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Bath at 28 weeks

Is it okay to have a bath at 28 weeks? Tried calling Medicom but they said because it’s a non-urgent matter, midwife won’t call me tonight. My hips are hurting and I need some relief so want to have a bath.

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Straining for poo and farts

My little boy (3 weeks old. EBF) is straining and sometimes crying when he poos or farts, is this normal? His stools are soft yellow as they should be; he just seems to struggle to push them out. It breaks my heart.

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3month appointment?

i keep seeing people talk about how they had / have a 3 month appointment but mine doesn’t go back till 4 months so i’m a little confused lol

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Unsettled baby from the start

Hi all, I just wanted to see if I'm not alone. My little man is 11wks and from the starre he's had some tummy problems ie tongue tie gas, constipation suspectes milk allergy and h massive green poos. I suspect he has colic but he is just not a settled baby....he has some good moments but cries so much, barely want...

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Heat or milk!?

My baby girl is 4 weeks on Wednesday and she's had a wee bit of a rough time lately with catching a cold and having to go to hospital to have mucus suctioned out as she was struggling to breathe and she's had gunky eyes for 3 weeks. Eventually was given eye drops for her after 2 midwives and a doctor said they weren...

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Unsettled baby - colic?

Every night between 6pm - 8/9pm ish my 3 week old is so unsettled. Throughout the day she drinks her milk, burps and sleeps perfectly. But in the evenings cries as though she’s in pain and it’s awful as nothing seems to console her 😔 could this be colic?

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spit up

LOOL so can anyone explain to me how in the hell this boy got spit up in the middle of the back of his head but not on his neck nor sides of his head 🤣🤣🤣 does anyone’s baby manage to also do this bc it baffles me everytime and i’m never there to witness it

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Poopy nappies

Advise needed - 10 days old My baby was doing lots of poopy nappies and now hasn’t pooped for almost 16 hours. Has anyone else had this ?

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What is your formula fed baby’s poo like?

My baby is 3 weeks old & has yellow runny poos, never had a solid consistency but is formula fed Kendamil Theres conflicting information online with Kendamil website themselves saying “runny” poo is normal. Others saying it should be firmer and to contact a doctor if it’s runny for more than 3 days? What consis...

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Breastfeeding 3 day old newborn

We had a good start with feeding and sleeping. My milk just started coming in too. Today he’s been very fussy and cluster feeding. It seems like he’s wanting to eat every 15-30 mins and will only eat for 5-10 mins and then falls asleep. If I put him down in bassinet or my husband takes him he immediately wakes up fu...

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Baby suddenly gulping milk

Hi, since yesterday my 5 week old has started gulping his milk to the point he’s squirming and then screaming out, I’ve always followed paced feeding with him, moved him to size 1 teat at 3 weeks old and he’s been fine, just yesterday and today he’s been awful! I sized his teat back down as I thought the flow was to...

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BABY POO WORRIES!💩

9 months old, and my girl is passing hard stools like little balls and they’re like darker on the outside than they are on the inside if that makes sense 🥲 does anyone else experience this? i’m worried about the colour.. thanks!

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Constipation

I'm almost 30 weeks and havnt had any bowel movement in about 4 days, should i be concerned?

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Yay or nay

We are away for Mother’s Day and there is a hot tub, is it safe for my 7 week year old baby to be in the room (not in the hot tub, just the room)

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Tummy issues

Hey, we took our son off formula alil over a month ago before his 1st birthday. Since we stopped formula he's had 1% & 2% milk but all he does is poop after he drinks the bottle. So we switched him to lactose & almond milk & now Nido powder for toddlers and he's still pooping non stop. Any ideas? He never pooped mu...

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How many 💩 does your newborn do per day?

Mine did: 2 the day he was born 2 at 1 day old 4 at 2 days old 3 at 3 days old 2 at 4 days old Should he be pooping more by now? He didn't drop much from birth weight and he's feeding a lot, peeing, no jaundice. So it's just his poop today that baffles me, 2 isn't many, is it?

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