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Poppy is 10 months now, and I always said I would go back to work when she turns One. I lost my job shortly BEFORE finding out I was pregnant, so spent my entire pregnancy not working. So it's been a while! I'm stuck for what to do though - I HATE the thought of going out to work and leaving...

Now Poppy finally has a tooth, I'm already obsessed with brushing it and keeping it clean! (I was a dental nurse and saw FAR too many tiny children with tooth decay). The problem is, we give her a feed right before bed, and 9 times out of 10 she falls asleep whilst we're giving it to her...

As most of you probably know, we started BLW with Poppy at 5 and a half months. It wasn't for us, so we switched to TW. She was on two meals a day until very recently (because she just point blank refused to eat at lunchtime), but now she is on three meals a day. However, these three meals are...

Poppy is 8 months old today. I was flicking through my Birth - Five NHS book today and it says it's a good idea to introduce a cup rather than a bottle from 6 months, which we have; she's been drinking her water from a sippy cup for about 2 months now, and at dinner time I give it to her in a...

I've lived in Suffolk for two years now (moved here to be with OH), and still don't have any proper friends here and have decided I really need to do something about it! I was living in Hemel Hempstead before and desperately want to move back purely because I miss my family and friends so much...

I'm going to hold my hands up and say that I don't always give Poppy homemade purees and am finding myself giving her more and more jarred food. At the moment it's about 50/50 with the amount of homemade and jarred food she eats. Is it really such a bad thing? I do still make batches of food for...

Poppy has had a bad cold for the past couple of days, but today when she woke up both of her eyes were weeping loads of yellowish green gunge. Her eyes are also really bloodshot. I've booked an appointment with the GP first thing tomorrow morning, but does this sound like conjunctivitis? it...

We started a bedtime routine when Poppy was 3 weeks old, and stuck with it until recently when she's suddenly started being very clingy at bedtime and so we can't actually put her in her cot until she's already asleep otherwise she cries. Everything else is pretty much led by Poppy - her naps...

Everybody says that Poppy is the spitting image of me. I've not heard anybody say she looks like her Daddy! I've realised that most babies either look like one parent or the other, it's rarely a mix of both parents from what I've noticed. So I'm interested in knowing who your LO looks like...

Poppy sits unsupported very well now, and will stay sitting up for long periods of time. But every now and then, she decides to throw herself backwards. I keep cushions around her so that she doesn't bump her head, but they frustrate her because she can't reach for things as easy. At what point...

Poppy is still not quite managing three meals a day yet. We started with BLW but have moved on to purees (still offering finger foods also). Although I do offer her porridge or weetabix in the mornings, she rarely has more than a mouthful or two. She normally has a fair amount at lunchtime and...

Poppy has never been a sicky baby - until now. Since we started weaning her, she'll often throw up after her milk feeds. She's never sick after she's eaten actual food, it's only her milk. We're definitely not over-feeding her; we're doing mixed BLW and TW and she's still not actually eating a...

Me and my partner have noticed recently that Poppy has fine, light-coloured pubic hair 'down there' and that there seems to be a little bit more every week or so. I wasn't concerned until I looked it up and found out it could be some kind of hormonal problem :( I know I shouldn't google! But has...

We've been doing great with BLW so far. The odd couple of gagging episodes, but nothing too bad. Tonight, however, she was having some toast and made a few gagging noises so I just let her cough it out.. but she didn't. She stopped gagging and went bright bright, eyes watering, mouth wide open...

Does anybody have a rear-facing car seat for an older baby? I've read that they're 5x safer than a standard forward-facing one, and that children should be rear-facing until at least 2 and a half years old! But they're also much more expensive! We're looking at getting one because we travel to...

Poppy sleeps 12-13 hours through the night so I know I shouldn't really be worrying about this, but I was a little worried that her bedtime is too late. Her normal bedtime is usually around 8.30pm, mainly because this is when she seems to start getting tired. We did have it at 7pm for ages, but...

At the moment, me and OH have a rota where one night one of us will bath Poppy, read her a story, bottle then bed, and the other will clear up after dinner and wash/dry-up, and we alternate nights. When my OH does the clearing up and washing up, he waits until 11pm at night to do it, and leaves...

Anyone else's LO do this? Poppy has recently started doing it, no idea why, it doesn't seem to be for attention. Is it just because she's learning to use her mouth and voice, and coughing is something she knows how to do so keeps doing it?!

I'm struggling! There a piles of laundry to be done, my house is a tip and I'm just really struggling to keep on top of it all. How do you manage? It wasn't so bad when Poppy was a newborn because she slept the majority of the day, but now she's 6 months she requires a lot more of my attention...

I know there have been loads of threads like this before, I just thought I'd post a new one. How much of a gap do you plan on leaving between now and having your next baby? I'm broody already but we're waiting until after we get married (next year) to have another one.