My 9.5mth twins are beginning to refuse to eat their meals without distraction and every meal takes a long time. What should I do? I need your advice on a subject that I am really confused about. I am sure most of the mothers have this dilemma that I have. With my 9.5 month old […]
Continue ReadingWhen can we stop boiling water for our son? We want to know whether it is appropriate and safe to now give our nearly year old son ordinary un-boiled water in his drinks. He is now using beaker cups and bottles which are well washed without strict sterilization. Our tap drinking water is filtered with […]
Continue ReadingIs there anything I can do to increase my 10mth daughter’s fluid intake? My daughter is 10 months old and has very little interest in drinking fluids. However I have tried everything to increase her intake, but can’t get her to drink more than 10-11 oz a day. I have tried different teats, bottles and […]
Continue ReadingHow much milk should my 11mth son be having daily and how can I get him to take it from a beaker? My little boy currently drinks 210 mls milk at 7:00, 180 mls at 2:30 and 240 mls at 18:30. His weight gain has been okay (although only on 30th percentile) and it dropped […]
Continue ReadingMy 9-month-old son has never slept through the night and still has a feed My son has never really slept through the night. He is still waking once or twice a night, being breastfed once, some time between 3.30am and 6am. About a month ago we gave up trying to get him to sleep through […]
Continue ReadingHow do I stop my 10.5mth son still wake for a feed at 10pm? My baby is 10 1/2 months old and still wakes up at 10.30pm/11.00pm for a feed and we can’t get past that. Plus he also wakes at approx 2.00am but my husband cuddles him back to sleep for that one and […]
Continue ReadingMy 17-month-old daughter wakes early in the morning and cries. My daughter is not a big sleeper in the day, but at night she usually slept from 7pm-7am. About 6-7 months ago she started to wake up from her daytime naps crying, then she started crying in the morning too. Up until then she would […]
Continue ReadingSince illness my daughter of 1yr 1mth has been waking in the night. How do I get her back to sleeping through? My daughter has suffered with severe diarrhea for 15 days. The doctor said that this was caused by a virus. She stopped wanting to eat and I was advised to give her as […]
Continue ReadingHow can I keep my 10-month-old awake late once a week? I really need to know how to rearrange the routines for my 10-month-old baby. Once a week my hubby and I go to a religious meeting in the evening between 7-9pm. Normally the baby falls asleep on the way but as she’s getting older […]
Continue ReadingMy 10 month old wakes early and doesn’t always settle at lunchtime My son is now just over 10 months old and I am considering dropping his morning nap as he takes a while to settle, doesn’t always sleep for 2 hours in the afternoon and is often awake and playing at 6am. Would this […]
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