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Baby stroller
Is a stroller really necessary for a newborn? When do you start using a stroller for your child?
Antenatal classes
Would love to take recommendations on antenatal classes in Singapore. Any view on Thomson's program versus, say, beloved bumps or hospital classes?
I'm pregnant with no. 3
Hi my first daughter is 3 years old and my second son is 9 month. Now I'm pregnant going 3 month. Now I'm finding a confinement lady for day time. As my mom n mom in law are working. And nobody take care of me and baby arrival. As my 2 kids send to childcare n infantcare.
Baby proofing!!
This is how you baby proof yourself.
Baby refuses to clean her tongue
My baby is going 9mo. Recently, it has been getting harder to clean her tongue as she refuses to open her mouth. Mummies, any tips to share on how you all clean LO tongue? And I’m not sure if it’s because she is teething soon, that’s why she refuses to clean her tongue and gums?
any good pd in yishun
hi people any good pd at yishun area. require urgently.
Constipation relief for babies
Hi mummies, can you share what are the constipation remedies that you give your babies? My girl has been having constipation often since she started on solids. And she dislikes drinking water.
Teething Gel
Hi, can anyone advise if it is safe to use teething gel on baby?
Flatter right head
My LO has preference to look right when he sleeps, he is 6w old and now his head is flatter on the right side. He has been sleeping in a cocoonababy, which seems to be working as he sleeps longer. Tried to slightly block him from turning right with adding padding under his sheet , but he doesn’t seem to settle to bed when i tried to do so. Should i be worried for a long term effect? Any advice? All i did now is to turn his cot around so facing us on his left.
Should I let my baby cry?
Hi parents, I’m a father of a 6 weeks old baby boy. I would like to find out if it is best practice to attend to my baby every time he cries? During the first month, my wife and mother in law were extremely attentive. For instance when my boy wets his diapers and starts crying, they would rush to change it and soothe the baby. On the other hand, I am more calm and would still do the necessary while allowing the baby to cry for a little bit (20-30 seconds more). Being a first time parent, I thought that it’s best that I’m careful with administering the need and am unfazed by the crying. Perhaps because of that my mother-in-law thought that I was inexperienced and hence tended to the baby herself most of the time, which upset me a little. But I acknowledged she had good intentions. After baby’s first month, mother-in-law moved out and went back to her place. It’s now my wife, baby and myself. And boy - I feel like a man and a daddy now! Though there is less help, more inconvenience and less sleep every night, I feel much happier. My boy is on his 6th week now and he still cries. The question I would like to ask is: should I still attend to my child every-time he cries? This is my current protocol: 1. Check if baby is hungry, meal time 2. Check if baby has soiled his diapers 3. Check if baby is feeling uncomfortable (warm, sleeping position) If any of the three is present, administer immediately calmly. If the none of the above is present, 1. Check if there is likelihood of stomach ache, colic If yes, administer some form of massage, carrying the baby around the house, skin to skin touch if no, allow the baby to cry (threshold 10 minutes), and afterwards soothe the baby. If crying still happens after soothing, repeat 10 minutes threshold of crying. I tried doing that over the past two nights and my observation is that my boy sometimes gradually stops crying and goes to sleep on the 8th minute. I noticed that there are two types of crying A) baby has an immediate need B) baby wants skin to skin time, to be comforted and to be carried around by wife and this sometimes prevents her from having proper rest and doing house chores When only situation B happens, that is when I will practise the 10 minutes threshold crying. My objective is to allow the baby to learn to self soothe as well as not to “spoilt” my baby by giving him what he wants immediately. Parents, kindly advise if my approach is appropriate and I would love to hear how I can do this better.
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