Community Posts, Tips & Support on Child Development

Where do I start?

How do you start? Do you just remove the nappy one day and that’s it or ask them to go on a potty a few times a day?

My little one hasn’t started potty training yet but was wondering if I should change her to pull ups. She’s 17 months old and is in size 5/6 nappies. Are your little ones in pull ups or still nappies?

My 8 month old is having teething signs. How long does it usually take for the teeth to break through ?does this look like they are coming out soon ?

Is it possible for a baby to start teething at 6 weeks old? My LO has white bits on her gums, and is showing all the signs of teething described on the NHS website: Sore gums Mild temperature around 37.2-37.4 (not all the time) Flushed cheeks Dribbling more Chewing on hands Needing her dummy more Irritable w...

Hi all! Little boy has been potty training for the past two days, just pants on through the day. He’s done so well with wees, mostly can tell me before anything comes and only a couple of times has had tiny leak before going to the potty. However, it’s clear today that he needs a poo and he has sat on the potty a...

How do yall tell if your baby is teething or not? My son never had a bad experience or symptoms when he was teething. They just popped through, no extra fussy days or EXCESSIVE chewing & drooling. But my twins are 7 months now and I’m wondering if one of them is teething? They’ve both been gnawing on teething toys s...

Hey ladies! My son is 2.5 years old and he started off with blisters on his mouth and tongue. And now, his gums have overlapped his teeth, the two teeth beside his 2 top teeth are completely covered. It’s been like this for almost a week. Any advice? Anyone gone through this?

I noticed this morning by little boy has started to cut a tooth. Can’t really see much at the minuet, but it feels sharp. How long roughly does it take for it to fully cut through? FTM and first tooth

My daughter is coming up to 10 weeks and I know it seems super early but I suspect she is starting to teeth. She has become sensitive to touching her cheeks, dribbling ALOT and always chewing on her fingers, any advice or suggestions what it could be?

What are people using that actually works? The teething granules just don’t seem to cut it for my little boy and he’s walking up sobbing in the night and pulling on his ears! He’s currently cutting tooth No. 9 after the 1st 8 coming through by 6 months!

This is our 3rd time trying to potty train. We’ve been in undies for weeks. She says she needs to go potty once she’s already started peeing/pooping. When we take her potty otherwise, she doesn’t go. Very often, she will have an accident 5 mins after we tried going potty

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow at 11 and I’m just getting a crown put on and I need him to watch the kids for 1hr, he told me he has to study for a job interview (that’s Thursday) and the kids are my responsibility since I’m the mom and he doesn’t have time (he’s know about this for weeks now too and it’s a 5...

Does anyone know any dentists accepting NHS patients in Plymouth?

We are a week and a half into potty training. I take him to the toilet every hour and he successfully does wee most of the time. He still only poos in his nappy in the morning or at night. We also have regular accidents. My question is he doesn’t yet tell me when he needs to go, I have to remind him it’s time to go ...

Is anyone else going through a phase where their toddler wants to strip off completely all the time?! Whenever we’re at home she starts by saying top off and the next minute she’s yanking her pants and nappy off too! She’s just about to turn 2. She’s also doing it at nursery too. It only started a week ago, and she...

My child was officially diagnosed with severe autism at 10 months. She is none verbal and unable to communicate in any way. I potty trained my first child at 18 months old as I intended to with this child however shes very complexed and I’m unsure how to even begin.

Legit question my husband asked me and I have no idea what I’d do in the situation!😂 What do you do if out walking with baby (1- 3 months old (like around the park in the carrycot pram) in winter (in England so quite cold in winter!!) and they do a poo or have a blowout? Can you change nappy outside in the cold?…

Has anyone had any issues with their gums?! mine are swollen and sore i’ve been flossing using salt water and theyre just not getting any better😩

Baby has been crying on and off since 3am, at 6am we managed to get her to sleep. She has been running a fever (38 degrees). Does teething make baby have a fever? She’s is 6 months old. She still feeding but will moan while on the breast.