Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

I have a UTI and I’m exhausted — this was the only good sleep I was getting. My partner woke up and started rubbing on me. He was getting close, but it felt like too much. I told him I was done and needed to rest since this is the only decent sleep I’ll have for a while, especially with his son staying over for the...

They say your spouce is suppose to make you a better person. Does anyone else feel like they are a better mom and a better person when your husband isn’t around? What does it mean to feel that?

I have a 3 week old baby girl and she is the calmest most chill baby ever and then there's my two year son who is completely put of control. I don't get it. He's nice to the baby and everything but man his dam whining constantly is really getting on my nerves , I am so tired of hearing every dingle day from the mom...

It has been one of those overstimulating one thing after another one tantrum after another.. I was cleaning the bedroom and my toddler kept taking the clothes out of the basket I said three times to leave the clothes in the basket and then I yelled it, I immediately started crying because I felt bad I’ve been raisin...

My bf got a notification saying “1 person has sent you a post” or something like that on instagram. It happened earlier and I moved forward. Normally notifications will come up saying who it’s from right? Is this a normal notification? Asking because I have struggled to trust my bf for a while due to the things he’s...

I just want to let this out as it’s been hurting me a lot . I’ve been with the father of my children on and off for 10 years . I’m not 26 . He’s 29 . Ours sons are 5 months and 7 . We have never had a stable relationships but recently it’s just become so bad I’ve had to kick him out . He’s a severe alcoholic and doe...

My husband feels sorry for himself and says my expectations of him are too high. These are: getting up with the baby and toddler three mornings a week, helping with bedtime four nights a week, doing dinner four nights a week and then having the children for two hours at some point over the weekend. Am I expecting ...

Can someone with older kids tell me it gets easier having multiple kids? I feel so guilty when I have to feed my 5 month old daughter and I can’t play with my almost 3 year old son. I feel like he is starting to prefer my husband even though he was always the biggest mamas boy. I love my daughter but I feel like I a...

I'm 43 so time is not on my side, I've 2 now not quite under 2 but there is an 19 mth gap between them and I thought I was set on wanting to try again We endured miscarriages and done 1 rounds of IVF to get our two and have two embryos left from the second round (same round as our two come from) but in the last week...

I don't know what it is lately but my son seems to only be happy and quiet for like 2 minutes at a time before just SCREAMMMING for seemingly no reason. He's getting mad and overstimulated at everything. There's a new baby he's never been jealous of but maybe he's starting to feel left out? We give him a ton of atte...

Guys I’ve got a 6 month old and she’s lately been not napping as long so I haven’t been great maintaining the chores. But ngl I didn’t wash Fridays dishes and left them to rot in the sink while and I was out the whole of yesterday. Then had an early morning visit to the in laws and didn’t have the chance to wash up....

I'm a stay at home mom of 2 under 2. On the weekends, my husband still finds a way to wiggle out of parental duties. He's always in the bathroom on his phone. I'm struggling to stay on top of eating, hydration, and pumping. I always think "TGIF" when the weekend d is near, but honestly, him being home stresses me ou...

Hello, my LO is 3 months old and sometimes I’ll let him watch some TV. I’ve suffered with PPD and whilst most of the day I spend his wake windows interacting, reading him books, practicing rolling, playing with his toys and taking him out into the world, sometimes when I get to the evening I’m so emotional drained t...

I’ve been feeling this way since my October baby was born (first baby). It has got slightly better but still having a significant impact on my wellbeing. When I’m around her, I CANNOT relax. I am on edge all of the time, even when she’s happily playing and I’m just watching her in the sofa, even when she’s asleep! ...

He’s been going since he was 17 months old so over a year now. Same nursery but has moved up the classes as he’s grown older. He never gets excited or wants to go to nursery, still gets upset/tearful at drop off most days and always tells us he’s sad at nursery. He doesn’t seem to have any “friends” and just plays b...

We are in it bad. Bedtime is hell started crying and refusing to go to bed I less I stay in bed with him till he falls a sleep. Never had this before he's always self settled. He wakes at night and is so upset unless he comes into my bed. And this is all new. Anyone else in this or come out of it?

How are you splitting duties with your partner? Currently, my partner does the midnight feed before going to bed and I wake up throughout the night/take care of baby during the day. Logically I know that this is fair because he goes to work, but I can't help feeling slighted that I'm taking on a bigger chunk of th...

They might not be 100% on board as they already think we have too many kids but I told my husband we should just turn up with my baby bump and be like surprise!!! We’re meeting up with the in laws in about a month and by then I’ll be ready to tell them as I’m already starting to show. My worry is they won’t be able ...

The title is definitely one of the hardest parts about being a FTM 🥲 yesterday at a restaurant while celebrating my cousin’s birthday with family, my son started having a tantrum. He’s a very calm baby usually so this is a new thing for both him and me. He probably started throwing tantrums about a week ago (I feel…

My partner and i have had our ups and down and mostly it’s been on his side from not respecting my boundaries and breaking promises. We have a 19 month old pending evaluation for autism. My son is very attached to both of us. However his dad is almost like another child to me. He has mocked me in the past when he’s ...