Articles & Expert Guides on Toddler & Child

I hate spanking. I hate that I’ve become a mom that spanks. I was raised this way and I swore I wouldn’t struggle with it. I now have an amazing girl who is 4. She lies, screams, runs away( she once took off in our complex. I was injured and not fast enough and I couldn’t find her for a hot minute) she runs in front...

My baby daddy never takes responsibly for his lies and it's been a thing for 4 years it's absolutely mentally exhausting

This week my child has been ill and so has to stay home with me, I have no other care for her other than myself. But yet my manager is getting annoyed I'm off work so much because of it. She wants to have a meeting and has asked about someone else looking after my child but my only option is a babysitter which will ...

I'll be heading back to work in November when my son is 11 months and have no idea when to start looking at nurseries but know I can't leave it too late or there won't be any places. Any advice would be greatly appreciated 😊

My 5 year does not listen to anything I say. He will attack me or his sister if he doesn't get what he wants. I do the Redirecting method, time outs, I take toys, I try to have him sit down but that doesn't work at all. ( he won't sit down) He will spit, kick, scream. If I try to put him in time out in a different ...

If you have climbing furniture for your little one out all the time, but other children are visiting and might be too big for it, should you put it away or leave it out? What about other toys which are for very little children?

Anyone else struggling mentally? I had my second son in November but this last week I’ve really begun to struggle and feel like I’m such a bad mum and shouldn’t have my boys. I often sit at 4am just crying to myself wishing life was different. My husband doesn’t seem to understand and just says he will ‘try to...

At what age do you think is acceptable to give more processed foods? I don't intend to give my 1 year old unhealthy food. I'm talking for example ready made hummus and ready made falafel. Ham for sandwiches. Sausage to put in his pasta. Baked beans. Or crackers and breadsticks for snacks ect.... He just turned 1. ...

My husband and I moved to his home town and I hate it here. Traffic is awful, there’s nothing to do, & I know no one. He’s gone a ton for work. While I was pregnant my husband started making comments about how my hormones were making me mean… this came out of no where and I was shocked and obviously hurt by it. I t...

Hi all! Looking for advice regarding weaning - Tried doing research but it's all so conflicting. My HV has said our little boy (4 months currently) will be weaned early due to being high percentile... and has been obsessed with watching us eat from 3 months... which he is now getting frustrated like "Where's mine?!"...