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Waking up in the night with his own urine.

Have you guys ever woken up at night with your own pee while you were sleeping? What do people do to solve this problem? I wake up about 5-8 times a night with my own pee. This has been going on for almost a week now. It makes me very sleep deprived. Very tired every day. 😖

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My baby been sleeping in a curved position

Does anyone know what this means? She’s also been crying alot and I don’t kno what it is… this is a picture I found on google, very similar to what my babygirl does while she sleep

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How we doing?

Leap 4 is the gift that keeps on giving.

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I've got the sads

My husband just checked in with me about how I was feeling almost 5 months pp (he does this every few weeks or so, specifically asks about it). And I told him I was okay, listed a few things I was struggling with but that it was okay, I was okay. But truth be told I've had the sads for a few days now. The not doing ...

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Am i in the wrong?

Hi I just need opinions. So i have a 4 month old who I've breast fed since he was born, his dad's side of the family were calling me selfish for not formula feeding and i apparently did it so they can't have him over night (not the case at all). So i tried mix feeding but he just threw up every single ounce so i sto...

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Transition from carry cot

We have the icandy peach 7 which states thst the seat isn’t to be used before 6 months.. my little boy is very big (3.5 months and 14.5lbs). He has very good head control and looks so much more comfortable in the seat. What has everyone else done? He’s just so alert and interested in what’s going on..

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Baby boy question

My second baby is going to be a boy, I had a girl first. She always wore bows so we never really put hats on her. I noticed we're getting a lot of gifts that are outfits with little hats. Does anyone know if it's against safe sleep for a baby to sleep with a hat on? Or is it kinda just to take a picture and then tak...

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Can we talk about this?

Recently, I've started becoming so depressed and drained from being the typical "first born" where I'm the 2nd mother, and I handle all the family burdens that no one wants to deal with. I've done this my whole life, but something changed when I found out I was pregnant, I started putting myself and my wants first a...

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Question

My daughter is 4 months old is it okay to give her melatonin? My mother is trying to give her a dissolving melatonin…

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Breastfeeding trouble!

My daughter is turning 3 months old on the 8th, she was exclusively breastfed, I had a feeding she wasn’t getting enough and I was right, she was getting less than an ounce to an ounce a feeding and that’s not enough, that caused my supply to dip tremendously. Went to see a LC and she told me to continue to feed he...

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Things that are saving my ass as a FTM!

My baby is now 3 weeks old and I figured I’d share some of the things I’ve had to purchase that are really saving my ass during this newborn stage! The Mamaroo - pricey for a swing but my son LOVES it . My husband wanted to leave a review for it after an hour bc my son calmed down so quickly The Owlet Dream soc...

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Dummies

My newborn doesn’t want to settle at night in his bassinet so I’ve had to introduce the dummy to see if it helps but it keeps falling out of his mouth. Any recommendations on dummies for newborns?

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Sleep suits that aren't restrictive?

Suggestions for sleep sacks or something else that are not restrictive at all to keep bub warm halfway through the night? Throughout summer my LO (13m) has just been sleeping in light clothes with no sleep sack. Now it's getting colder he's in PJs but will wake in the early hours from the cold. When this used to ha...

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Help! I am currently abroad (outside of the uk) and I have given my 6 months old unpasteurised milk and yoghurt by mistake. I’ve mixed 1, 2 spoons almost in every solid weaning meal for the past five days.

The NHS advises against unpasteurised milk due to harmful bacteria. I’m in a total panic right now. How can I check my baby is going to be ok? Or if I have done any harm to her?

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Sleep sacks

My little boy is only 11 weeks old but is getting too long for the 0-6 month sleep sacks 🥹😫 I’m worried the next jump is 6-12 months will be too big round his neck? Is there an in between size anywhere??

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Group B/ Treatment

My hospital doesn’t do the Group B strep test and instead they give penicillin to all the newborn babies as a precaution. My midwife said it’s up to me but that they prefer to do this as there are a lot of false positives and false negatives for this bacteria. Researching about this now, my midwife told me penicilli...

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