Community Posts, Tips & Support on Toddler & Child

My 5 year old is constantly getting in trouble for playing rough and not keeping his hands to himself.. how do i stop this ? I remind him every day before school and make him go to bed early if he has a bad day but it’s constant.. any advice?

Does anyone give their babies things with sugar in?

Any one else 7 month old not really into foods yet when trying to introduce.? My son is breast fed and seems to only want that and will occasionally try bites of purées.

My little boy is coming up 14months has been ebf and we started to wean him doing baby led weaning at about 7months as he was so independent and would eat better by himself but he has got fussier as the months have gone on and will hardly eat anything. Ive tried making loads of different things but he will just thro...

sooo my bd is very active in our childs life BUT he has not provided anything for her. i’ve bought all the formula, diapers, wipes, food, clothes, toys like just name it i’ve bought it all. and it makes me so nervous and scared to ask him for money bc of his situation. his mom was very sick and just got out of the h...

Tips on what to take to keep little one quiet and entertained during the service and speeches at a wedding? 🙏 nervous of ours being so loud and fidgety when there aren’t many other children going. The couple have only invited selected children to the wedding. So far we have plenty of snacks, a book, 2 fidget…

Need some advice for anyone who has dealt with this recently - please no general advice as I think I’ll actually have another melt down if someone tells me the usual methods 😅 sorry! I just need to speak to someone who’s had a major toilet/potty regression and can offer some advice? We started potty training very…

My four month old LOVES food. I can’t eat anything without her trying to steal it. 😭😭There’s not a picky bone in her body she loves absolutely everything.

What would y’all do if your husband’s family is asking for you to take something, but every time you do they always find something bad to say about your food. Once I made pozole and no one ate!! Another time my husband make chicken and they thought I helped him cut the fried they were complaining about how I cut t...

Hello all, What do you have on your little one's Christmas lists? Family are asking and looking for inspiration! (I'm so sorry if there's been a recent post on this but I can't find any...)

I keep getting fight or flight level overwhelm and I hate it! My baby was a dream of a newborn but now he’s nearly 5 months he’s tough sometimes! I think the sleep regression is hitting his daytime sleep as he realllllly struggles to nod off and stay asleep! He gets overtired and whingey and the noise makes me want...

I've left my little one for the first time with his dad for more than half an hour....to take my mum to the shops because she's been asking me to take her for ages. And I'm bloody feeling guilty the entire time! Like my partner is annoyed at me. If I don't go I feel guilty for not looking after my mum....ugh!

So I’ve come home from work and felt a bit off on the train, my tummy is in knots right now and I feel so sick, I’m also currently 23 weeks pregnant. I’ve had to come to bed because the pain is unbearable. It’s gastro so not baby related, but my partner is having to look after our 14 month old. He was saying he was...

I mean I'm being serious, I thought I was just imagining it or blaming him when really there's no correlation but... no, today he's been away at the office and she has been good as gold every second of the day, even when hungry, tired etc., she was communicating with me and it's been a dream spending the day with he...

I don’t offer an alternative if my LO doesn’t eat what I give or much of it, I just end the meal. Is that bad? I usually offer a main with veggies / one or two other things so he will pick and rarely refuse everything but for example today he just ate the veggies and only 2 tbsp of the chicken and rice. I’m not offe...

I’ve been around children for over a decade (work) and family/ friends. I have been judgemental in my head (not out loud) before about the way mums choose to go about screen time with their little ones. By judgemental I mean I would think “Omg, should the child be watching that” such as non age appropriate content, ...

Me and my husband have been living with MIL for almost a year due to financial reasons. I am 15 days post partum and she’s arranged an after birth party for me. This is traditional to our culture but it is usually done 40 days after the birth to give the woman time to heal and adjust to her new life. When MIL told m...

If you reach out to your child’s other parent about pickup and the other parent states the child will not be at the pickup location , so you can go ahead and waste your gas . Do you still drive to the pickup location ? The pickup location is in another state, 3 hours away .

My baby is 2 weeks and 2 days and my husband and I have been invited to a birthday dinner tonight but I am feeling really guilty about leaving my baby with my mother in law while we step out for a couple of hours to attend this dinner.. I feel like my baby girl might be too young to be apart from me. I also have anx...

Any present ideas? not sure if I should focus more on toys for as soon as he opens them or toys for over the next few months/ year since he will only be about 7 months