Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

I think I just need to rant but does anyone have any advice? I’ve had a really complicated pregnancy and have needed to attended appointments 2-3 times a week, am regularly having to get checked out and I always go to these things on my own. A lot of this stuff has really scared me and it’s been hard doing it on my ...

I need a pep talk about my son always wanting to be with me right now. He loves daycare and walks right in when dropped off. We have babysitters he is great with too. But, no matter where we are or who we are with if I am in the room all he wants is me or to be held by me. I know this is developmentally normal, but ...

My husband spent the Ebt funds I was saving for thanksgiving. So now we don’t have any funds to buy a ham,corn, stuffing, etc. I was really looking forward to making a great meal with leftovers and it’s just gone. But I can’t even tell him I’m upset because he thinks I just complain and run my mouth all the time so ...

I am a 36 year old woman with a petite physic. Since I gave birth, my partner will keep asking me if I washed my hands, if I cleaned baby hands, or tell me to go wash my hands as soon as a do something or come from outside as I will not do it if he didn’t say it. He will remind me to wash the hands for 25 sec. I fin...

Am I the asshole? My fiancé’s mom invited herself over today. She's done so 3 other times and spends the entire time she's here holding my baby and complaining that she's sleeping. So today She got here at 1:30 as I was about to feed the baby and she hadn’t napped since 11 am. She came in called it gross that I was ...

Trigger warning - mention of SA. I have a male family member who repeatedly asks me when my toddler will be having a sleepover (with him and his teenage kids) i say never and he laughs as obviously thinks I’m joking but my daughter will never sleep anywhere other than at my mums. I have had to intervene a bit with...

I’m trying to keep my mouth shut because if it’s not something that can be controlled I don’t want to make him feel bad about it but I’m lowkey ready to explode. My fiance has adhd. Constant redirection is needed, he’s always late to everything, terrible at prioritizing but I can’t fault him. It’s truly not his fau...

i feel guilty when i hand my baby off to shower or to eat i rush both of those things because i dont want to leave him what if they cant calm him down? even with his own dad im side eyeing (my husband is great with him i trust him fully alone with him) i miss when he was in my belly all the time am i crazy lol

Obviously still being a parent but, less, or are you still on mom duty when he/she’s there? For example, you were at home all day long with the kids and dad gets home from work, is he taking over and you relax or are you still in full on mom mode?

Last night my boyfriend threw up basically everywhere in the bathroom. Which sucks for him I’m sure, and from the things he told me. Now I go into the bathroom, there’s a towel he used to clean up puke sitting there by other dirty clothes. Now he only washed the towel and not the other clothes. Then he shit in the ...

My boyfriend has a female friend who is a lesbian, they speak everyday and are super close. My bf and I had such a nice weekend away together with my family and have just arrived home. The gift he bought for his female friend had been delivered and he opened it and it’s over £70 worth of Beyoncé’s Cecred hair care l...

I’m struggling badly with negative emotions towards my husband, we’ve got 11 month old twins. I thought I’d give it time to see if my feelings are gonna change and improve but I just hate him more and more. I can’t stand that he can go shopping, barber, clean the car whenever he wants and I have to stay with the tw...

So I’m a single mom of course just had my baby two weeks ago. I took the baby to church today. I was so happy and so proud to be in church with my son. I’ve always imagined the day that I stand up in church and dedicate my children to God I went to the pastor. I was so proud and so happy I introduced him to the ...

My husband and I are about to have our first baby and we are talking about our expectations and comforts. I told him I am uncomfortable with anyone changing my babies diaper that isn’t him or myself. He says he thinks it’s normal to let family and close friends help with diaper changes. Is this a me thing? I feel li...

My boyfriend and I have two babies together. My oldest is 23 months old and my youngest is 11 months. So having the babies close in age is a bit difficult as you can imagine. I am able to handle the difficulties that it comes with as I have patience and love my babies too much. I work from home, also take care of my...

I feel like I am crashing. Husband is not emotionally supporting me and just laughs. I expressed to him that I've been feeling not myself for a few weeks now. I went out with my kids today and my son kept screaming so I had to leave and once I got home, I started crying. All he did was ask me "Why are you crying?" M...

Hi just wondering if anyone has gone through the same. My little girl over the past few months has become scared of and dislikes more and more things. First it was strangers and loud noises which I can understand, but now it’s even things like an extractor fan on the ceiling at a soft play she goes mental over it po...

I have a 3 year old and I am usually a calm patient person. Recently, I have been raising my voice and losing all patience over the slightest things. I find myself arguing with a 3 year old which is just ridiculous. She refuses to eat meals as we sit at the table and she wants to sit on the couch. Defiant says no t...

I’ve been in my relationship for almost 5yrs and now I’m just done. He doesn’t consider my feelings in anything he does. If I’m upset about something he did, he never apologizes, lies, etc. just a whole slew of excuses like “that’s just the way I am, etc.” I literally asked the man for a hug one time & he told me “t...

Today we were running errands and as we got to our last destination we sat in a parking garage to eat for a bit before entering the shop. It was still early in the day and parking was free for 3hrs- but we would only be there for a few minutes so no rush. As the parking garage was mostly empty I had an idea.. I wou...