Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

ok so my 6 month old is teething bad right now, just straight up miserable 90% of the time & waking up all hrs of the night screaming his head off(also has a little cold which i know is normal) his dad wants him Friday to Monday which i agreed to weeks ago but i’m thinking about seriously canceling bc he only gets h...

Am I being unreasonable when I want baby back to soothe her if she’s upset? I don’t think I am as I’m the mum and she’s only 6 weeks (I am letting my other half try as it’s important he can soothe her too) but was wondering at what point I should allow grandparents to learn too as they will likely have her at some p...

My LG is quite sensitive and anxious, although very social. Recently she's just been a bit off and has been asking for me to pick her up from childcare early (no concerns - the childminder is lovely and has had her since she was a baby). The increased upset started when she started preschool in January for 1 day a w...

My narc ex has left me pregnant, currently in my 2nd trimester. I’m so angry! His life has barely changed but I’m living at my Dads and emotionally struggling. He flipped my life upside down. He doesn’t see the baby as his responsibility until it’s born. He has a VERY decent job. I’m tempted as his setup is muc...

Our little one is 14 months old, before she was born we were very in love, my partner proposed to me. We had lots of sex, cuddles, dinners and just generally being happy. After she was born we were still very happy, we haven't had much sex but have been trying to improve on this.. the last few months of so I've been...

I feel like this maternity leave I've spent the whole time comparing my two. My first one was amazing at sleeping, very chilled but we had lots of fun. I was also under the impression I had lots of help. My parents were both reasonably well and alive. My partners were seeming to be hands on and eager to help. All ro...

I had my little boy’s first birthday party and invited family and friends. A friend of mine told me that she and her husband would come. I was very excited. Every time she had a birthday get together for herself I would go. I’ve gone to numerous birthday get togethers and dinners for her. The night before my son’s b...

When I was pregnant with our first baby, my husband used to treat me so well. Now I have a 17 month old and in my second trimester with my second child and my husband just keeps criticizing that I’m not doing enough in terms of taking care of our toddler and the house and he says he does more than me all day. He kno...

Someone tell me I'm not overreacting. Financial hardship but Im going back to work. The challenge is finding childcare. A family friend offered to babysit free of charge. She has a daughter, so I thought it'd be great. NO. It didn't dawn on me until I arrived home with the boys. she says my oldest peed through h...

I’m at breaking point with a 10 month old who never sleeps and a baby dad/ “partner” who is useless Tonight he was meant to come over but it was then too late for him, ( long story short he’s staying with a friend as it’s “closer” for him to get to work but I found out he’s working 20 mins form here..) LIAR) I d...

I am struggling. I’ve been crying non stop all day and have been down all week. I’m pregnant and know it’s probably just hormones. But in therapy my therapist brought up my friends and how it makes me feel that they left me after I got into a relationship. I said it didn’t bother me, but then I saw one friend posts ...

My partner and I have been together for 2.5 years and I still feel like his phone and games mean more to him than his daughter and I. He won't get off of his phone to help me either if it's dinner time or even just to play with our daughter. I hate it. I hate it so much and every time I complain, he says we'll chang...

How do I tell my partner I don’t love him anymore he’s is so nasty to me, but I don’t have the guts to leave him 🙈 but if I left him he would still be nasty 🙈🙈🙈

It’s not the first time my 15 month old baby comes home from a daycare with bruises & bumps on his face. I tried to confront the daycare with questions about what happened with his face. The family daycare that owns this place would tell me that I brought him like that. Even tho I have pictures of my son a day befor...

So a while again I made a post about how we hadn’t told our families that I was pregnant… we wasn’t going to see any of our family till Easter! But I had an accident and our baby was born premature at 22 weeks! So is it wrong to not tell them yet still? I want to tell my parents at least; but my husband is super hes...

Me and my MIL don’t get on a great deal. Past argument, situations bla bla bla. We see things differently and are completely different which is fine, we’re civil for my kids and partner. I try organise trips to the park, walks etc even when my partner is working as at the end of the day she’s a gran to my kids and m...

My husband is away on a trip for work and he searched his room for an hour for signs of bed bugs before we got comfortable. Well the next morning he woke up to go to the bathroom and when he came back there was a bed bug literally sitting on the blanket on the bed. He immediately requested to move hotels with his jo...

Does he deserve jail time?

I see a lot of post where husbands are just horrible and everything so I want to post something positive! Our daughter has been pretty sick the past couple of days and he took work off today to stay and help out with house chores and our daughter♥️ She’s been very glued to me while being sick making it so I can’t ge...

I can't cope anymore I don't know what to do and nobody is getting back in touch I've been waiting for the nursery nurse about help with behavior. I'm spending night time having clumps of hair ripper out and my face scratched up. She's violent with her sister out of no where. Her outbursts are uncontrollable. Please...