New Parents Worrying About Baby Development

“He’s only 8 months old, so maybe I shouldn’t be worried, but it also seems like other babies this age are really experimenting and eating lots of foods. Every time I try, no matter the food, he spits it right out. If I get the food back far, he just gags and spits it out. He’s not interested AT ALL. My plan was to do all vegetables first. But he’s sooo not interested that I went ahead and tried fruit. I thought maybe he’d like the sweetness more. NOPE. Not even bananas. Bananas he had less of a”

“FTM here. My 7 month old has always been a very smiley and active little boy. It is not hard to get a smile out of him. But for the past couple days something feels off. I feel like he is looking at me but through me if it makes sense. Sometimes I try to play with him and he just stares or just give me a smirk. He looks so far away in this thoughts..He is teething but I dont’t know if it has anything to do it. I also noticed he is eating less and just seems tired most of the day. I brought him t”

“Nearly 14 weeks ago I held a screaming potato and had no idea what to do. Now I have the beginnings of a little person who smiles every day and enjoys playing (mainly babbling at each other, pulling silly faces and putting him on a play mat to kick at a Fisher Price piano). It's really important to me to support his development and understand his changing needs. The changing needs is the hardest part actually. I'll think I've learnt how to identify and solve any of his issues and the”

“Hi, Our baby is not social smiling or cooing at 9 weeks at all, though otherwise seems normal. Her hearing test was fine. Makes good eye contact when awake. Tracks black and white flash cards, parents. Still no smiles and cooing!! Pediatrician has asked us to wait for another month saying some kids take time. First baby was already smiling at 6 weeks so it’s hard not to worry. Did anyone else have anything similar, and how did it work out? Thanks Super worried mummy submitted by /u/P”

“This is my second child. My first was the opposite and even rolling by this age. Would even sleep on my chest. This one has zero interest. He’s fine with tummy time h til he turns in to an aeroplane (that’s when I know he’s had enough). He has some age appropriate toys, some fun household items for sensory output and a play gym. But I feel like he should be a bit more playful. Could be based on my experience with my first that I think this way. We’ve also hit a major point in the sleep regressio”

“Hi! If your LO started rolling back to tummy first, when did they then start rolling tummy to back… and how did you help them learn to do so?? My 4 month old has been rolling back to tummy for 3 weeks now and is obsessively doing it over and over and over again. The problem is that he HATES tummy time. The second he’s on his tummy he is crying and gets increasingly distraught. We have tried propping him up and all sorts of different toys, mirrors etc. He even cries when doing tummy time on our c”

“My baby started crawling at 5 months. It started with army crawling and full blown crawling by 6 months and now she's 6.5 and has started pulling to stand and had to lower the cot cause she tries to pull and climb over it. For the last 3 days all she wants to do is pull to stand and stand and take small steps. Surely this is too fast. I just got used to the fact that she crawled so early and follows me around everywhere and baby proofing everything. Does this mean she will stand by herself/w”

“My 4 mo thinks the funniest thing is to roll on her belly and wiggle around until shes able to put her legs through the bars of her crib. I am terrified shes gonna hurt herself. Please tell me someone also has a weirdo baby and had safety tips😭😭 submitted by /u/Fine_Independence360 [link] [comments]”

“My baby is about 11 weeks old now and I’m noticing a flat spot forming on the back of his head. I’m not 100% sure of the severity of it and we don’t have an appointment scheduled with his pediatrician until 4 months. Should I push up his pediatrician appointment or is something like this ok to wait on? I would love guidance from a professional on what to do whether it’s a PT, OT, or whomever works on this issue but I don’t know if it’s warranted and if I’m being silly worrying about this when he”

“Anyone else’s baby get all their skills at once? Within quite literally 3 days of each other our 7m old began - Initiating peekaboo with blankets and things - Taking our hands and clapping them together - tabletop position constantly & army crawling - pulling up on her pull up bar when sitting on our leg and holding herself up - can use pincher grasp to pick things up I’m sure there’s a few others but soooo crazy how it all happened at once!!! Before it always was one skill at a time.”

“Hi everyone Im a ftm and have a LO that just turned 2 months. Should I be concerned that he doesnt have alot of eye contact, smile and look around for sounds. Curious to know when everyone's babies started making eye contact and smiling. submitted by /u/pinkyoshi25 [link] [comments]”

“My 4.5 month old is such a smiley little guy. He gives big gummy smiles and squeals to his dad, grandma, strangers, his toys etc but rarely smiles at me. I know it’s not a novelty issue because the caregiving is pretty much equal between me, his dad and his grandma (who’s currently living with us) at the moment. In the morning he’ll just stare at me blankly but as soon as dad/grandma come in to say good morning, he will light up for them. Honestly this makes me so sad. I understand it’s a baby s”

“My girl just turned 4 months and she wants to sit up so bad. If I lay her down on a pillow she literally does ab crunches to sit up 😂 My question is.. how do I encourage/assist her in sitting up? She’s not ready for tripod sitting I don’t think.. her legs don’t really go that wide. THANKS! submitted by /u/MixBetter6831 [link] [comments]”

“He yells at me and fusses when I eat breakfast, and when DH and I are trying to eat dinner. We have to pass him back and forth like a hot potato and hand him various non-food objects to bite so he doesn't have a meltdown since we won't give him what's on our plate. He will grab for the food on the plate if we're not careful. He is no longer amused by his toys, the Starbucks red cup, or the packing tape. LO is just not ready yet and he is ANGRY. 😂 He's 5 months and can tripod”

“My son is 17 months old. I don't ascribe intention to anything he does. He doesn't know the meaning of "no", "let go", "don't throw", or even a firm tone of voice. If he grabs my glasses or throws his food, I don't let it bother me; I try to redirect him, but I just accept that these are things that babies do. He does understand the sentence "Where is your head?" He can touch his head, nose, ears, or mouth if I ask him to. When I&#”

“My lovely little 6 month old has always been a dream. She is working on a lot of skills right now, including sitting, babbling, and pivoting with her first attempts to crawl forward. Yesterday she started getting pretty fussy, and then she stayed up til 3 am, and then today she has been flashing back and forth between very happy and very angry! What in the world is her deal?? submitted by /u/parade1070 [link] [comments]”

“My baby is 1 month old and has shallow latch. When I see those babies in videos about latching, I really don't understand how to get my baby to open his mouth that wide. I tried shoving my baby into the nipple when he opens wide, only for him to spit it back out and do it again on his own term, with mouth opening small. But so far baby has been gaining well. Do I need to fix baby's latch? Or do some babies just not open their mouth wide yet able to transfer milk well? And so far I never”

“FTM to a 13 week old! I feel from the day my LO is born I have been living in constant anxiety reg him like does he sleep well, poop okay, pee okay, feed okay! If he is fussy , why! Scratching hair - why ?? I feel daily I have convinced myself that something is wrong with him! Even went to the paediatrician for couple Issues which turned out to be normal. My husband feels that I should divert my mind somewhere so that I don’t overthink stuff. Is anyone else also feeling this ? I am sometimes not”

“Our 6 month old is fully crawling around and having a lot of fun exploring! I’m usually not far from her and most of the time I’ll sit in her room with her while she crawls around. Today I was folding laundry in our room and let my baby crawl around in her room. Our rooms are right next to each other and I was about 10ft away with both of our doors open and needed maybe 5-10 minutes to get everything put away and periodically would look over to see what she was doing. My husband was shocked and”

“So my babe is 3 months old now and we’ve done pretty good so far! Except I was only taught the football hold and now he seems to hate being in that position to eat. Side lying is great, but I can’t do that multiple times a day (or out in public) so I try to do a cradle hold but I feel like I’m suffocating him so I have to pull up on my breast and I just feel like it’s such an awkward position to be in. Any tips/advice? Thanks in advance! submitted by /u/Significant-Time-577 [link] &#”

“5 month old is tensing up extremely hard to such an extend her face goes red. She does it every now and again and it doesn't seem to be teething as she doesn't bite her gums. Not constipation or wind either. Any ideas? submitted by /u/Spraoi_Anois [link] [comments]”

“my baby is 4 months and we still swaddle. i thought this was normal based on past family members having babies, but i’ve seen a lot of people saying they stopped after 2 months or when baby learns to roll. my lil man rolls over sometimes but can’t really roll when he’s in the swaddle unless hes not tired… so what did y’all do. submitted by /u/maddieween13 [link] [comments]”

“Our newly 1 year old is usually a bottomless pit, he can put away an adult size dinner with 0 issues. He’s got a cold and his first molar has just erupted all in one week. Now I know it would be expected for him to be off his food a bit. But the only thing I can get into him is berries. We’ve tried everything. Please tell me my usually hungry, food loving baby will come back or is this the beginning of fussy toddler era?? submitted by /u/padgeee [link] [comments]”

“LO is 5 months old and usually does 1-1.5 hours of tummy time a day. Mostly this is because I'm concerned about his ability to roll and if it's stubbornness vs. tension/weakness. He has rolled on his own, only over the right shoulder from tummy to back, a total of 4 times in the last month/ever. The first time, he looked me in the eye and did it step by step: head down sideways, throw arm over, kick leg over. So I know it wasn't accidental. Last 3 times have been while I've been”

“My first baby would always unlatch when she was satisfied. Second baby had unlatched himself maybe 3 times in his life so far (12 weeks) is this normal? submitted by /u/Public_Sense_5452 [link] [comments]”

“FTM to a three month old here! My LO did not have much spit up until recently! I know it’s normal and part of growing up but posting here to understand how normal is it ? It feels like it increased overnight for him! He is EBF! Edit - I started taking post natal multivitamins after which I see a sudden rise in spit up , can that be a reason ? Did anyone see that ? Sorry I have some PPA which makes me question daily if anything is wrong with my LO 😢 submitted by /u/NaDuPar [link] &#3”

“Since transitioning my baby to his cot, he’s been rolling onto his tummy to sleep. It’s been a month now, and I’m still so anxious every night. I find myself constantly checking the monitor and even going into his nursery just to make sure he’s still breathing normally. He’s 7 months old and rolls confidently both ways, so I know he’s capable of getting himself into and out of that position. I was just hoping for some reassurance from other parents whose babies also preferred sleeping on their t”

“My 4mo loves having his tongue out - basically 80% of the time he's happy his little tongue is in and out of his mouth, or even fully sticking out as if he's focusing. It's so cute and funny! submitted by /u/vapablythe [link] [comments]”

“My 11 week old hates tummy time on the floor…will not really lift head just screams. She will lift her head high off our chest when laying horizontally together and the pediatrician comments on her neck being strong. But I am worried about her development since she can’t do it from the floor. Any suggestions to ease into it? submitted by /u/Mediocre-Cup7738 [link] [comments]”

“Is there science about baby talking and if it can delay or negatively impact speech learning and patterns? My mother baby talks my 3 month old and other than being really annoying, we don’t want to delay his speech or make him pronounce words incorrectly (sweepy for sleepy, widdle, etc.). If it’s just annoying then I’ll put up with it if it doesn’t impact him! submitted by /u/ExhaustedMamacita [link] [comments]”

“Im a very worried first time mother and I’ve been preoccupied for babbling these days. My baby is 8 months and 8 days and is fairly developed on the motor skills side. He gets himself in and out of independent seating position, he crawls on all fours for about a month now, he pulls to stand on anything he can find and this morning seems to have started cruising in his crib. We are not babbling yet though He is socially engaged, smiles at strangers, loves peek-a-boo, knows his name and hears loud”

“I keep seeing "eat - play - sleep" as the recommended order of events for babies but mine has never done that. 9/10 her knocks out after eating. Should I be concerned? I BF lying down and don't wake him to burp, but he's gotten great at burping himself and doesn't seem to have any adverse symptoms from sleeping after eating. Anyone else? submitted by /u/Callygia [link] [comments]”

“Baby can hold her head up just fine, can sit in her high chair pretty good too without falling over usually, but on the floor she does noooot like sitting, wants to be on back or tummy. i have to make her have sitting and kneeling time (as recc’d by my paed OT to help prep her for crawling). She doesn’t do the tripod sit, if i don’t basically hold her she’s falling face down. Not suuuper concerned but my paediatrician did mention that she should be tripod sitting by now so i got a lil worried. S”

“Just looking for some reassurance... 14wk old, very good head control... Since yesterday she has been laying flat, head down in tummy time... Today she's even doing it while lifting her butt... I figured it's her learning how to crawl... So I went ahead and googled it to see if she's at the age for this milestone... Google said it can be normal or it can be really bad... Not helpful at all and now I'm starting to worry. She lays flat, I adjust her, she flattens back out. She does”

“I guess the Advice flair is the best, but maybe teething?? Idk. Just took our almost 2-year old to the dentist today, and she mentioned that next time they see him she'd give him a toy if he's stopped sucking his thumb. He doesn't suck it CONSTANTLY, but he definitely does when he's somewhere new and he's nervous/unsure. Also to help himself fall asleep at night (not while he's sleeping, afaik). I don't know if I'm crazy, but that feels young? I thought it was onl”

“have a four month old at home. she has not made any effort to try to roll. she just recently started being interested in toya. she won’t teach across for them only up in the air: I have tried working with her to show her how to roll but she won’t. if I get her on to her right side she will roll to her belly. We do a lot of tummy times she can spend so long on her belly but she refuses to even try to roll on to her back. how do I help her. My first was rolling both ways by three months and sittin”

“My baby is 3 months old and has learned to roll onto her tummy, once she gets there she gets stuck. We stopped using her bassinet yesterday and upgraded to a larger crib, and last night was horrible. I don't know if it's because she has a lot more room but she constantly tossed and rolled. She didn't really cry, but grunts and obviously was struggling on her tummy til I helped. This morning is the same. She usually takes a morning nap but today she is just crying and so fussy while r”

“Soooo my 8 month old is snapping her fingers. Is that normal at her age? I haven’t had much experience with babies before having my own but I thought this is something they pick up when they are a bit older..like 2 years? We snap our fingers at our cat so that must be how she picked it up. The girl is obsessed with our cat. submitted by /u/BlueHawk860 [link] [comments]”

“Baby is 5 days old and surprised us a little over 2 weeks early. I planned to spend the last 2 weeks learning more about feeding and hand expressing but now feeling completely lost. Did skin to skin at birth and she latched for a few short minutes. Her birth weight was slightly low though still normal, but we spent 3-4 days in the hospital for monitoring. I continued to try breastfeeding but only saw 3-4 little drops of milk (or colostrum?) at a time. The nurses ending up giving baby formula and”

“The other day, I made a post to another subreddit and in it I mentioned that my 12 week old (13 weeks today) seems to be ahead of the curve in his physical development. The main thing that upset people was my mention of him pulling on my hands to stand, I got lots of comments that I was either lying or a bad parent for letting him do it. My baby has had a lot of feeding issues so he's seen quite a few pediatricians that have seen him pull to stand, every one has said that he's a very str”

“What was it like for your baby to learn crawling? My son is 5 months and he is so close! He does planks, curls his knees under himself and rocks in the crawling position. He also is good at pushing himself backwards and pivoting on his belly to get where he wants to go. How long was this phase for your baby until they started actually crawling? Did anything you did help them figure out the forward mechanics? Would love to hear other experiences and stories! submitted by /u/No-Butters”

“My 3 month old boy is already rolling over from his back to tummy, which is an awesome little milestone…..but he can’t roll back over and won’t turn his head when he’s face down. He’s been rolling over the past two days, so I keep on trying to turn his head to show him what he has to do. A couple of times I’ll see if he can figure it out, but he can’t. He just faces straight down and can’t breathe. Today as I was cutting tags off his clothes he rolled over and I didn’t notice it immediately. Onc”

“Baby is 6 months and 3 weeks. She recently learned to pull herself to a stand. Everything is a pull up bar now, including me. She's always been impossible to put to sleep, but the boob always won in the end. Now she still fights sleep, but it's really killing me how active she is. I put her down to nurse in the side lying position. She nurses for a while, but fights sleep, pulls away, rolls over, uses my ribs to pull to a stand, notices the other nipple, latches while planking on top of”

“Tl;dr my baby’s a chomper, need toy reccies ty Sweet baby has to try out everything with her mouth and new little half-teeth. Shes been mouthy since about 4 months, no signs of slowing down. Because of this I tend to get her only “safely chewable” toys like blocks and soft things, but shes way beyond some of that stuff now. (I just ordered crayons because I’m sooooo excited to draw with her, but I don’t know how long they’ll last even supervised because it will go straight into her mouth) Anythi”

“Hiya! FTM to a 10-week-old. He has recently discovered his hands and seems to like to suck on them to soothe while dozing off. I know thumb sucking is a habit that is hard break! He spits out every pacifier we've tried. Should I really spend the energy discouraging the hand sucking? submitted by /u/maspie_den [link] [comments]”

“My baby is 5.5 months today and I’ve felt her gums last week because she’s been drooling and chewing on everything for the last month. Everyone kept telling me it was too soon to be teething and drooling and biting everything is normal… but I got curious to see so we felt her gums and we feel a point sharp tooth popping out on her top gums where her two front teeth will be growing. I always thought babies grow their bottom teeth first. submitted by /u/TrickyElk949 [link] [comme”

“When did your LO start rolling? My baby is almost 4 months and I can tell he wants to roll from belly to back but can’t figure it out on his own yet 🤣 Still zero interest in rolling from back to belly though. When did this milestone happen for you? submitted by /u/Sad-Flounder-8364 [link] [comments]”

“My 11 month old (will be a year old in about a week!) has been in monthly PT for a gross motor delay since he was 6 months old and began weekly OT a couple of months ago. Despite all of the best efforts of myself, his daycare teachers (they are fantastic and very attentive), and his PT/OT facilitators, he absolutely will not crawl. He has made a great deal of progress in other areas, but he is determined to be a butt-scooter. For a while he was starting to army crawl when placed on his belly (I”

“we have a 6 week old and have not introduced pacifiers yet. she can calm down from our soothing pretty easily so far and can be rocked to bed easily so far, but i see people on here say it’s better than sucking her thumb. when does that start, should we introduce a pacifier ahead of that? i was not planning on giving her one simply because i didn’t want to wean her but seems like a thumb sucking phase is inevitable? not sure what to do! submitted by /u/Open-Committee3540 [link]”

“hi all, not sure if this is the right flair.. but my lovely boy recently turned 6 months old! after doing some research and whatnot my partner and i decided to not get him a jumper/activity center until he reached the recommended age.. well we have ran into an issue 😅 all of the jumpers with activity centers we have found (specifically wanting the baby einstein one) have a cap of 25lbs.. and LO is 25lbs and some change, on top of being 30inches tall.. he is in 18 month clothes and size 6 diaper”

“My baby girl is almost 5 months old and I love spending time with her so much, but oh my god do I wish I could lay her down in her playpen and get some chores done, or put her in her bouncer and make some food without her screaming at me. She's only content if we are holding her or looking at her, and the latter is only okay if shes right next to us. She likes toys but will only play with them if we're nearby. Ive tried putting her in her play pen lately with her little noise machine or”

“Wow as a FTM I can’t believe I haven’t “ learned” my baby yet. Sometimes I genuinely, GENUINELY have 0 clue what I’m doing. It makes me upset bc I thought I’d know by now and be able to read my baby. Every day is so different. One day could be rough asf, the next day is easier. I just don’t know what he wants sometimes. One day he hates the swaddle, the next day he likes it. It’s like my entire life is a blur right now. I feel guilty because it feels like all I do is just trial and error all day”

“My LO will be 5 months old in a week. He’s steadily gaining and growing - but my, the spit up is still endless. It’s not violent or excessive amounts at once but there will be spit up several times after every feed. No food yet still, only milk as ped said to wait until 6 months. I’ve been going through SO many burp cloths and bibs. I thought it would start getting better once they start being more upright? submitted by /u/scorpiorose22 [link] [comments]”

“Now that we’re walking I’ve been trying to go to different parks and places so that my LO can explore, but most of the time he just plops down and tries to eat wood chips or sticks. When do they transition to exploring and not eating 😅 submitted by /u/Calieahrens [link] [comments]”

“I have a 6 month old who is days away from crawling. I really want to get him foam climbing blocks to play on. When did you get yours for your kids and do you have any brand recommendations? I’m not worried about the size, if that helps. We don’t use our dinning room and it’s turned into a trap for all the things that aren’t put away. So at least now I can set it up to get some good use out of other than a eyesore. submitted by /u/lil1thatcould [link] [comments]”

“He's 18 months. His speech and overall development is average at minimum and probably slightly advanced so I'm not worried about that. I honestly think he's trolling me. Here's a conversation we just had: Me: say ball Him: ball Me: say bye Him: bye Me: say mama Him: mama Me: say dada Him: giant smile mama laughs Me: no I'm dada Him: giant smile mama laughs I realized he hasn't actually said dada in a while. He calls me mama now and thinks it's hilarious. submitt”

“Anyone’s LOs here have swallowing issues? My son is almost 14mo and lately he’s been coughing and choking on his spit constantly. He was always kind of a coughing baby but i feel like it’s getting worse. He’s coughing on liquids too no matter the vessel he drinks out of and he coughs on mushy food he’s been chewing on for a while because he takes forever to chew food too. He’s been super hiccup-y too idk if that’s related or if he’s super reflux-y or what. I’ve already requested an appointment w”

“So, how do we transition out of the swaddle? Baby is showing signs of rolling over (hasn’t yet) and I want to start transitioning so that we don’t have to quit it cold turkey. I heard of the one arm out thing and am curious if anyone has tried it, how it worked, how long it took. Baby is 9 weeks old and still has his startle relax obviously. During day naps he usually isn’t swaddled but to be fair he doesn’t sleep long during day naps either. I have seen things like the weighted blanket or the m”

“She can do it. But she rarely does. She used to go from belly to back all the time (likely accidentally) and now she never does. She will go from back to belly if there’s a toy she wants to get to but then once she’s on her belly she just cries and stays there stuck. Meanwhile her twin is rolling circles around her! And unlike other posts I’ve seen here, it’s not like she’s sitting independently either. She wants to be held constantly. submitted by /u/Visible_Public2232 [link]”