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What is the feedback on these programs? My daughter is almost 12 months and I think she will be walking by 13 months. We are currently in our third and final term of Baby Sensory and I actually regret signing up this term. My daughter just wants to crawl and climb everywhere which is totally fine but I feel like it's not the right environment. I am looking at other options for when Baby Sensory finishes. What is Gymbaroo like? Does it allow them to safely and freely explore? I have also looked at PCYC little n active but couldn't see much of what they actually offer in the sessions.

Are there any others I may have missed? We are Brisbane based (southside).

I need ideas on best way to keep a 12 month old entertained in the car. She has hated travelling in the car since she was born but it just got worse around 8 months. Now at almost 12 months, it's a fight just to get her in. She screams, stands up and goes stiff like a surfboard trying to get her in. Once we are over that, she may possibly scream the whole way. Sometimes she will exhaust herself after 15 minutes. Other times I am not sure if she is going to throw up or pass out.

I am not a fan of snacks in the car as I can't respond quick enough if she is choking. I did try a subo bottle with yogurt but even that wasn't enough yesterday.

I have used rattles but I think she is just getting too old for these now, and she is not interested or just throws it on the floor.

I am at the point where I don't want to leave the house with her and it's becoming hard to actually focus on driving.

I am not anti screen time but I am picky about it. Is this one of the moments where I accept defeat with screen time? Or will I be making it harder for myself later? How do you attach a phone or tablet when you have one of the cameras hooked over the headrest?

Has anyone used an activity tray rear facing or are they too big?

I am open to any suggestions, except the happy song. There is nothing happy about it in our car.

We renovated our backyard last year and now have lots of space for toys and equipment but we aren't sure what to get. What backyard toys/equipment are favourites in your house? My baby is 1 soon so she has plenty of time to grow into things. We are thinking of doing a small area under our small patio for rainy days as well but not sure if this would get used. We are in Brisbane so can use the yard year round. We have a couple of portable gazebos for shade.

My baby turns 1 in under 3 weeks. How does everyone serve meat to their babies? Since we started solids at 6m, my baby has never been a huge fan of meat. She will eat bolognese but even that is hit and miss. Every other meat I serve will hit her tongue and she will just spit it back out. Usually I don't care as there's lots of other food on her plate to fill her up. She has now started throwing majority of the meal on the floor. I didn't think much of it as I thought she's just not hungry, but then she has woken up around 3 hours after dinner screaming because she's hungry so I've given her a full bottle and she demolishes it. She doesn't usually have a night bottle and hasn't since around 3 months of age. Is this the start of the fussy eating stage? I took the plate away and just put bits of food on her tray at a time which has worked better but she still doesn't want to eat whatever meat I serve up. She will eat almost anything else that gets put in front of her including salmon, barramundi and Prawns. Everything except meat. I don't want to keep guessing if she is hungry or not. Any tips??

Does anyone use non slip foam over their tiles or something similar? The tiles in our house are annoyingly smooth and my 11mo has had one too many slips and bumps while crawling around and I need to do something. Even my dog loses her grip if she is running through the house so I imagine it's only going to get worse once my baby starts walking.

She has a playpen and loungeroom where she is safe to move around but she is getting sick of being contained in them all day. We also have a playroom with a Zenli playmat but it doesn't cover the whole area and this seems to be where she has the worst slips. Always gotta be right next to the mat 🤦‍♀️

We spent the weekend at my mum's and she has textured tiles so she never loses her grip. It was amazing to just let her crawl everywhere, even in her long onesie and not worry about her slipping over.

I am considering covering half the house in foam tiles or something. Does anyone use something like this?