Articles & Expert Guides on Toddler & Child

I send my son(2.5yrs) to a nursery (3 hours a day) and I noticed 2 new 19-20 year old boys helping in the nursery. I dont know why but i got this weird feeling around them, especially one of them. I observed him playing with another child and twirling her hair in his fingers while the other one had a boy in his lap....

My birthday today, decided to take my 3 .5 year old to a farm. All was going well, she waited in any que for feeding or touching animals, no problem. We enjoyed the activities there and the rides in the fair ground. 2 hours in, we are ready to leave. She asks to sit on this Peppa pig car near the entrance which you ...

Feel like I just need a bit of a vent! I always wanted to be a mum and feel so grateful to have a beautiful five month old daughter I knew before having a child that it would be a challenge but I literally had no idea it would be this hard. I don’t understand how people have multiple children and keep their house ni...

Hi everyone, I need to come back soon to work, and I would like to ask if someone's knows if you need to work for a minimum period of time to get the 15 free childcare hours or you can get it on maternity leave. I looked at the website, but it is not clear to me. Thank you, everyone.

I’m having a c section on Friday. It’s our first baby and we’ve been trying for 3+ years to finally have our miracle baby. My MIL has just told us she is planning to sit outside the hospital all day on Friday until we say she can come to meet the baby… obviously this baby is a big deal for her too (first grandchil...

My kids dad and I separated almost 2 years ago, I was tired of doing everything in the house / with the kids and working while he just played on the console when he wasn’t at work. We never went on dates or even outside really, not much of a sex life and he wasn’t a present father for the children. Fast forward to n...

I am 12 weeks PP and to be honest I am only just starting to feel a bit more myself again. I’m still very achy and struggling to do a lot after my c section. But me and my partner are still very much in the roommate phase and it’s getting me down a bit. He leaves at 7am for work and comes home between 5–6pm and w...

I do all the weekly shopping which includes sorting dinner for the week and lunch for everyone (myself, husband and toddler). Ive been doing all the lunch and dinner planning, I also prepare dinner and lunch for everyone. I usually prepare lunch Sunday evening ready for the week for everyone. My husband normally pac...

I’m really struggling to feel like my baby loves me as his mum. He is now 9 months and he doesn’t ever like to be cuddled. At night if he wakes crying he doesn’t seem to be comforted by me when I get him out of his cot - he just hits and thrashes around in my arms. I love him so much but feel sad that I see other ba...

I will be taking my little one on holiday when he is 10 months. He is currently nearly 9 months and mostly eating puréed foods and I’m unsure what he will eat when we are away all inclusive , should I take packets of food? Does anyone have experience of this?