walk and I think she'd love it. Any suggestions welcome x

Anyone just love putting bows in their hair? What’s a good site to get a lot of bows for a cheap price? Photo of my girl 10 months old.

My LG is 6 weeks old today. Apart from one occasion she’s always pooped a couple of times a day. It’s now been almost 72 hours since she last had a poo. Lots of wet nappies, feeding as usual and not in any pain or discomfort. We had some weight gain issues when she was firstborn so ended up on a feeding plan. She’...

What was everyone’s babies like after the second lot my girl is late with her 12 week ones because she was really unwell so had to push them back .

How many times a day should a 4 month old be pooping? It's not even 1pm an we have had 4 poops today. Yesterday he had 5 all together.

My EBF 15 week old has started getting upset whilst feeding in the last week. Mainly with the before bed feed. Just now she got really upset whilst yrying to feed. Arched back, stiff legd, hysterical crying with tears, wanted to be held only. Then threw up a lot of milk (about 20 mins after last feed), cried a bit m...

Hi my baby is 9 months old, and i’m thinking to start to give my baby BLW method but when i give him blw food he gag and vomit 😭 I’m stressed out. Is this normal?

Anyone else’s baby not bothered/interested in playing?

Has anyone read about the court cases with neocate causing bone problems a few years ago, I’m just wondering if it’s ok to use now and if it’s been resolved I’m struggling to find info on them fixing it

So my partner has a cell in his blood call "KELL". At my first midwife appointment they did my bloods and results came back that my body was producing "anti k" which fights against the KELL gene. It's really rare and I'm hoping someone on here has been through or is going through the same thing.

Can I give Calpol before vaccines? So worried about going in an hour…. Google says not recommended, but why..

My LB is 13 weeks, and the last few nights he has been really hard to settle and shows signs of colic. I suspect it originally started a week or so ago, but now it's really coming out and he cries for a few hours in pain and is hard to comfort. Has anyone experienced this happening at 12/13 weeks? He was ebf until a...

How often are you bathing newborn baby ??

My baby is 4 weeks old, and I have families coming in to spend a few days with us. Meanwhile, my brother has a cough, and I have told him to treat himself before coming. But i am concerned as my 3 year old and 4 year old neice has cough too and I don't want my baby to be infected. How do I go about it? I can't just ...

Hello! My newborn is 6 days old and he has been very windy baby. Im breastfeeding and after each feed he is struggling. I burp him and bend his legs to try to help with this. Started giving infacol and it helps a bit. I’ll stop having dairy/gluten for a while and see if it helps. Any other suggestions or experience ...

How did your LO cope with the 8 week jabs?