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Last breastfeed

And with that our breastfeeding journey has come to an end, today marks our last feed at just over 1 year year. My initial goal was to just give it a go and see how I get on, I think I was extremely lucky that Ada took to it straight away and the help and support from the midwives, and the breastfeeding support team...

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Has he lost his mind?! 🤬

Ok so backstory….we combo feed our 3 month old. I usually breastfeed her first & then let her have a formula bottle if she’s still hungry. Today, I was in the kitchen prepping dinner & my husband was in the living room with our daughter. She starts crying & then I remember that it’s time for her to eat again. So I ...

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Signs of autism? HELP 😞

Hi my LO is 8months now. Does your babies does their hands like this? I’m having anxiety now and I can’t stop thinking about it.

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Baby can’t self soothe

I don’t get what I’m doing wrong, I give my baby lots of time to self soothe but he just ends up absolutely screaming the place down after a while until I pick him up. It’s so annoying because people say he can’t self soothe because he relies on me to fall asleep and it’s like well yes obviously because otherwise th...

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Co sleeping

Anyone else just Absolutley LOVE co sleeping. When I tell someone I’m co sleeping I always feel like they are judging me or it is the wrong thing to do. This is my second and I promised myself I wouldn’t co sleep this time (co slept with first till he was 2) But I just can’t believe how much I love it!! Going to s...

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Bathing

How often are you / were you bathing your 4 week old babies ?

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My baby wants to sleep face down 😵‍💫

I’m a ftm and my little girl tonight has become adamant she wants to sleep facing down. I’ve tried to move her head and turn her back onto her back but she keeps moving back into this position. She is 6 months old and now I’m scared to go to sleep in case she suffocates😫 Any advice or reassurance that she will be…

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Prams

Is it worth buying an expensive pram like icandy? I’m just thinking I’ll probably use a doona when out food shopping etc and the I candy’s look bulky to out in the boot🥲 but they are so stunning! Any recommendations?

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Baby takes ages to get into a deep sleep.

My baby boy is 7 weeks old on Tuesday. I find when he’s going to sleep it takes agessssss for him to get into a deep sleep. He constantly wakes up crying, whining, kicking his legs. I’m wondering if this is just REM sleep or if he’s in any sort of discomfort. Also, I’m paranoid about the room temperature, heard & re...

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Formula

Baby girl has just turned 4 weeks and on 5 ounces every 3-4 hours. Is this too much?! I’m worried I’m over feeding her 😩She poos after every feed also

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Returning Amazon gifts

For my baby shower, i was very blessed with getting most things on my registry. I’ve gotten three things that i never used because i stayed in my bubble longer than i thought or did things old school way (learned from mom). I don’t want to give them away for free because they’re new and i could use the money for buy...

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Toddlers getting hurt

How often would you say your toddlers get hurt or fall or bump their head ect. Even small ouchies or fights with siblings causing ouchies

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Sign of turning and active baby after expressed milk bottle 🍼

As you can see we have a very active sleeper - especially after we top him up with my expressed milk at night. We give it to calm him down after he’s fussy on the boob and to get a longer stretch of sleep but seems to cause more movement and also sick coming up which disrupts his sleep I think. Does any other breast...

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Anyone up Right now?

Hi everyone! My 2-month-old daughter, she tends to sleep 5-6 hours when my husband takes care of her on the weekends, but during the week, it’s a bit of a struggle. She sleeps a lot during the day, and it’s hard to keep her awake. Does anyone have tips for adjusting her sleep schedule or helping her sleep longer str...

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I'm so done with bedtimes

That's it, I've had it. I'm so done with bedtimes and the fight that comes with putting my little one to bed I just can't keep doing this. She's nearly 20m old and the bedtime routine has never changed, except she doesn't understand it's bedtime. There's a fight every night and tonight I've hit rock bottom I just do...

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Am I under feeding my baby?

My 11 week old sleep through the night like 10pm-10am sometimes he use to do 11pm-7am so he had 5 5oz bottles a day. But now he's sleeping in more in the morning he misses his 7am bottle so he's now having 4 6oz bottles a day as he only seems to want a bottle every 3-4hrs throughout the 12hrs he's awake. Do I need t...

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