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Teething and not drinking

Hey! Just worrying slightly, we think our daughter is teething (she's 18 weeks). Just recently chewing her fingers and ours, very unsettled and is refusing bottles. Possibly drinking 2oz then screaming. When is it concerning about not drinking? The heat in Scotland is unreal the now aswell so im panicking she's gonn...

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How am I sure my baby is teething?

I’m pretty sure he is just due to random fussiness, the excessive slobber, chewing on everything including his entire fist 😂 also slightly red cheeks?? He doesn’t have a fever but his temp is higher than his normal is that makes since.. I’ve looked and felt his gums but I truly can’t tell (3 months 3 weeks)

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Potty training techniques

I need some techniques to teach potty training my son will use it only to pee sometimes but I have until August to get him fully potty trained. I do sit him on the potty when he wakes up, after 30 mins he eats and before he goes to bed but it don't really seem to stick with him. He does have Moderate Autism. I do ha...

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19 month old peeing the bed

I'm at such a loss. My son is peeing through his diaper just about every night. This started maybe a month ago. We've tried everything. Different size diapers, different brands, night time diapers etc. Has anyone experienced this?

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Potty training first day advice..

Is it normal for the first day to be completely full of accidents or are they just not ready? My girl has had 2 pees in the potty once when put on when she woke this morning and same again after the nap. But had 9 accidents. She hasn’t even done a poo today and been holding her pees. Both times she went in the pot...

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Has anyone potty trained a constipated toddler?

He’s struggled since he was 6 months so this is just a theme I think I’m going to have to work with. Anyone had success? Tips?

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Are these top teeth coming??

Her gums have looked like this for a couple of days but don’t feel sharp, are they cutting through or just sore from the bottom ones?

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Potty Training Regression after having second baby

Advice needed! My now 3 year old first born was fully potty trained (except for nighttime) by the time she turned 2. Her brother was born in October, she started peeing her pants again. Thankfully the poop only happened once or twice and she went back to pooping in the potty after realizing how unpleasant it was. B...

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Teething 🥲

Any remedies to help my little boy with his teething journey, poor boy is full of cold, and teething is really hurting him. I don’t always like to give medicine, if there is any natural ways girls please let me know 🫶🏼🥰

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Teething

Hi, does anyone else feel their baby is always teething? She cut her first two a couple of weeks ago now and it was such a relief. But the past couple of days she’s started with all the signs again. She won’t let me put her down and her eczema is all flared up. It feels like a minefield trying to determine if it’s...

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My son doesn’t want to learn how to go on his balance bike 🙃

He will go on it for a second and then get off and say I don’t like it lol any tips or is it just consistency

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Has anyone else been on Antibiotics?

I'm really upset 😞 I have a dental infection and now I'm gonna have to take antibiotics (I'm allergic to penicillin) so another type. I'm worried about the baby, will she be okay? I just want some reassurance

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Potty training

I wanna start potty training my son who is 2 years old and I’m not sure where to start at when he starts head start full time next fall he has to be fully potty trained and I’m not sure where to start at all or how to go about it ima first time single mom please any tips and advice

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Potty in the bathroom?

Hi all, My little girl is obviously not ready for potty training yet at 14 months but a friend asked if I’d thought about buying a potty to have in the house so my LG gets used to seeing it? I just wanted to hear others thoughts on this please? Thank you

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Soothing gums

My baby boy has been using his hands to sooth his gums. I brought him a teething ring but he’s not interested. Does anybody have anything else they use and recommend? Thank you so much!

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Potty training

How do you go about potty training when your kids not quite ready? She’s started taking all her clothes off. Nappy included. And now I’m scared of her pissing everywhere 🤣 she’s very interested in the toilet and sits on the potty all the time but hasn’t managed anything on it. Quite often sits on it fully clothed.…

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