Community Posts, Tips & Support on Child Development

My nearly 3 year old has never been to the toilet or potty. (Not for the want of my trying). Hes very intelligent, active boy but physically refuses to go no matter how much I bribe him. It’s like he’s taunting me because he knows he should go but because I ask he’s very stubborn and refuses. He starts pre school ...

i’m getting so frustrated at home we’re dry all day, no accidents. at nursery he just wets himself all day. i’ve asked them over and over not to ask him if he needs a wee, but just to take him for one but he’s still coming home and will have had 1 wee at nursery and wet himself for the rest. it’s so frustrating c...

How to know if my 3 months old is teething ? He’s very irritable, won’t nap today and one of he’s cheek is read, I checked his mouth but I can’t tell. Gave him a teething toy and it seems to help

Best travel potty recommendations, please!

just looking for some advice/tips. Baby boy was born 6lb 4oz so is quite small and may be a contributing factor. but we’re having a lot of accidents where his urine is coming through his nappy to his clothes, just wondering if we’re doing something wrong.

About a month ago I found out my son has autism. A month ago I was trying to potty train thinking he was ready. He used the potty maybe 5 or 6 times. And then he stopped(same with brushing his teeth in the morning). A few days ago I noticed he was taking his diaper off more. I do have him sit on the potty to see if ...

So my daughter is 18 months and I wanted her to start potty training right away. She seems to be scared to go potty and to see if she either pooped, pee or a little of both but she wanted to walk away from her potty chair. It was a difficult to get her to go potty to give it a try. Any advise to get her go to the po...

Has anyone got any tips on how I can brush my grandsons teeth? He’s got two at the bottom but every time i try to get the toothbrush in his mouth to brush them he sticks his tongue out or clamps his mouth shut so I can’t get to them. The only thing he opens his mouth for is food, a bottle, toys and fingers 🤣

Hiya has anyone started potty training yet? Any tips on how to approach it/know when they are ready. He will be 20m on the 14th. Many thanks :)

When your little one is teething or cutting a tooth have you found that they are generally unwell at the time too e.g runny nose, cough etc?

My baby is 4 and a half months and he is teething so badly (gums are very swollen) I have some anbesol liquid here and it says 5 months and over. Does anyone know if it would be dangerous to give to my baby as he isn’t quite 5 months yet. I’ve tried granules and gel but it just isnt doing much

I feel like I should have started earlier but due to being pregnant I did not get the chance during this summer 2024. What tips and tricks we can do to get her started she is at preschool right now and have advised them to start her potty training too.

My LO seems to teeth really bad. It started when he was 3 months and no signs of any teeth yet and he's 7.5 months. We go through 5 teething bips a day, constant fuzziness, biting everything even people and at least once a month has a few days of screaming day/night, diarrhoea etc… the only thing which seems to work...

We've been trying to potty train our lb for the past 2 days & it's going horrendously. He has accidents then holds it in until he's absolutely desperate. Managed to get him to have a wee on the potty but he was hysterical & screaming to get off. Any tips or is he just not ready? Hate the pressure from older family m...

Soooo... are we doing this now? In all honesty, I haven't started. I have a realistic toilet style one in the bathroom that she plays with but that's about it. How are we planning on doing it?

Have any of you tried EC (elimination communication) with your LO to help with potty training/ staying off the nappies? I want to start ASAP but I’m a little intimidated, any advice would help xx

Hi mums! My little one is turning one in a week and only just started teething. It was her two bottom teeth at first but now her fangs had come in too! I'm not sure if it's normal because everyone tells me it's the two front teeth that should next.

Has anyone’s kid ever hit their tooth/gums? What did you do for it? It’s not wiggly at all and stopped bleeding right away but I’m worried about the tooth being injured and getting discolored.

Anyone else’s 11 week old showing signs of teething? LO is constantly chewing on everything in sight, dribbling and really irritatable 🥴 thought they’d be too young at this age. Any recommendations on what I could give a baby this age for teething?

We've been training a week and my son will happily sit on the potty but he won't wee. He will wee pretty much exactly 10mins after he's on it. Advice?