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@jaenalyn That is exactly what I was thinking of! Never seen this in the UK.

@chrissie0555 Well there was a big thing a few years ago about BPA in baby bottles, and yes, some people switched to using glass. You can also buy stainless steel here if you don't want the breakable issue with glass. But then BPA was banned, and bottles/plastic in general started to come with a...

@laurie4321 Hey OP I caught up on your comment replies. This is so much. Challenging behaviour and a new baby sibling and the toilet issues and maybe feeling unsupported by your spouse too? It's a LOT. Please don't be hard on yourself. Everyone would struggle with this combination of...

@chrissie0555 That is the standard advice in the UK, and it's the advice from the WHO as well so arguably applicable worldwide. Honestly to me it has always seemed like a sensible precaution, and even though German formula tubs don't say "must prep with water over 70C" I still followed that...

@comicbookguy Why have you included g/g and b/b twice each?

@lily_pad_96 With my eldest I used to lie with him in bed to nurse him to sleep and he started to nurse, then roll over and fall asleep without it. Then after a while he didn't want to nurse any more but he still wanted me to lie with him for a cuddle. With my second I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP...

@umaid I answered this the other day so if you'll excuse the laziness I'll link :) The rest of the discussion on that thread is also helpful, although an older child. The problems other than positional asphyxia are risks relating to development of the spine and lack of opportunity to practice...

@deepblues36 Kind of. If you already have a girl, then G/B and G/G are the possibilities. B/B is not a possibility. It's always 50/50 (well 51/49 as somebody pointed out).

@pastor_rob To me it sounds like she might need less in the way of naps or she might be hungry. You could try bringing a small snack to bed like a sandwich. Also look at timing of dinner, if it's too late and she's tired that might not work. You could offer something earlier and then add a...

@cyberrocky From the various bits of research and studies and podcasts-articles-books etc I've come across I would estimate it works for about 20% of babies. You'll see higher success rates claimed because of some of this fudging and because people who do sleep train tend to self select and I...

@laurie4321 It's not developmentally typical for a 3yo to be frequently violent to such an extent. If people have told you that it is they might be trying to make you feel better or being nice. I do not find it a helpful approach, it's pretty gaslighty when you're dealing with an extreme...

@angel_sword Huh, is that why they all went blue?

@cqw What? No it isn't. It's only twice as likely to get a mixture as it is to get both boys OR both girls, individually. It is just as likely to get a matched pair as a mixture.

@roneal 15 months was a bit of a shit time sleep wise for both of my older kids (my youngest isn't that old yet). I noticed sleep advancements that seemed to actually stick from around 18 months. FWIW, I think the idea that "bad sleep is caused by bad sleep habits" is made up - I don't think...

@quantumcreation I think there just needs to be widespread acknowledgement that not all babies have the temperament for sleep training. There are parents who say "He only cried for 20 minutes in total and now he's totally happy to go to bed" - those babies I find it hard to imagine would be...

@katrina2017 This is exactly how I feel. And yes, doctors did comment at scans "Wow, this baby is so active!" but probably they say that to everyone. My third was so wriggly he flipped from breech to back again at 37 weeks. But I don't know if he was unusually active. Maybe my womb was just...

@thefisher07 Why make it so complicated? Carry on until it no longer works for you and the temporary effort of committing to a different settling method or location is outweighed by the benefits of not having to do the old one any more. You could move LO into a single bed or floor mattress and...

@dbirdez A book: Three In A Bed. Lyndsey Hookway has two books aimed at parents, the one that you have is aimed at sleep coaches. These are: Let's Talk About Your New Family's Sleep (for preverbal babies/toddlers, from birth) Still Awake (for verbal toddlers up to teens) The No Cry Sleep...

@jorb2 TV and food is not going to cause behaviour this extreme. She needs to see a professional. I would expect that this will come up when she starts school, so it shouldn't be too long, but it would be better to get her seen sooner. Perhaps the neighbours calling the cops will force it in the...

@catherinenosleep I think I am guilty of this. The problem is that if I was going to write an article or really look into something, it would take me several hours if not days to gather all the material I could, read it, evaluate it, etc. A reddit post doesn't have that kind of time frame. If...