Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Hi I hope everyone is well! I have a 4 and half year old and his behaviour is becoming very concerning for me. We have recently got a kitten and at the beginning he loved him and was gentle but slowly he got more and more rough with him and gets pleasure out of hurting him. Yesterday I caught him suffocating the kit...

I’ll post the text in comments but basically I laugh reacted to a message he sent yesterday and then I didn’t respond again. And then he texts me maybe an hour later and says good night and then he’s super dry and short with me. Even this morning. It’s so annoying because we talk all day! We don’t go extended hours ...

Hey ladies, I really need some advice. I am expecting a baby this summer and my toddler already attends daycare Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday. I want to get him in for Thursday and Friday when the new born arrives but feeling guilty he's going to be away? But it will help me out alot. Has anyone ever been through th...

Hi. I’ve been with my husband for 6 years this year and married 2 years and have a 2 year and 14 year old from previous relationship. We own a home and I’ve decided it’s time to divorce my husband. He just can’t seem to stay faithful and isn’t the best team partner. I’m 35 with 2 kids and really hate the idea of s...

I am a Sahm, I spend every minute of the day with my son. Over the past two weeks it has been harder than normal, he’s had bronchitis and a night in hospital, he’s teething and nothing seems to be helping his pain, and he’s been so upset at night by it that he will scream for hours every night. I am getting 2-3 hour...

Hey girls - My mother in law keeps making comments about how she can’t wait to give my baby kisses… I feel like I don’t want her to ever kiss him but I don’t know if I’m being weird and wondered if you let your family members kiss your baby or not and if so at what age did you start allowing this? (My baby is 4 months)

My son will be 3 on Friday, and he makes my days miserable! He flies off the handle for no discernable reason and is a verbally and physically abusive insufferable brat! For example, i wake up at 4;30 every morning so I can have time to wake up before my 3 children, my only "me time," if you can call it that. Lately...

I took my 11 month old son and my 6 year old daughter to the soft play on Saturday. 1st time I've ever allowed my son to play on the equipment because he's obviously alot more active now. Now in the span of the few days since being there he's had a bug which thankfully was gone in 24hours. But what's pissed me off ...

My 2 year old has been going to the in-laws for Thurs/Fri since I had my second baby. This was to help me out as I was finding it hard to give her the attention she needed while caring for a baby that wouldn’t be put down. Now my second is 5 months I find looking after the two of them no problem. My in-laws still w...

Been a while since had someone commenting on my mothering ! Feeding my 7 month old from a bottle , in a shopping centre (one that’s open but has a roof cover ). She was wearing an all in one coat (and 3 long sleeve layers underneath)and a hat and gloves and covered by a blanket. A lady come up and says I don’t mea...

I have a cluster feeding newborn who will not be put down round the clock.. a toddler who’s tantrums are lasting at least a full hour and are being triggered by new baby crying…. and a husband with a serious case of man flu who can’t get out of bed…

Myself and my husband booked a spa and stay last night as a little break from everything. MIL said she was happy to take care of our baby overnight, which is the first time we’ve both been away from baby overnight. We arrived at 6pm and rang her at 7.15 to see how she was getting on. After a brief chat she was eager...

My baby boy is never in the house and always out doing a class/play date/swimming. I have had a crippling sore back the last two days and my partner is at work. I’m stuck on the sofa with a water bottle while my 9 month old plays on the floor or sits in his bouncer watching Miss Rachel. There’s nothing I can do but ...

I grew up as an only child and hated it. My mom was nuts and I always wished I had someone with me. I felt extremely lonely. I am afraid my son will feel the same way. Although I’m the complete opposite of my mom. She’s extremely toxic person. My husband has a brother and he said they never played or hung out toge...

Everytime I wake my husband up out of his sleep he goes into a panic looking for his phone

I stay home with my child however when my husband gets home he takes her so I can cook. I make sure she’s fed and changed when I hand her off. Right after he gets her she always starts crying out of the blue. I know her cries and it’s a cry she only does if she’s hurt; After falling. I always go in and his respons...

I’m getting fed up with my husband. Like he constantly wants to be out and not home. He already works crazy hours. I’m literally just home and thought this is what he wanted? We talked about having a family for so long and how hard it’s going to be. He already gets Wednesday at 10pm because he plays basketball ball....

I seriously need encouragement and advice mums how do you find time for yourself, now with a baby time is very limited the way I use to take care of myself it's not the same and I'm gaining weight, can’t do my hair, can dress well its like everything is going left and I still want tobe able to take care of my baby...

Thinking about ending it, this is our second go around. We spent a year apart and I felt my kids ages 7 and 2 suffered for the first 6months (behavioral problems ect) then they adjusted. We decided after a year to let go of hurt and anger and try to get back together. I really worked on myself, found myself and did ...

So my mother in law hardly sees my kids. And when she comes over to visit she expects us to make her dinner and she always comes sick and my boyfriend doesn’t have the heart to tell her to not come over and she wants to hold my 2 month old. The last time she was at my house she went and told my boyfriend that she wa...