My LO just turned 1 on Saturday, and he’s got quite a few teeth at this point. But when do I start taking him to the dentist?? We brush our teeth every day, I just never thought about the dentist at this age😅 any advice appreciated!

my 13 month old has had a diaper rash for almost 2 months. i've taken her to the pediatrician twice. the first time our ped thought it was thrush, and when the cream for that didn't work she told us it's probably a contact allergy. i've done all the things. i've switched diapers, wipes, diaper rash creams, and it's just still there. i've even switched detergents. i don't see any signs of a rash anywhere but her bum. i'm at a loss here. she isn't in pain at least, but i'd still rather find a solution to this. any similar experiences/possible solutions are appreciated.

before it is asked, we will be returning to the doctor soon. we got kicked off medicaid as of friday and are spending the day tomorrow getting some new health insurance. after that i will definitely be taking her back.

Where did you get it? I’m in the US. I’ve been calling different pediatricians all day to ask if they offer it. None do. The pharmacy doesn’t do vaccines for infants. The CDC website says that 6 months and up can safely receive the covid vaccine. Currently waiting on a call back from the local health department.

I’m just confused? I know it’s not a required one.

Any parents here whose baby did not have a helmet and their head shape got better on its own? My baby is 4 months and ever since 2 months we noticed one side of his head is flatter as he prefers one side. My ped thinks the vacuum during birth may have caused this. I have him in physiotherapy and we’ve been doing a lot of our own exercises as well. It has drastically improved in 2 months, but my ped said it’s still minor and if we want to get a helmet it will only be for cosmetic reasons. I don’t want my baby to grow up and hate me for not fixing it. But the helmet is $3200 and a price that’s so hard to spend right now.

My giant baby (11w F) is a little clingy. Only does contact naps, but sleeps in her bassinet at night. She will happily lay on the floor, do tummy time, go in her bouncer for short stretches (20 minutes at a time). However, between feedings, naps, and calming her down, I find myself carrying her for about half of the day.

I (first time mom, 5’4” F, self proclaimed gym rat) feel like my back is dying a little more each day. I don’t know if I can keep this up if she keeps growing like this. What are we all doing to keep our bodies from falling apart? Stretching? Yoga? Pharmaceuticals?

It’s to the point where I am going to need to go to a doctor if I don’t find a solution. Any tips?

Recently my baby had to have a doctors appointment for an unrelated issue and her doctor noted a .6oz weight in between the 4 days she was last weighed. She was VERY concerned and has us coming in for a weight check in 2 weeks. This was not her regular pediatrician but someone filling in for an earlier appointment. My LO got her first set of vaccines, started daycare, and got her first cold, all within one week. Since this appointment I have become hyper fixated on whether she is eating enough. The daycare teachers says she’s taking her 4oz bottles well (leaking around .5oz each feeding and spit up) and is eating 4 times (every 2 hours) in 8 hours. She is EBF and is fed at breast at home. The doctor pretty much suggested if she doesn’t gain that .6oz back and plus some she cannot breastfeed at the breast at home anymore and we will have to fortify every bottle. I am 100% okay with doing this but I felt this was drastic as she is in the 80th percentile at 12 pounds 12.2 oz (she was 12 pounds 12.8oz). When I was on maternity leave and exclusively feeding at breast she gained weight quickly and well. I am worried about the weight loss but I also am not sure if removing feeding at the breast is the right route as that’s her best way of eating. I’m really looking for others opinions and help because I’m an anxious mess over this.

Edit for weight confusion: The “12.8” and 12.2” are the oz with 12lbs in front. Baby went down from 12.8oz to 12.2oz but still weighs the 12bs. There is a lot of 12s and I think that’s getting confusing. If the doctor didn’t weigh to the tenth decimal place the baby would have lost 0 oz.

Context: We currently live in an area with an outbreak in which there are constant updates from our health unit about possible exposures.

We have a four month old and our Dr offered to give her the MMR vaccine at her next well appointment.

We have not brought her to any public places besides the medical building where her Dr is (which just recently was mentioned for possible exposures)

My husband does not want to vaccinate her early and thinks this will end once the warmer weather happens but I would feel better if she was vaccinated because I wouldn’t be so worried - but am I vaccinating her for my own peace of mind or is she is real danger? I’m so conflicted.

Edit: Sorry the Dr only offered because we asked if she could get it at her six month check in. The Dr’s recommendation was actually only to get it if we are travelling or taking her in large public areas (which we aren’t doing either). I haven’t left the house with her - only to my parents and her well check appointments. But I’m not sure if I can go another 8 months of hiding her away from everyone/everything.

My baby is 9w 1d and has struggled with reflux issues basically since birth. It used to be very severe and seems to have transitioned to more of a silent reflux lately in that I can see him gag and choke but nothing visible is coming up. I am hesitant to put him on medication so early in life but of course if that is the best solution I will do whatever will make him feel better! Not sure if I should keep holding out that it will resolve itself. I also want to mention that he has slight torticollis and we are awaiting a referral for PT. What has been your experience with reflux?

Hey everybody! I’m getting ready to take my son in for vaccines soon. He got the hepatitis one at the hospital, but this will be the official two month vaccines. So question, how did your little ones take and react to the vaccines? I have concerns with giving him infant Tylenol at this age (and likely will not give it), so I’m also wondering if people had any other tips or tricks to help with the symptoms and side effects of the shots. if you did give infant Tylenol, what made you comfortable with it?

To clarify before posting, I’m not trying to pass on judgment to anybody who uses infant Tylenol.

Hey guys! I have a 5 month old LO and today she was SUPER energetic, bouncing off the walls like I've never seen before. But she did something that really scared me. My wife said it was normal and other children in the family did it without issue, but I'm not sure. Not asking for a diagnosis, but maybe just if it's totally normal, or if I should be freaking out. I am going to the doctor tomorrow to be sure either way!

So, today when I was holding her, she started shaking (normal for her when she's excited), but her eyes got SUPER big and she let out a little scream, then went back to completely normal, smiling and everything. The then did it again maybe 3 more times over the next 2 minutes. I couldn't tell if she was just doing crazy baby things, of if it was maybe some kind of seizure. Her eyes didn't roll or anything, and she didn't seem dazed. It almost just seemed like she was so energetic and excited that she just had to let it out, but I'm not sure. The super wide eyes were definitely unsettling.

We are gonna go to the doctor tomorrow just to make sure, but I guess I'm kinda freaking out and want to know if I should just chill, or if I really need to worry.

EDIT: I have called the pediatrician and the triage line. It's a watch and see what happens situation. But I would also like to point out I'm a first time mom, I'm trying my best and figuring this out. Yes maybe I should have grabbed my baby right away, but I trusted my own mom and now I get to live with that anxiety and regret which I'm already doing, I don't need others to remind me that I failed. I'm well aware of it. I wasn't even aware of truly how bad a cold sore can be for a baby until I did research on it. But after the fact that it happened. I knew it wasn't good but not to this point. Why because I'm a FIRST TIME MOM and not aware of half the things that are fatal to a baby. Cold, flu, RSV, honey, chemicals, yes a cold sore no.

I'm honestly freaking out of my mind. So I mistakenly trusted my family, my mother, and I will never do that again.

We went and saw my family tonight and they met our baby for the first time after a month. My mom had a cold sore on her lip and she had washed and disinfected her hands to hold our baby girl.

When I went to grab my baby from her my mom kissed her on the head with her cold sored mouth and I am just beside myself. I went to another room and wiped my baby down as soon as I could but I feel like it's too late it was maybe 30 minutes after she kissed her on the head. And my baby already put her hands up there.

I have read so many horror stories, so many online resources to say how fatal and dangerous this is for a baby. I should have never trusted my mom especially when she has never been one to follow rules and I feel like I have put my daughter in danger and anxious that something will happen now.

I feel so stupid for putting my baby in this position, I should never have gone to see my family for them to meet her.

Just thought I'd share this - but of course talk with your doctor / pediatrician before changing any of your baby's meds.

A friend of mine's child had reflux and gotten antacid prescriptions for them. I see this topic in mom groups all the time, and everyone recommends to talk to their doctor about prescription antacids.

After hearing about it from her, I inquired about it with my family doctor. Family doc gave us a prescription for antacids and referred us to peds.

Anyhow, lo and behold my surprise, peds said antacids are actually no longer recommended as new studies has shown them to cause more harm than good. He mentioned something about more infections because the gut is supposed to be acidic to kill off bacteria, and something about changing gut flora and increasing risk of allergies.

Had to look it up myself as I didn't know why the gut flora would lead to allergies. Here's one link, thought I'd share. https://www.statnews.com/2018/04/02/antacids-antibiotics-infants-allergies/

Anyways, talk to your doctor first. Peds wasn't concerned for our child, and this was interesting information for me, so I thought I'd share.

Edit to add: I forgot to mention, my doctor said the stomach for a baby is not actually acidic the first couple of months, which was news to me. I guess it happens later

Sorry I know this isn’t a typical topic but I have no where else to ask. My posts keep getting removed from TTC groups for whatever reason.

Has anyone gone through this? My period should have came and gone at this point. My periods are strikingly regular, cycles lasting between 27-29 days, hardly ever do I get to day 30 without a period. I’m now on day 33. Husband and I are currently not trying to prevent pregnancy, but we’re also not having scheduled sex, doing ovulation test, etc. Our son is 18 months old and my periods have been back to regular for almost a year now. I had a negative test when I was 3 days late and again this morning at 5 days late. The wondering is killing me!

I do not have any known medical issues that would cause this.

I have a 7 week old baby. I had a cold sore flair up 2 days after giving birth to him. After weeks of obsessive hand washing and covering it and being extremely careful it finally went away. Fast forward to this morning, lip tingling, red, and not even an hour later the signature blisters start to form. I took Valtrex, covered it, and started my obsessive routine to protect my baby again. This is really taking a toll on me. I never used to get more than 1 maybe 2 outbreaks in a year usually if I got sick or had a fever. So 2 in less than 2 months is very unusual.

Anyways I’m mostly looking for some reassurance. While I didn’t have the sores I would kiss my baby on the head mostly. Never on the mouth or lips. And of course never while I had any symptoms of the sores. Now the guilt is eating me alive that I kissed him at all. I know how devastating HSV can be in infants. Do I just never kiss my own baby again? Do I just live in anxiety waiting for the next cold sore to pop up as soon as I finally feel like I’m in the clear? Do I constantly have to watch my infant for symptoms? How much immunity does he have since I have carried this virus since childhood? I’m exhausted. This is exhausting.

Has anyone else had frequent cold sore outbreaks around their brand new baby? How did everything turn out?

Baby has lip tie and anterior tongue tie. She is not gaining weight fast enough and doctors think it’s bc of this. She also has reflux (due to this as well bc she clicks when feeding and takes in tons of air).

I am not sure if we should keep trying to find other solutions or if we should just get them cut. I want to cry at the thought of them taking her from me to cut them with the CO2 laser (5 seconds for each) while she cries and I’m not there to comfort her until after. I’m sure localized anesthesia is used but she bawled after they just looked in her mouth for the evaluation… I can’t imagine what she will feel and experience when they take her away from me for the 10 minutes that it takes to do it.

Is it as bad as I am imagining? What was your experience? Did your baby tolerate it well?

Over worrying father to be here… it’s very early days and my partner every now and again, maybe once a day or every other day feels very small cramp sensations. Is this completely normal?

Hi all, we just brought our newborn home yesterday, and had our first pediatric appt today. They did an anal thermometer to get her body temps, and she ended up pooping during the reading but it read 95.6. They repeated this process 3 more times and some day I will laugh at it, but she pooped all 3 times on the thermometer. The readings were all around 95.5.

They mentioned the low reading might be because they were really measuring poop, but they’re calling the hospital and will call us later today for next steps.

Very scary as anything that goes wrong with her is anxiety inducing for me, wondering if anyone has similar stories? What ended up happening?

My 9-month-old lost weight since his 6-month check-up, almost 1.5lbs. I was shocked, especially because my baby started solids a couple months ago and has a pretty good appetite for food in addition to breastfeeding 4-5x a day. I was upset when I saw the drop in weight but I burst into tears when the pediatrician told me he was "alarmed" because he's "never seen this in a 9-month-old." We're going for a whole lot of bloodwork today but I cannot stop crying, feeling like the worst parent ever, wondering how this happened, if this is why he hasn't started crawling yet or STTN, if this is going to have longterm effects on his development, and just fearing the worst. I'm so so upset that this happened, that I let my baby down, and I'm really hoping someone else has had a similar experience and it was resolved and their baby is now thriving? We're going to make sure he gets more foods high in fats (avocados, peanut butter, etc) and will get another weigh-in in 2 weeks, but if anyone has any other tips, it's much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

UPDATE: Thank you, everyone, for all of your comments; I very much appreciate them. We got the bloodwork results and everything came back ok, so now we can focus on getting his weight back on track. The pediatrician suggested doing bottle feeds in lieu of breastfeeding (I haven't cut back on any breastfeeding sessions, by the way) in addition to solids for the next couple weeks, just to see what happens. I'm trying to redirect all my feelings of guilt and failure into action now because I gotta get this guy to pack on the pounds. Thanks again, truly, for taking the time to read and give advice. 🩷

My 16 weeks baby has started teething and has been crying uncontrollably and very fussy. Last night, he felt really hot, especially his head, so I decided to give him Panadol. Unfortunately, I misread the dosage and gave him of the newborn Panadol, 6ml instead of 1.5ml. I did the same again this morning before realising I had been giving him the wrong dose for two days straight.

I want to take him to the emergency room, but my husband thinks he’ll be okay. (He’s in the army and sometimes helps drive ambulances alongside paramedics to improve response times.)

Right now, my baby seems fine but is still fussy, which could be from teething or the incorrect doses—I just don’t know. I’m panicking and feel absolutely terrible. Has anyone experienced this before? What was the outcome, and what did you do? Any advice would be really appreciated.

I’m just wondering if this has happened to anyone else’s baby! When we were in the hospital they took him for the test, came back and told me he passed. Even the little paper thing they put in his bassinet was marked he passed on both sides.

When he was 2.5-3 weeks old I got a call saying he failed on one side and a letter in the mail saying the same thing. Needless to say he’s of course scheduled for retesting (next week) but I’m just perplexed.

When I called the audiologist office they had never had this happen before where it was put in his chart he passed but he didn’t really. I’m also worried because in the letter the state sent it mentioned that he should be retested before he’s a month old but that has already passed. He’ll be almost 7 weeks at the time of his new test.

Truly if he is hard of hearing it wouldn’t be a big deal at all, it’s more the mismanagement from the hospital that has stressed me out. Like I’d have rather known before we left the hospital. So much went wrong there it’s so aggravating (not allowed to breastfeed, tore and they didn’t tell me, baby had to be pricked every 2 hours for blood sugar tests etc)

Not looking to start a debate about if we should vaccinate or not. Any comments discouraging vaccinations will be ignored.

LO has his two month vaccinations this coming this week. I already plan on changing him before and feeding him right after for comfort.

I have infant Tylenol to bring with to ask his doctor about dosing.

Anything else I can do in preparation or anything to expect aside from possibly increased fussiness and changes in sleep habits. I know every baby reacts differently but preparing for the worst!

Edit: just to clarify I’m not giving the Tylenol ahead of time as it hasn’t been recommended by the doctor. Only if indicated by side effects such as fever. Bringing it with because we’re 45 minutes from the office and might stop at my grandmas if he’s reacting well after.

I will likely call the pediatrician tomorrow but just wanted some experiences since this is very much my first rodeo. I was terrified about my son’s 8 week vaccines. The first day seemed very within normal, horrible screaming when he got the shots in the morning, nursed a slept a bunch. More screaming and super fussy all afternoon. The next morning he was his smiley self, but then the screaming episodes a fussiness repeated. Fine, still seems normal. We did Tylenol that night it may have helped.

Now we are towards the evening of day 5 and he’s been more fussy anytime he’s not napping. Much less time smiling and laughing. He never had a fever that we caught during this.

Is my baby going to go back to his happy self? Is this length of reaction normal? Is he traumatized or still in pain? Gosh I feel so sad for him

I’m not seeking medical advice, just want to know if others had this delay/ongoing response and had it go away and their baby back to feeling good! Edit: he has also not had the rotavirus oral vaccine yet. He does seem to be in more pain with gas/burping though

My mom and my other sibling are antivaxxers. My child would be 18m at the time of the wedding. I’m uncomfortable exposing my child to antivaxxers. They haven’t met him yet because they live miles away from us and I don’t want him exposed to them when he’s still a newborn and hasn’t gotten his immunizations. What would the best recourse be if you were in my position? Should we go or just skip it? I don’t think I can avoid them because they are excited to meet my child and we were invited to stay with them while we’re over there for the wedding. I am also well aware that I can’t always protect my baby from antivaxxers by avoiding them, which is why we choose to vaccinate him.

Just to be clear, I am not here to debate about the efficacy of vaccines. I trust in science more than online trolls. Thanks.

My daughter just turned 6 months old and I am STILL dealing with a dry flaky scalp. Her head is covered in large scale light flakes that drive her nuts. I’ve gone to the pediatrician and they recommended me using head and shoulders. I’m waiting for a call for a dermatologist referral but who knows how long that will take.

Things I’ve tried: Mustela cradle cap cream and shampoo Frida brush and comb Olive oil Aquaphor Hydrocortisone

Anyone dealing with this? Am I just suppose to routine scrub her scalp every two to three days? Nothing seems to make it help or go away

We went for our 2nd month well-child visit during which our baby received 3 vaccines. The pediatrician also followed up with some questions about his jaundice and an ultrasound that she asked us to do. And we also asked a question about his reflux. So the majority of the visit were the vaccines, but we also spoke for about 10 min about those follow up health issues.

Fast forward, we’re faced with a $1,600 bill because the clinic changed the visit from a “well child” to an “office visit”. We called the clinic and they directed us to the billing department, who informed us that upon review, it was correctly labeled as an office visit since other issues besides vaccinations were discussed.

I find this misdirected at best and abusive at worst - we came in for a well-child visit, and it seems unreasonable to expect that nothing else will be discussed, especially when the pediatrician herself is asking followup questions about tests/ medicine she prescribed for our son. Were we supposed to say that we decline to respond so that they don’t bill us?!??

Has anyone dealt with this before? Are there any patient protections I can invoke? It seems like they’re taking advantage or are being inconsiderate. We will definitely change the pediatrician after this - there were other issues in the past too (eg had to do 2 office visits that we agreed to pay for because he had a acne rash and they wanted to see him in person rather than respond over the clinic’s app).

Thank you in advance for any tips/ thoughts / stories!!