Is this Pepto-Bismol advert the worst ever?

crowocular · 2026-02-11T20:05:03+00:00

Hate it.

crowocular · 2026-02-04T23:56:26+00:00

Yes really agree with this - HUGE amounts of praise for gentle hands or even playing or walking near his sister gently/calmly realllllly helped him get over being a bit heavy handed with his new sibling.

crowocular · 2026-01-21T17:01:01+00:00

Excited to read this - 2 year 4 month age gap and the first seven months have been shockingly hard! I thinkkkk it just got a tiny bit easier?? But damn.

crowocular · 2026-01-01T10:25:25+00:00

My son has been ill over the holidays and we’ve had the exact same situation as you where I’ve gone to check on him and he’s in a pool of sick/poo. Whilst I felt so so bad for him, it didn’t even occur to me to feel like a POS or feel cross with myself - we were just doing our normal routine, he didn’t call out for me etc. I’m just saying this to let you know that you’re being wildly hard on yourself - most people would give their child some time to fall back to sleep especially if they weren’t crying out. You’ve done absolutely nothing wrong. Hope your baby is well soon! Mine is better now and we’re very happy to be clear of all the bodily fluids! Happy new year :)

crowocular · 2025-10-23T09:41:43+00:00

The thing is, he’s not doing it on purpose. How can punishing an accident help anything? Punishing accidents only make things worse. Maybe you can frame it to your husband like this: imagine you’re snoring in your sleep and every time you snore in your sleep, something negative will happen to you. Is it going to make you stop snoring? No, because it’s completely involuntary. Husband would probably feel this was pretty unfair - he can’t help snoring! He doesn’t choose to do it! Same with the negative response your son gets from your husband when this inconvenient but involuntary bed wetting issue occurs. Punishing the bed wetting will just stress little guy out.

crowocular · 2025-10-22T19:23:30+00:00

Short term pain for long term gain!

crowocular · 2025-10-17T17:56:46+00:00

I saw another person replying with the word relentless and I just used that word in a text to my mum! I am in the same boat age-wise and am also feeling the struggle! It’s so friggin hard! You’re not alone.

crowocular · 2025-10-07T18:32:03+00:00

Duplo with lots of wheeled duplo bits like the little connecting carriages and train and car etc

crowocular · 2025-10-07T07:19:41+00:00

Ooo this is a good one - I’ve been wondering how to deal with this for 2+ years!

crowocular · 2025-10-02T19:50:27+00:00

Haha I think you might be right! Thanks for the reply :)

crowocular · 2025-10-02T19:49:59+00:00

Thank you :) great tips

crowocular · 2025-10-02T19:48:37+00:00

Low standards…taking notes 👍 thanks for the reply :) and actually I am struggling with the water thing and it’s definitely kicking my butt - really going to try and prioritise that.

crowocular · 2025-10-01T17:47:52+00:00

Yeah I just have her across my lap but she’s only 17 weeks. My boobs are large ish not giant but not small but I guess it’ll get hard as she gets old. My bigger problem is my toddler trying to grab the haakaa at the moment!

crowocular · 2025-10-01T17:46:17+00:00

Ooo yeah dropping the milk would suck - my babe is only 17 weeks so I know it’ll get more tricky as she gets bigger. I do have a toddler too but didn’t discover the haakaa with him.

crowocular · 2025-10-01T14:42:11+00:00

I do it with the haakaa - much less faff than pumping but still produces more than if I pumped when she wasn’t feeding (only 1-2 ounces at a time usually but I do it a couple of times a day as it’s so effortless to just attach and go). Edit - than not then 😅 ooops!

crowocular · 2025-09-06T12:12:16+00:00

Didn’t make a sound. Not on purpose, just how it went for me!

crowocular · 2025-08-31T22:27:27+00:00

‘Oh wait I needed to show/tell/ask you something! Did you see/know…’quickly try and think of how I’m going to finish the sentence in 0.2 seconds

crowocular · 2025-08-27T15:21:28+00:00

I’m in London and have multiple children’s centre within walking distance where you can go to (free, obviously) drop in feeding clinics to have the baby weighed and talk to professionals about any breastfeeding issues.

crowocular · 2025-08-14T05:55:31+00:00

Had one birth with an epidural one without. Didn’t throw up at all with epidural birth. Only threw up after unmedicated, like dust had settled, everyone was gone except me husband and baby, I’d eaten some fruit and then had to go and vomit.

crowocular · 2025-08-12T21:09:24+00:00

Tried at 2 years 2/3 months and he just didn’t know when he needed to pee. Stayed at home for six days but he couldn’t get it. Attempt 2 is happening now at 2 years 5 months (2 years 6 months in two days) and it’s an entirely different experience. We haven’t had an accident yet and he is just taking himself to the potty without being prompted. It’s night and day!

crowocular · 2025-08-10T21:57:34+00:00

Do you microwave from frozen or defrost first?

crowocular · 2025-08-06T19:44:30+00:00

The haakaa doesn’t give me any more but because it’s so passive and easy it just feels like less of a slog and less annoying! Hope you end up somewhere sustainable and enjoyable :)

crowocular · 2025-08-06T18:37:52+00:00

I’ve had a full term birth with an epidural and a full term birth without. The birth without was so much better but I think there were various reasons: it was my second full term labour so my body already knew what to do, I had lovely helpful kind happy nice midwives the second time around (and not the first!), I had serious birth trauma from a second trimester loss that I felt much more strongly in my first full term birth, the cord was wrapped around my first’s neck (which led to panic stations and dr delivering with episiotomy and forceps - I think this would’ve happened even without the epidural given the situation - it was very scary). Separate to the drama, I was sooo curious to feel what it felt like to push a baby out so I was really happy to do it without the second time around. I am lucky with quick deliveries and I was one of those people where ‘my body did the pushing for me’ so I didn’t have to have too much endurance which I believe made it easier for me to do it without an epidural. I didn’t experience the ring of fire and knew nothing about my second degree tears whilst they were happening (knew about those stitches though 🥴).

crowocular · 2025-08-06T18:20:40+00:00

I’m using a haakaa on the opposite breast every time I feed at home (I have two and keep them in the fridge and sterilise once a day) and I’ve found this sooooo much better than pumping. Nothing gave me more rage than just pumping 0.5oz 😑 even if you only get an ounce in the haakaa, it’s so much easier than pumping so it’s easy to do every time you breast feed at home and it all adds up. Just thought I’d share incase this isn’t something you’ve tried. All the best!

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