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So, my MIL told us during her visit last month that she wasn't coming for a Christmas visit. She left gifts for the kids in my closet. Since then, I started working full time and hired a nanny. The nanny is amazing but is super shy. My MIL is notorious in our family for making comments about diet, exercise, weight, ...
My fiance grew up being good friends with this guy and he has a fiancee that I became friends with. Me and her got really close and she made me feel like we were pretty good friends. We haven't hung out in a really long time and she started ditching me or taking advantage of me. For example, she wanted me to make so...
My husband took a 11 day trip, went to South America with his best friend. Meanwhile, I’m at home with a 19 month old, doing all the childcare on my own. When he got back from his trip, he didn’t seem appreciative of the work. We were also preparing to move, so I was making appts to fix things in the house, talki...
So I have a friend whose little one is 8 years old, my LB is only 8 months so obviously there’s a big age gap. I feel so awful saying this but her LO is quite badly behaved… he shouts at his mum, runs off when walking, throws my pillows off the bed when they comes to my house, runs off in stores, demands things suc...
My partner has regularly gone out spontaneously on the weekends since the baby has been born (now 10.5 months old) recently I asked if he could pre plan nights out instead so I also get the chance to go out and plan things with friends as I haven’t been out with just my friends since he was born. He had planned a...
Hi My partner works 9-5.30 Mon-Fri, he works from home so no travelling time. We live together. I'm on maternity leave. My daughter (almost 5 months) is breastfed but I can express so baby can be given 2 bottles a day. How much childcare should my partner be doing so it's fair? I have no idea what other people do. S...
I have a 2yr 4 month old and a 1 week old baby. Since bringing baby home my toddler has been extremely unsettled. Wants me to cuddle him And do things with him all The time, very emotional, hitting, refusing to do anything with husband. Being abit unkind to him, unprovoked hitting. I know he’s just adjusting and un...
Is this the right size to serve egg strips to a 6 month old?
so after putting baby in bed we were in bed. my husband was having little pain in his stomach so i gave him gas medicine. he was fine after some time. i was trying to sleep, but he was moving a lot and i was getting disturbed. suddenly he woke up quickly and went out and came back quickly, he said he thought someone...
I know all Nurseries are different, but does anyone have any pictures of the meals their baby eats there? I keep asking if I can see some photos (because I'd like to know how much she is actually eating) and they won't send any. I'm just completely clueless!