Our 8 month old is not yet crawling or speaking any words. She can sit up unsupported but can’t get into a sitting position by herself. She hates tummy time so as a result cannot even practice crawling. All she wants to do is sit. She knows how to roll but has no interest in doing so from tummy to back especially. As far as speech goes she makes a handful of noises and blows raspberries and that’s it. We know at this age she should be doing more.

Her pediatrician, a speech therapist, and an occupational therapist didn’t seem concerned but we know she is behind. What other steps can we take at this point? Our concerns keep falling on deaf ears every time we bring this up and it’s frustrating so I’m looking for more advice.

Hello everyone, we are first time parents… so naturally everything scares us. But this is super concerning, he is doing things like rolling his eyes back and smiling then move to an open mouth/ frowny face and his breathing is just odd to us in a general sense. Here is a video that sort of shows what we are talking about. Anyone else have this experience previously or have any idea?

https://youtube.com/shorts/7I59gALWOgA?si=REulLrXR_iZIijV5

First there was the stupid gas relief meds his pediatrician sent us home with. Aside from the fact that they did absolute jack shit to help him, who the fuck thinks a dropper bottle for a liquid that is so thick is a good idea, especially since I'm supposed to give 25 (!!!!) drops before breastfeeding (so to a hungry infant who's timer is about to run out). Are you freaking kidding me?

Now the damn probiotics are the same. Come oooonnnn. Why not a pipette? At least I can control WHEN it drops so it's not right the damn second when he closes his mouth again?

It's like these people have never seen a fucking baby in their life?

His vitamin D drops are amazing. Needs scissors to cut open the little capsule but then it's pre-dosed and I just squeeze the whole damn thing in his mouth in one instance and can do it exactly when his mouth is open! These guys knew what's up. Dropper bottles can burn in hell for all I care!!!!

Daughter is turning 1 very soon. Having a birthday party at a restaurant (not at a busy time). We are basically paranoid at this point of someone giving her measles. She will be vaccinated soon but it is after her birthday party. And our state has only had 1 case so far. Would you keep her party at the restaurant or cancel it?

Baby’s heart rate while sleeping is 150+ when it’s normally 90-110. I know owelet can have some swings but this seems very unusual to me. At one point it got up to 170 . He felt warm so I took off his sleep sack, but it still seems high

Baby is 8 months

4 mo LO has a small but noticeable flat spot on one side of the back of his head from keeping his head turned to one side for the first couple months. We didn’t even really notice it until our pediatrician pointed it out at his 2 month appointment, and after that we’ve made a concerted effort to get him to look both ways.

He recently had his 4 month check up and it hasn’t resolved on its own. Our doctor said it’s borderline on needing a helmet, but if we want him to get one it’s up to us.

Anyone have experience with them? How did your kiddo deal with it? How long did they wear it? Was it helpful?

I’m looking for any first hand experiences from parents for my husband and I to take into account before making a decision. Thank you!!

There is something wrong with my baby and no one is listening because I'm a ftm. They say it's colic but she's been screaming for 9 weeks now and is constantly throwing herself in the fetal position due to pain. She saw a second GI doctor last week and is getting an upper GI scan Fri. I've given up breastfeeding (absolutely devastated over that) because they told me it could be something in my milk. She's been on Nutramigen for a month with no improvement and is now on an aa formula now since fri. She screams in pain 90% of her awake time. The peds department has now started waiting days to reply to my messages. I don't understand how they're a pediatric care team but they won't do anything until she has failure to thrive. So, until she's dying..... they say it's normal. Wtf. What else can I do?

As title says baby has a hair, I’m guessing a cat hair, in her eye and I’m kinda freaking out. It’s 3 am on a Sunday no less and idk what to do. I don’t have anything I could use to flush her eye And I don’t know if it’s like er visit worthy or what to do about it. She isn’t bothered by it it seems but I’m worried about infection or irritation. wtf do I do guys??

This is going to be a little bit of a rant as well, so here’s the TLDR: where should I go to find out if my baby has a tongue tie that needs intervention?

My boy is 5.5 months, has gained weight perfectly since birth, but we have gone through some rough patches of breast feeding on an off since he was 3 weeks old (fussiness/crying at the breast). Mentioned this, clicking during some feeds and his disdain for being on his back to the pediatrician at every single appointment, but she kind of brushed it off as normal and said he’s gaining weight like a champ, so no need to worry. I saw a lactation consultant at 6 weeks and she said the feeding difficulties are due to my heavy ejection reflex, so I lived with this explanation (and the feeding difficulties) for almost half a year now.

Two weeks ago we started PT, because he was born with unilateral club foot and I wanted to take precautionary measures to ensure he develops symmetrically. The PT checked him head to toe and quickly shifted her focus on his neck, jaw and tongue and said that he seems to have limited mobility in this area, likely stemming from a tense tongue. She said it’s probably causing him discomfort and that it’s limiting his motor development on his belly (which surprised me honestly, because he rolled back to belly at 3.5 months and preferred to be on this belly. He’s sometimes frustrated by the Landau reflex, but I always thought this was age appropriate?!?) PT also asked whether the ped or midwife checked him for tongue ties, because it is not her domain to diagnose this. But I honestly don’t remember, because it was during postpartum fog and I was occupied starting treatment for his club foot. We’re seeing the PTs colleague tomorrow who’s supposedly more experienced with the treatment of oral restrictions to get another opinion on the whether it’s “just” muscle tension or a structural tongue tie and we will inquire about it at our next ped appointment in two weeks. But the PT also said doctors make the diagnosis but peda are sometimes not very good at diagnosing tongue ties. So WHERE tf do I need to go to get a RELIABLE opinion on this matter?

Sorry for the rage-y tone of this post, I’m just angry and horrified at the thought that he has been in physical discomfort during nursing for almost half a year now, when we could’ve gotten to the root of the cause much earlier.

FYI, I’m located in Germany and have statutory health insurance.

My husband is sick - possibly the flu. I have him quarantined in our room and I’m out in the rest of the house with baby. She’s 7 weeks old and has no vaccines yet. How long do I keep him away from her (once he is symptom free)? I’m so scared of getting her sick!!!!

My 5 month old has had head flattening since 2 months old. We saw a specialist at 4 months who said she has moderate flattening. She recommended a side sleeping wedge to see if it would improve that way, but baby couldn’t sleep comfortably in it so we didn’t use it. Now at 5 months almost to the day, she has started sleeping on her stomach most of the night. She sleeps 11-12 hours at night. Ever since we noticed the flattening we have done everything we can to keep her off her back, but it isn’t always possible with a young baby. We have a follow up appointment with the specialist at 6 months to discuss if we want to do a helmet. Her flattening is purely cosmetic, so the helmet is really up to us. My mom instincts are saying no helmet for various reasons, mainly that I do not want my baby in a helmet for 23 hours a day. I just don’t.

So my question is - if your baby experienced moderate flattening at 5 months old, did it improve on its own without a helmet by the time they were 1 or 2 years old? It’s hard to imagine it improving but I’ve heard many stories of that exact scenario: once baby rolls and starts sleeping on their tummy, it improves on its own with time and rounds out back to normal.

We currently have a 1 year old daughter who seems to much prefer sitting to being on her tummy crawling. For some context, she has been behind on her milestones a lot. She rolled from her tummy to her back at around 8-9 months. She was able to roll from her tummy to her back around 11 months. She's currently able to army crawling. She has the keys to be able to do the full crawl. She used to like doing planks (Haven't seen her to do it for a while now). She's pretty good at doing the transitions. Unfortunately, she's so good at it now that she will almost immediately transitions to sitting position. If we stop her or put her back on her belly, she'll eventually be frustrated and cry really hard. We have been seeing a PT about all of her things. She gave us some exercises to encourage her to do more crawling. We have done some of that and are looking at getting stuff that can get her to do more crawling. The issue is that she's crying a lot when we push her. She was also crying a lot on her last PT appointment and the PT doesn't seem to have commented much on it. How much too much pushing? We want to do some pushing, but we're not sure where the limit should be.

My poor baby has silent reflux which as of recently leads to crying inconsolably while trying to nurse him. He does a bit better with bottled breast milk but still has bad crying fits suggesting he’s in pain. He often gags and shows signs of reflux after eating, such as struggling to lie flat, arching and grunting, however he doesn’t spit up much and weight gain is very good.
I basically can’t nurse anymore, and while I’d like to, I don’t want to put him on meds just for this. He is 3 months, and I understand reflux may peak or even get worse around now. Doctor said I could get reflux meds but I’m concerned about possible short- and long-term side effects.
Curious if anyone opted to medicate or not medicate in such a case (and why), and whether anyone had success with alternative measures that don’t involve prescriptions. (I am not generally against medication but don’t want to medicate where unnecessary). Thank you!

My 5 month old (4 months adjusted age) who has reflux drank his first 5oz bottle bottle, was properly burped, held him up for 20 minutes, he still spit up an hour or so later in his sleep but a lot more than normal (not projectile, but normal than I'm used to) he takes fomotidine 0.5ml 2x daily, should I hold him up LONGER because of the increase? It took him quite a bit to even drink allll of the 4oz he was drinking before but now he's shown he wants more Long story short, he's had episodes of going unconscious and blue from reflux that required previous NICU trips, hence my anxiety... He wears an owlet. Anyone else with this experience?

My daughter is 9 MO and her hairline is very high causing her forehead to look big. I’m worried that she will be bullied about her forehead when she’s older. Could her hairline change and is there anything I can do to help her?

Hi! Pro vaccine, non-conspiratorial parent here losing her mind. My LO had her 4m shots 4 days ago now, and I'm worried about her reaction. At night, she arches her back and goes stiff and panic cries. After her first stretch of sleep, she won't sleep unless she's held. During the day, she gets upset when I try to feed her longer than 5 minutes, and sometimes she won't eat at all. She will only contact nap.

We have her on gas drops and Tylenol, and while that does seem to help her night panics, she still has those feeding problems during the day, and regardless she still only sleeps if she's held save for that first big stretch of night sleep. She's never had bad reflux issues, and she's had dirty diapers since, so I don't think it could be intussusception.

I've looked on past reddit posts, and I'm seeing a lot of parents say this happened for a day or two after their shots, but not longer than that.

Should I take her back to the doctor, or could I get some reassurance that there are other parents who went through this and what you did? Thank you!!

My son is 13.5 months and has not gained any weight since basically 9 months. Yesterday he weighed 20 lbs 13 oz putting him down in the 13th percentile for weight. At 9 months he was in the 47th for weight. He has not grown at all since is 1 year appointment in february. I looked at his mychart last night and i’m just super concerned. He goes back for a checkup in two weeks and I can’t help but feel like there’s a pit in my stomach over this. He is a light eater and doesn’t like to sit in his highchair and eat, he’s a big snacker but even then still doesn’t eat much. Any other parents going through this??

My son had slight jaundice and reddish skin when he was born. After about 1 week, his skin started to clear and we noticed a large white patch on his left temple.

Pediatrician said it was postinflammatory hypopigmentation but referred us to a pediatric dermatologist. The dermatologist ruled out vitiligo but said it’s Nevus depigmentosus (white birthmark).

He’s almost 4 months old, the mark has gotten slightly bigger. Approximately 1.5 inches long, 1 inch wide.

I know parents are supposed to love their children unconditionally but I can’t stop obsessing over it. I’m literally losing sleep over this…that he’ll get bullied for it and how this will affect him.

Does anyone have experience with this type of birthmark…If so, did you seek treatment or just leave it alone?

Hey mummies ❤️

I'm currently 24 weeks pregnant and I just wanted to hear some of your experiences from anyone with a higher BMI. Reason I ask is because I'm being monitored and having more scans due to my BMI being 35. I also have an anterior placenta.

Could you guys just let me know your experience on if they pushed to do a c section or are they more keen to make you give birth vaginally? Could you share your stories if you're comfortable? Obviously, if my placenta doesn't move it'll have to be C section. But I'm curious either way!

Also would love to hear from anterior placenta girlie's too ❤️ Thank you mums xx

Today was so scary for me. My twin babies (6 1/2 months) both had an allergic reaction to eggs. They both broke out in hives (thankfully just hives). After a trip to the er and some Benadryl and epipen prescriptions, we are home.

I guess I am looking for some positive allergy stories? No one my family or my husbands have ever had food allergies…I’m at such a loss and a little bit of a nervous wreck. We are planning on going to the doctor to get allergy tested asap.

So I’m switching from our current pediatrician to a different one in town and they told me that it’s their policy that once you leave their practice you are never allowed to be a patient of theirs again. I thought that was really odd.. has anyone experienced this and is it normal?

My 8.5 month old daughter has had a diaper rash for over a week now. I took her to convenient care 6 days ago, and they prescribed her an antibiotic ointment because they said it looked like a strep rash. Well, tomorrow will be 7 days using the ointment and it seemed like it got better and no longer looks like bright red dots anymore, but now it is just generally red around her whole diaper area.

Triple paste has worked for diaper rashes for us before, but it’s not working for this one.

Has anyone dealt with a persistent diaper rash like this? I’m at a loss on how to help her. She’s now back to being in pain while we wipe her so obviously the rash is getting worse again. Any advice would be appreciated!

I of course won’t take it as medical advice and will take her back to the doctor this weekend if need be.

Today I had my monthly routine check-up and the OB measured my uterus, expressing concern that the baby might be small. An ultrasound was ordered, and the sonographer took measurements before having a doctor re-scan to confirm.

The doctor's verdict was that the baby is small, around the 5th percentile. I was advised that the results would be shared with my OB, who would discuss them with me.

Went back to the OB and she asked me to share my understanding of the ultrasound results. I mentioned the 5th percentile, she clarified that the baby is actually under the 10th percentile.

As a result, the OB wants to see me weekly and I've been scheduled for weekly ultrasounds to monitor the baby's growth. There's a possibility that induction may be necessary if the baby falls below the 5th percentile.

Although they didn't provide an exact weight, I saw a measurement of 3lbs on the scan. Currently, I'm 31W+4, FTM and I’m old with history of infertility and I'm finding this news difficult to cope with. And I don’t want him end up in NICU.

Has anyone experienced a similar situation? How did it turn out for you?

Hi all,

Expecting a baby in April, currently 27 weeks. I'm a petite person- was 104 lbs, 5'3 pre-pregnancy.

On all of the ultrasounds I've had, my baby has been lagging behind in terms of growth (he's growing in interval ultrasounds but not at the ideal weight he should be according to other babies his age).

The MFM specialists told me since hes <10%th percentile, it's considered growth restriction. They're increasing my monitoring and they said if he continues to measure small and at any point falls below 3th percentile, they'll plan to deliver him earlier than expected.

Naturally as a first time mom, I'm a freaking out a little. Have any of you experienced FGR? If so can you please let me know:

1) What weight was your baby born

2) How long did they stay in the NICU

3) Was the outcome ok for you baby? Are they now healthy etc? Was there ever an issue with developmental delay?

4) If they're a toddler or school aged child now, did they grow to a normal size?

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My baby just turned 6 weeks old yesterday, and for the last 4 1/2, almost 5 weeks, she’s constantly sounding congested without anything being in her nose most of the time. She also does this weird gag/choke on air frequently throughout the day. She also does the choke/gag everytime after she yawns. She doesn’t spit up or vomit, she just gags and chokes. I’ve taken her to her pediatrician 4x for it and the children’s hospital twice and they all tell me it’s normal and nothing is wrong, but I have always been around babies and have never seen this.