Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Hey all you lovely people! I'm 40 weeks exactly today. My mum is over from abroad and she has no house here or anything due to living abroad. I said a month or so ago that if she visited, she would need to stay in a hotel or Airbnb etc as I just wanted my privacy at this time before imminent birth of baby and didn...

My LB has come out of nursery today saying this. He’s never used this term before and things like this are not said around him as far as we are aware. I do know the nursery are having some staffing issues and there was a girl from another room in his room today. My hubby said he saw in the window as she was collec...

This sounds so stupid and tiny but im at the point where i dont know if im the problem now or what. So this morning I asked my boyfriend about the show he was watching and every question I asked he answer very snarky for example I asked if the guy died and he just had a tone and went obviously. I then said I wanna w...

When did you realize it was time to let go? I've stayed with my bf for 5 years on and off. My main reason for going back each time is our son. Recently I've poured my emotions out to him and felt unheard. I was literally sobbing and he wanted to have sex justifying it by saying "this is the only way I know how to sh...

I know it’s over a month away but ….. it’s my first Mother’s Day EVER, and my husband is going to spend it with his mum and siblings 2.5 hours away 😢 I feel just a bit upset that there’s no thought or consideration for me. I have to spend the entire weekend solo parenting and wake up on my own with my baby for…

So my parents live around 35 mins away and my in laws live 10 mins away, I frequently go and stay with baby at my parents house on weekends …..my husband is wanting to stay at his parents with baby but I don’t feel the need as they are 10 mins away and can easily visit whenever they need. Plus I have trust issues wi...

What do you do when your relationship with your partner has reached its breaking point, there is heartbreak and pain involved but also happiness and love, my partner and I have been thru a whole lot together but he feels emotionally and spiritually checked out and it breaks my heart to hear him say I am just a mean ...

This is more aimed for those who have already had a baby, but if any advice is welcome! My mum is PUSHING for my sister to be in the delivery room with me and my partner. My sister has 3 children, so I understand she knows what’s happening etc and can help (I’m FTM). But my sister has maybe messaged me twice this w...

I’m not sure if "frustrated" is the right word, but here's the situation I’m facing: I make a conscious effort to take my toddler and baby out regularly, ensuring we do enjoyable activities like going to parks, playgrounds, the library, playgroups, soft play, and more, while also balancing time at home to read and ...

Hi ladies. I’m in need of some advice. I can’t seem to let go of checking my husbands ex’s social medias. It started because back when we were dating, he had cheated on me multiple times with her, even after we had our first baby. We dated for 8years and we’ve been married for 2.5 years now and when we got married t...

Am I wrong in expecting my husband to prioritise our baby and I as his family? His family have been non existent with our baby we’ve seen his sisters twice (our baby was born in October). His mum we’ve seen twice etc etc. I said to him how I’m excited to do his first Father’s Day, we then got on the conversation ...

I live in a multicultural area with people from all backgrounds, which you can see also from the variety of races at the playground. Without mentioning my own race nor the other race, it occurred to me that I never got any issues with other races except from one, which seems to be often approaching me/my children ...

So I'm a single mum to a 3 year old boy. We do everything together, go everywhere together. I work 4 days a week and he's in preschool on those days. Today I dropped him off at preschool but instead of heading to work I came home because I've booked the day off. I quickly rushed round to sort some washing but other ...

Just left my little boy (he's 9 months) at nursery for his first settling in session 9am - 11am. I'm not going back to work for another month or so but we are starting small and building up. He was happy when I left but I don't know what to do with myself so I've just gone for a coffee and I'm worrying. Anyone got s...

So my bf (soon to be ex) does everything to prevent our daughter from being independent and allows her to do certain things. For example, he bought her a brand new bed (she’s 4) because I’m 38 weeks pregnant and she’s been sleeping in the bed with us for the past 2 years. I have barely any space when she’s in the be...

My little boy has been so unwell recently and I feel like I’m constantly calling in sick / having to go pick him up from nursery. I feel so bad on work , can anyone suggest what I can do to make them know I am serious about my career but also need to be there for my son? I honestly can’t help the situation and just ...

SAHM life can be bloody boring! There is no judgement here. I find it very difficult to entertain my baby and we often have the TV on most of the day, albeit my programmes most of the time which he doesn’t seem very interested in. Just wanted to know if I wasn’t alone or if I’m doing it all wrong 😆

My husband is driving me mad complaining about the chair he'll be sleeping in for the night we'll be in hospital after my c section. It's making me feel unsupported. He is the type of person who needs sleep otherwise he is useless but he seems to be forgetting I'm having major surgery

I'm a new mom to a beautiful 4 month old baby girl. Her sperm doner and I are no longer together due to his behavior issues. We were together for 2 years and I had moved in with him. He has some cognitive issues which I was aware of from his mom telling me however I feel she hid the extent of his issues. He has seve...

In the space of a weekend I have had my partners family who came to stay leave my 3 week old baby with a 10 year old child holding him unattended in another room (baby was left with the adult) the child then proceeded to walk round holding the baby. I then said no more kids holding the baby after I flipped to my pa...