Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

I never felt such a horrible mum before. I brought my older son to the playground and the baby was sleeping in the baby carrier. Less than 5min into the playground I fell over as I was trying to retrieve my 3 years old shoe that was stuck and I FELL ON MY BABY! I managed to roll over before hitting his head and I th...

I just found out my mortgage is 4 months behind as my partner hasn't been paying it. The dynamics are that I pay utilities while he pays the mortgage.i asked him where his money was spent (he's a top mechanic at work) and he stated it's because of too much food ordering. Even though I cook quite often. What should I...

Broke up with my sons dad over 2 weeks ago. Ended on somewhat good terms. Now I will be cutting off my narcissistic father. Offered to “help” by giving me a place to stay then manipulating the situation to play the victim while I’m already at my lowest. My son deserves a healthy environment. I only made an effort to...

Has anyone else experienced something similar? He wants to focus on himself to make his health better. He’s talking about his health night and day. I understand he has health anxiety and I have to keep reassuring him on top of looking after the children and working. And this is making me feel even more stressed....

I feel like we are stuck in the same routine every day. Wake up, make breakfast, clean, cook, wash never-ending mountain of dishes, change nappies, and before I realise it's already nap time. She sleeps for about 2 hours, then wakes up, I cook and clean again for dinner. We don't really go out much, with the weather...

Does anybody else fill with anxiety at the thought of a visit from the in laws? They haven’t visited for 4 months and it’s been nothing but trouble with them. How can I deal with this?

He has a disgusting habit of constantly being on his phone while driving. Not just texting & driving but literally watching football & constantly looking at his football fantasy shit. I keep talking to him about it & it's getting WORSE. He'll do it while me & OUR CHILD is in the car. I blew up & told him if he crash...

Baby will be 3 weeks.. I haven’t seen my stepdad since my baby shower. He didn’t even congratulate me for giving birth all because I told him abt two months ago that I would prefer we hold off on him calling himself grandpa since he kept saying it over and over I felt I needed to say something. I went through a toug...

My partner and I have lived together for over a year and a half. He can be harsh with my daughter but he tells me he is only trying to help me. He's yelled at her on a few occasions. This morning really bothered me. She wasn't getting out of bed and she gave me an attitude. He came into her room and just starts yell...

I am a stay at home mom of 3 kids. My last born is 1 year old. And I plan she would go to crèche at 2. My neighbour who works is 4 months pregnant and has asked some months back if I could babysit for her. I made it clear that I've been home the past 7 years tendering for my kids. I would want to go back to work or ...

Lately I’ve felt nothing but rage towards my bd. He’s a selfish jack ass. When I got pregnant all did was tell me that he did want another kid and then he moved away. I couldn’t help but felt abandoned. Our son is now a year old and he still has baby been in his life but he wants to preach of great of a dad he is. A...

I have a 30 month old boy and my husband is just not interested in doing anything with him. The moment he gets home from work he will stick the TV or just stay glued to his phone. If our son wants to play with him he just blanks him and I asked him why are you not playing with him and he said I don't want to. I feel...

It's been 2 months since I've been able to go to a place I call home. I last everything to hurricane helene. I've been living in a hotel since then. A hotel without a kitchenette, so I can't cook. I only have a microwave and a small fridge. So I make work. I'm constantly eating out. Wasting money on food. I have to ...

Please can someone tell me if I’m over reacting or not! My little one is not a huge fan of nursery and nor am I tbh. Every time I drop him he cries and the room always feels rather chaotic with a number of babies and toddlers crying on the floor. The ladies working there all seem nice and busy doing things but it j...

Hi all, I love my in-laws and they are so generous and cannot do enough for me and my husband and our baby, but how on earth do I go about telling them to stop buying her toys. It’s constant. Every week she’s with them she’s got something new! She will never know the value of anything and Christmas is just around t...

Would anyone be interested in watching real life videos of a first time mum? I’ve put a couple videos out but wondering whether it’s just cringey 😬

Baby (6 months) doesn’t seem to enjoy my company…. I know, I’m always there and it’s not constant fun, I cut his nails, wash his face, get him dressed, do the housework around him while he plays. But I do take lots of time to really engage with him and play silly games, but he just looks away bored, or gives me a ha...

We have not had an easy ride with parenthood (first baby) and this has put a lot of strain on our relationship. We've been together for 12 years and still very much love each other but we are really struggling. We both want to make it work but things are so bad now we don't know if we can even come back from it. ...

Would love to get others view please I am on maternity leave with my firstborn who is currently 9 months old. My spouse works Monday to Friday 9-6pm as a health care worker. Am I asking too much for him to be off his phone whilst having dinner? He probably isn’t on it a lot during his working hours, but from the ti...

Hi guys, currently feeling really low. My little girl is 2 in Feb. Her behaviour at the moment is really challenging. I feel like my sweet little girl has gone😞. Granted she is poorly at the moment and has a virus. But I feel like everything is hard work. I feel so drained. Putting her coat on is a huge task in…