u/plushiecactusau

I am in nappy-fit hell.

My baby has gone from a proportionately chunky baby to a baby who's taller and slimmer - she's been around 8kg for three months, but added height.

She's had seven blow-outs in the last six days. I've tried multiple brands and sizes over the past month or so: Huggies sizes 4 and 5, Rascals sizes 4 and 5, Mamia size 4, Babylove size 4. Some brands/sizes have blow-outs up the top; others have blow-outs out the legs. I'm planning to give Huggies size 4s another go since she's changed shape since last time I used them, and I remember Cubs was recommended last time I posted so that's on the list. (Let me know if you have any other recommendations of brands to try.)

I do frill the frills and pull the tabs tight, etc. If it was once, I'd put it down to user error, but I don't think it's me when it's every poop.

While I keep trying to find a nappy that fits right, I'm tired of her taking out outfits and, occasionally, her bouncer. I've heard some people use cloth nappy shells over disposables to try to minimise the fall out, and would love if anyone has advice or brands recommendations. I am completely new to the idea of cloth nappy shells and have no idea what I'm doing, but want to try something.

Please send help, I want my girl's cute duck onesie to last long enough at least once so that people can admire its cuteness.

I have an eight month old with a history of hip dysplasia who spent time in a pavlik harness when she was younger. Probably because of that, she prefers holding her legs in a "froggy" position, and shows no sign of getting up on her knees.

I suspect, given her history and movement patterns, she may end up a non-traditional crawler (e.g. a bum shuffler), although she hasn't managed forward motion yet. None of her medicos are worried about her, because her hip is fine and she's meeting milestones around rolling and sitting.

I see people online saying that hands and knees crawling is important for development. I also know it's been removed as a milestone (both by the CDC in the US and here in Australia where we are). I don't know how much I should do to encourage her to work towards hands and knees crawling, as opposed to just chilling out and letting her experiment with movement strategies that work for her.

I asked her specialist about whether I should get her in physio, and he said he wouldn't worry. My mum reckons that, if he thinks it's not necessary, then it's not a good use of time/money for me to pursue it. I don't know whether I'm just needing to relax after being anxious about my girl's hip for ages, or whether maybe physio would be useful for her in helping her explore a wider range of movement strategies, even if she'd ultimately figure things out either way.

I'd be interested in what evidence says about how important hands and knees crawling is, so I can decide whether physio is useful or whether to just let her be.

I'm at the point of making a decision on what activity my almost eight month old should do next term.

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The goal is getting us both out of the house and giving her a bit of fun. I know a lot of stuff is marketed about helping baby's development, but that's not the objective for me. My baby gets bored at home, and is a social little person who loves being around people.

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She's been doing baby sensory up until now, but I'd been considering Gymbaroo now that she's getting a bit older, and saw people on here talking positively about it as babies get bigger and more active. The thing is, she's not crawling yet (including styles like commando crawling), and I suspect it may be a bit before it clicks for her.

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I've been told that for non-crawlers, the Gymbaroo people recommend the "platypus" class, which takes babies from birth onwards. I've looked at their website and the "key learnings" mention stuff like grasping toys, pushing up in tummy time, controlling their head - stuff my baby has been doing for months. As much as I wouldn't be signing her up for the learnings, that doesn't sound like where my baby's at, which matters if I want her to have a good time.

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I don't know if anyone has any experiences of their baby either being an older baby in the non-crawler class or a non-crawler in the crawler class? Or if I should just accept that maybe this activity isn't for my baby and do another term of baby sensory.

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(She does also do baby swim, and we go to baby read and rhyme at two libraries plus a playgroup. This girl gets bored at home. I'm happy to take recommendations for other activities, too, but we're in south-west Sydney so everything is a bit of a drive.)

There's this restaurant that I (7mthF) go to sometimes (a few times a day).

It's okay, I guess. Sometimes service is a bit slow. Sometimes it makes me work a little hard for my usual milk order. The view isn't great and the seating isn't always ergonomic, especially as I've grown bigger.

And, sometimes it tries to kill me.

The murder-attempts happen mostly at breakfast time. I've had a good night's sleep (apart from my usual pre-dawn snack, which involves a visit to the left side of the restaurant only). Apparently the restaurant has been cooking up a storm for me all night, because it tries to offload its milk on me. All at once. And I almost drown to death.

I've learned to expect this. So, when I go to the restaurant and sniff that it's full to the brim with a murderous amount of milk, I turn away. It doesn't matter if I might be a bit peckish. I'm not going there, because I know death awaits.

My mummy, who for some reason is attached to the restaurant, gets strangely offended by this. She thinks that, because I'm hungry, I should have my breakfast, so that then she can have her breakfast. She grumbles that she feels "full" and that apparently that's uncomfortable. I think maybe she's in league with the restaurant and is also out to get me.

Am I the asshole for not wanting to be killed by my breakfast?

My seven month old has been having a bunch of blow-outs in the last few days. Enough that I think it's probably not user-error with a squirmy baby, and probably a sign that I need to get her in different nappies.

I was hoping to draw on people's experience of what brands work for different baby body shapes so I can prioritise which ones to try first.

For what it's worth, she's currently just shy of 8kg and in Huggies size 4s, so going to size 5 seems early even knowing that the weight ranges are inaccurate, but maybe that's what's needed? Or maybe I need to experiment with different brands? She's a baby with rolls so deep that she literally has tan lines in them, so it may be that she needs a brand that's a good fit for chunkier babies, or it could be that she's grown taller and thinned a little and needs something for thinner babies - so I'm interested in hearing different experiences.

I'd be grateful to take recommendations, because I'd like the girl's cute outfits to mostly last the day.