Community Posts, Tips & Support on Child Development

Anyone else dread tooth brush time? My little one screams bloody murder everytime and I always end up with blood on the brush...not sure if I'm doing it too hard? I brush them twice a day so I don't think it would be gum disease even if its always a struggle 😭

Hey everyone!! when did you bring your LO for their first dentist appointment?

I didn’t start potty training my son until he turned 3 (feb 2024) and he did excellent. We went straight to underwear and had very few accidents. Sometime in August 2024 he hit a regression where he stopped telling us he had to pee and would just hold it until he went on himself. I’ve been told it’s just a phase but...

I don’t know if my LB is teething or not but he’s been so unsettled the last two days…. I’ve resorted to calpol as it seems to be the only thing to help! I feel awful for giving it to him two days on the trot but I’m at my wits end and just feel helpless, he seems in pain and has just cried non stop for about 40 min...

When would you take baby to dentist? She has 1 tooth but I keep seeing people taking as soon as tooth pops through. I rang the dentist and they told me not to bother until they are 3.

My 3 year old daughter is in nursery, her nursery are very pushy on the kids being independent (3,4,5 year olds). Am I asking too much for my daughter to be supervised when going to the toilet? I’m not asking them to go in but maybe just walk past or stand outside the door to make sure she’s okay?

Hey ladies! I am being induced tomorrow night to have my son, and i have been told by so many people to be ready to be peed on A LOT. Neither my boyfriend or i have any experience with baby boys, as our first two are girls. So any advice with diaper changes would be great, and what to expect 😅

A few days ago I noticed and bit of my front tooth is chipped. I'm a little worried about what the dentist will need to do to fix it and whether it would be safe to have. Anybody had any similar experiences or know if there's anything I need to be worried about? Don't know what they'll need to do for a chipped tooth...

Hi what age did some of you start potty training your little ones

HELP! my baby is 10 weeks old and i have suspicions she’s early onset teething. is this possible? she’s constantly chewing her hands and the past week or so she’s been so much more irritable, screaming, dribbling more than usual and not really napping and if she does it’s for like 20 minutes. however she hasn’t gone...

My nine month old has what looks like a top tooth coming in. There has been what looks like a top middle tooth visible just under the gum. It’s been there a week but hasn’t cut through yet, is this normal?

Am I seeing things..or can anyone else see the two white lines, what I’m assuming is teeth getting ready to slowly make an appearance 🫣

I’ve got into a situation where our baby won’t poo until I take their wet nappy off. So if they’ve had a wee I get a wet wipe and a poo will likely follow and it goes all over the changing mat. I have to hold their legs up and wait while they are done (it’s takes a while). It’s been over a week and I’ve not had one...

She just randomly jumped off she kinda knows not to by now but she’s 18months and her nose looks red and her mouth too! She fell on tile :/ I’m scared her nose is broken or something. Had this happened to anyone here? What do I do !

We’ve been potty training my nearly 3 year-old daughter for 6 months now and she hardly ever says she needs to go to the potty and on top of that she often is reluctant to go to the potty when we suggest she goes, resulting in ‘accidents’. We’re a bit loss what else to do. We have a chart and we celebrate the succes...

Is anyone else having trouble with their kids not keeping their shoes or socks on when they are out? We lost a shoe while he was in the buggy yesterday and I try really hard to teach him that when we are outside, shoes are on but he just keeps taking them off. Any advice or can anyone relate?

my baby girl has finally woke up with bumpy gums and i was wondering roughly how long after getting a bumpy gum did/does teeth usually cut through?

We are on day 2 of potty training. My son has yet to do anything in the potty... he's had wees on the floor and poos (we're going bare). I don't mind the accidents as we just clean them up. He started saying "oh no" when goes on the floor and I say don't worry, it's OK! Potty next time! He's starting to say wee pott...

My little boy is 4 months and I think he’s started teething? He’s started to scream like crazy really randomly, and then he’s fine a few mins later. Also has his hands in his mouth all the time and the amount of dribble is crazy! Is anyone else’s little one teething yet, and what teething gel do you use/find works...

Does anyone have any advice over what teething products to help my LO? We think he has teeth coming through and is constantly chewing his hand!