Questions tagged crying

Hi Amiee, Please visit your Early Childhood Health Centre for ongoing advice and care. You could try putting your baby in a pouch or rocking him...

Hi, You can feed a six month old baby yoghurt so you could mix a plain yoghurt into food which is better than cow`s milk. You don`t really have ...

Hi, It`s not uncommon for some new habits to form after an illness. It sounds like he is now relying on your comfort to settle and you may want ...

Hi, Around 8 months babys experience separation anxiety and can be difficult to settle. Do be sure that when he falls asleep initially at night t...

Hi Emma, I usually recommend making a big deal about moving to a big bed and decorate it with them and make them feel it is really special she ma...

Hi, It makes it really hard to implement any settle program when baby has been so ill. I would only suggest you speak to your doctor about any se...

Hi There, Excuse me if this has been asked of you before but how much water does your little one drink over the day? Is she on formula? Doe...

Hi Paw Chu, Regarding your little girls weight she is about the 50th percentile which is right on average so that is okay, although it of cou...

Hi Margie, I am assuming you aren’t vegetarian or haven’t been a long term vegetarian in the past. The Pregnancy and B`fe...

Hi There, Yes chunky food is important around this age, but it is also common that some bubs don’t make an easy transition. You are ri...

Hi there, I think you have a very good insight and your intuition has already answered your question. It is most likely that it is the `snac...

Hi There, Well it sounds to me as though you are both going fantastically, well done on the continued breastfeeding! People differ with thei...

Hi, Has he just started child care? Or changed the number of days he is in child care? Just wondering if there is any energy expenditure re...

Hi there, Just from what you have said is sounds fine, I have a 17 month old who eats similarly, he has cereal with soy milk, yoghurt and I s...

Hi there, Yes nut allergy affects the whole family. I can really recommend contact these people and getting hold of some of their resources,...

Hi there, Good question, the Australia NZ Food Standards note that crustacea such as prawns and crab have very low levels of mercury and henc...

Hi there, Solids can be a confusing time, what do you start when and how do you work up to finger foods. I guess first yes bub needs to have...

Hi There, Well to be honest it sounds to me as though you are both going great guns. And as they say, if its not broken don’t fix it. ...

Hi Anna, Its always so interesting to hear what people are saying out there. This info about the fibre absorbing the nutrients may have come...

Hi Bianca, Occasionally young bubs are given water for various reasons, such as hard poos/constipation (more common though in formula feed b...

Hi, Oh I am green with envy to a degree, I do understand your concern though because obviously iron-containing foods are very important. She...

Hi there, I would give your early childhood nurse a quick buzz and ask for some tips, they are often very good at helping with the weaning pr...

Hi there, Arrr yes, the long hard road of fussy eating which has obviously been even more challenging with the vomiting putting him off even...

Hi, One allergy is hard enough but multiple is tricky. I have copied in some info on gluten free options for you and I recommend checking ou...

Hi J, Well done for your GP to even consider reflux, it’s great to hear, as a lot of times it isn’t- simply because signs can be so v...

Hi, I am happy to help. That’s great that so far everything seems fine as you are decreasing the Losec. I agree you don’t need to go ...

Hi, This won`t last she will soon be able to roll back by herself, meanwhile give her extra tummy time during the day to help her. It`s great s...

Hi Del, We don`t recommend wrapping after 3 months and with Summer coming on and she is becoming more active now is a great time to remove the wr...

Hi Marie, A baby should be able to sleep 7pm to 7am without an overnight feed from about 6 months on. A 10 pm rollover feed is given from 6 month...

Hi, Around 8 months babys experience separation anxiety and can be difficult to settle. The settling program can take up to 3 weeks to work and m...