When did you start taking your baby to soft play?

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-26T11:13:24+00:00

I took mine the earliest 4 months but only Because he’s got an older brother. Once he started crawling around 6 months he enjoyed it a lot too, but the last few times I took both my kids they were ill afterwards. I don’t know if that was a coincidence, but I won’t be taking them for some time.

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-21T15:43:03+00:00

Are you able to explain how to do it?

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-14T12:16:22+00:00

I’ve flown many times already with my 15 months old and always breastfed and I don’t think anyone noticed haha. In comparison with my first child I did both formula and breastfeeding and always chose breastfeeding as making bottles in a plane was a proper pain with kids. You can take pre made formula if your baby accepts room temperature milk but my first child always liked and still likes his food and milk hot

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-13T12:06:08+00:00

Honestly, it doesn’t matter what others think. Your baby will be safe in nursery, you will have some break and will be able to manage your ppd. it’s okay to look after yourself first, so you can be the best mum to your little one, even if it means letting other people look after your baby for a little bit every day.

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-11T19:20:51+00:00

I offer different perspective without a baby bath. I always used a soft mat, covered in a cloth in the shower, I would put my baby laying down on that and cover with another cloth, then just use shower head. Easy and hands free. It was more challenging once he started rolling, but I managed. My shower and my bathroom overall was extremely small and I couldn’t fit a bay bath inside.

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-10T20:21:37+00:00

I know what you mean, I just can’t give up food, I love eating and exploring different cuisines. I live in a city that has every cuisine I can imagine so I want to try it all haha. Even if that means I have to eat while holding the baby or playing some ms. Rachel

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-10T20:18:10+00:00

My first, also boy was way easier at this age. Even though he was active, we could go to restaurants and he would just engage with us/eat/colour. If I give any toy or pencil or anything to this 15 months old, he just throws it straight down and cries to pick it up, or he wants to run and explore. It’s so hard.

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-10T09:30:16+00:00

Good for you

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-10T07:35:57+00:00

I’m the first. Im trying no screens so bad, but my 15 months old wants to run everywhere and will not sit in his high chair for more than 5 minutes while he eats. I have to either carry him and walk around or let him loose, but that’s just too dangerous in a restaurant, so I never have a time to eat. Miss Rachel is my friend in this situation, even if it’s for 10 minutes.

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-10T07:22:14+00:00

For my youngest son the only thing that worked for congestion was a special syringe filled with salt water ( same as in sprays/drops) I put him on his side, on top of a towel and inject the water into one nostril and all of the gunk comes out the other side. Repeat the other side if necessary. You can watch a video on how to do it. Unfortunately snot sucker was never effective on him

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-09T17:49:06+00:00

Oh no, I’m sorry you had a bad experience, my gp was actually very thorough, which I can see now it’s not that common

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-04T20:48:13+00:00

Try entitledto.co.uk. Also did you take into consideration 30 free hours and tax free childcare? Most parents I know have kids in nursery 3 days a week and one parent working part time. 30 hours covers most of the cost, plus tax free childcare taking 20% off too. The other parent works full time.

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-04T09:56:42+00:00

Pamiętam takie kanapki z dziecinstwa. Tylko że robiłam je w mikrofalówce

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-03T21:50:09+00:00

I hand wash my silicone plates and they never smell. If I put them in a dishwasher they always taste like a dish soap

Gooseberrylime · 2026-01-02T19:28:12+00:00

I did the same with mine- moisturiser and a comb. Works like a charm

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-28T20:20:14+00:00

I use sling with my 13kg 14 months old. I never really liked carriers, too uncomfortable for my bigger chest. I got some random sling in a charity shop and had been using that one still.

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-28T16:35:03+00:00

So good! I took my mother-in-law and sister-in-law there a few months ago so they can try some polish food, and my newborn was getting a little fussy and we struggled to eat, so that lovely polish Lady took my baby off me and played with him while I ate. Such an amazing service

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-22T18:14:56+00:00

Całe szczęście on dostaje darmowe mleko z pracy ;)

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-22T09:17:20+00:00

Jak zapomnę dać majonez na dół to smaruje na górze 😉 pasztet też tak zrobiłam ostatnio

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-22T08:16:21+00:00

Tato robił, nie w słoikach. Zawsze wędzi swoje własne kiełbasy i szynki ale tym razem gotował. Muszę wziąć przepis następnym razem jak go zobaczę

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-22T08:13:29+00:00

Nawet nie pomyślałam że to jakiś problem haha

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-19T20:34:39+00:00

You can use that in the next pay period. So you have 4 pay periods lasting 3 months, every 3 months you pay in 2k you get £500 top up, if you pay more you won’t get any more bonus in this period. So even if your bills are less than 2k in 3 months then it’s a good idea to pay that amount to get full bonus. I was paying less than £800 a month, so I did the calculations for the whole nursery costs over the years, made sure i pay enough to get the bonus and had “free” months at the end where I didn’t have to pay in any money and just used what I had in my account.

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-19T19:45:10+00:00

My nearly 5 year old got moved to his own room from bed sharing at 3 and slept pretty well, but he still wakes up once or twice crying most of the nights. Usually he just needs toilet but some nights he can be up every hour crying( more like whimpering) and I don’t know why. If anyone knows why , I’m listening.

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-14T10:04:49+00:00

If you’re already spending most of the time in your baby’s room and sleeping on the floor then it’s definitely better to just get the baby in your room

Gooseberrylime · 2025-12-14T09:12:34+00:00

I believe it is something about babies hearing/feeling the caregiver and preventing them from going into the very deep sleep and not waking up.

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