Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

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…

So long story short, my husband’s brother and his parents weren’t in talking terms (because mil claims her son was mean and rude to her, didn’t even invite fil to their wedding etc.,) for more than 3 years and 2.5 years ago in-laws decided to rewrite such that all the inheritance goes to my Husband and they made a b...

So me and my fiance decided to open up and have a person or two join us in the bedroom and we’re on a couple dating apps. (we have extensive rules for this) Weeeeelllll tonight I checked on our apps just looking thru the request, because what some men have the audacity to say knowing I have a man is crazy. Then I ...

So I haven’t gotten my period back yet since giving birth in Oct 2023. I test weekly just to make sure I’m not pregnant. Doc says it’s because of breastfeeding. So I really want another baby. I want my daughter to have a sibling to grow up with. Husband has a daughter from a previous marriage but she is grown and l...

How would you feel if your SO decided to drive 4 hours away from home to take someone home!? At 12am!!! Because the person decided to come up here with a female and she left him stranded!! The persons mom tells the guy to call my fiancé and now he’s stuck having to drive 4 hours away late at night!! And then has to ...

My little boy is 19 months old, the last month he's been really clingy which I actually love however, lately I've been getting really overwhelmed and struggling to be a calm mum. I've never shouted at him but when he's constantly whining when I'm trying to get things done or won't go sleep I find myself getting grum...

Tired of a toxic relationships where you get married. If your husband is not supportive. Definitely these mother-in-law’s father-in-law’s brother-in-law, sister-in-law’s extended families. They start to judge you interfere. They make your life miserable, and then also they are living in that society with high head, ...

So it is RSV season I am very hesitant on bringing my son around my family.. they called me a bad mom as a joke because i didn’t bring him on veterans day for a family bbq and they want me to bring him on thanksgiving. One of my aunts kissed my baby on the side or head near his ear and i was very very upset and i ha...