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@ibanezgirl1227 I’d always heard direct breastfeeding was ok? That it’s the pooling in the mouth from bottle feeding that is the risk to teeth…...

@allfree15 I kept thinking “ok, if it’s this bad next week, I’ll break the feeding to sleep association” Our sleep progression has definitely NOT been linear. But I feed to sleep still at 9 months. I know he CAN sleep for 7 hours because he does it from time to time. With my first she didn’t...

For context - we’ve had a few nights with 3-4 hourly feeds when I didn’t wake my partner. Recently they’ve been every 2-3 hours overnight, and often less than every 2.5 hours. So I’ve woken him at 5 (or soon after) a few times and our baby has slept well while being held, sometimes giving me my...

@steveepperson I would be so cross! You’ve asked a couple of other people what shifts their partners take, so I thought I’d tell you ours. My baby is one month old, so not that much younger than yours. My baby does a bit long feed (or feeds) in the evening. If it’s early enough in the evening...

@charles1014 Tell her I love her

@nader1 You say your daughter ends up in bed with you at 4am every night. I’m sure you’ve probably looked at them but check out safe cosleeping guidelines https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/co-sleeping/ Accidental bedsharing is much more dangerous than planned

Oh, we did manage to time the nap right one time. That was great!! But she got well and truly fed up of being in the same place for so long, and not being alllwed to walk around/climb far. I let her do as much as I could without being unsafe or rude to other passengers! But there really isn’t...

@lostinthepast So we did a 4 hour flight with our then 14 month old, and screens didn’t help at all. They gave us very, very little time. I recommend snacks, books, and toys that can be taken out of things and put back in, and getting lots of strings to attach to them so you can pick things up...

@niansboog If a parent is mosaic and has O in their bone marrow but B in their gonads then that would do it? I don’t know the specific genes or chromosome locus for blood type, but genes do weird things

I agree with someone else about not having the baby in your arms when the siblings meet. We also got a present from our oldest to the baby (that she chose at the shop, and we kept talking about giving to baby), and “baby” bought her something too

@glowfood Just a quick comment - I had a caesarean first time around, so I prepared my daughter on third trimester that sometimes I just couldn’t carry her. I stopped carrying her on the stairs, or longer trips. I didn’t blame the baby, just that I couldn’t, or it was sore, or I wasn’t able to...

This is a better page, with relevant studies linked! https://patient.info/news-and-features/what-are-the-benefits-of-baby-probiotics This article from 2018 is particularly interesting https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974413/#__ffn_sectitle

@qmedic Regarding your second question, about probiotics, the answer is almost certainly “yes, probiotics will help”. The problem is that we don’t yet know which probiotics, in which doses, for which condition (or after which antibiotics) and for which age group. And not all have been proven...

@lolad I keep looking sporadically as I’ve had two C section babies - one emergency, one elective. https://www.mcri.edu.au/impact/watch-listen-download/download/fact-sheet-probiotics-for-infants-and-children The crux of it is: “ There has not yet been sufficient research to tell us which...

https://raisingchildren.net.au/babies/breastfeeding-bottle-feeding-solids/solids-drinks/solid-foods-practical-tips-for-getting-started

@cns Half a small bowl, and half a slice of bread sounds fine! The saying “food before one is just for fun” isn’t correct, but it is right that the main source of nutrition before 1 year is from milk. If she’s getting formula, you don’t even have to worry about iron. Very few solids are more...

@cns https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/infantandtoddlernutrition/foods-and-drinks/how-much-and-how-often.html#:~:text=From%206%20to%2012%20months,him%20or%20her%20to%20eat.

@larryb500 Has he always been this way, or did something trigger it? Does he have any other particular sensory needs? What are his “safe” foods? Will he have any mixed foods? Like a smoothie, or cake made with courgette or other fruits/veges hidden? I was talking with one of my mum friends the...