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Please help!!! I’m at my wits end. I think LO is struggling with separation anxiety since staying at grandmas overnight last weekend. Since then he’s just shouting mama constantly and crying after me. He’s no longer going down for naps, wanting to be held. And at night he’s waking much more frequently crying. Is ...

I am all for my baby playing, falling over, whatever... But I just feel like the safety police with her dad. Constantly telling him don't do that! He's a great dad otherwise.

So I currently live with my spouse and his parents and sibling (little brother) & sister who I care and love very much. There great people. My partner and I, we have a 1 single bedroom with a bathroom which was fantastic until I found out I was Pregnant and I’m worried that with this baby coming we might need a li...

So when I meet my husband 6 years ago, I was a virgin and the only knowledge I knew was through watching videos on YouTube and porn( I know please don’t judge my mother was never the type to talk to me about sex neither did I had any friends to help me) but anyways so when we meet he knew and he also knew I was okay...

I feel so lost and like a horrible mother and I just need someone to tell me everything is okay. My son (18months) is just crying ALL the time. I’m a stay at home parent so he’s with me all the time every day because we don’t have babysitters or friends/family to help. I have to assume it’s attachment mixed with tee...

So my 13 month old started daycare yesterday and I got three pictures yesterday and I haven’t gotten any today she said he ate and slept a little. i can’t see him through any camera so I’m even more worried. It’s a man and woman a couple which is good but i don’t feel that great about having a man in childcare he al...

Okay so this morning my partner made me breakfast which is our agreement I clean and he cooks so he makes breakfast and he calls me to come eat I tell him give me a second I'm coming since I was in the middle of making some very important bill payments when he keeps calling me I say give me a second I will be right ...

My 12 year old son doesn’t want to know me! He will barely talk to me and it’s really upsetting 😞 He used to be such a mummy’s boy and now I feel like he doesn’t care I have even tried talking about things he is interested in and still nothing The worst part is me and his dad have split up recently and he’s all…

So me and my son's dad have been together 9 years. We have a beautiful baby boy. Lately our relationship has been awful... He comes home every day in a bad mood from work. I've been finding double shooters of alcohol in his car. I believe he is drinking every day before he comes home. Whenever I try to talk to him a...

Just want to hear about your experiences...my babys dad and I aren't together but for the first 4 months he stayed me with me to 'help out' but he never actually helped so I asked him to leave. He believes that because he goes to work that means he can sleep all night and all weekend (was getting out of bed anytime ...

I am 14 weeks pregnant I told. My brother and sister who don’t really care or reach out and my family is very self centered they barely check on me. I don’t feel inclined to rush and tell them. What would you do ?

My in-laws drink about 3 liters of beer each for lunch and spend the rest of the day drunk. When they come on "vacation" to Spain (I am Spaniard) they come during school weeks when I have the children at school and daycare. Every time they come they expect us to leave aside our tasks and go spend the whole day with ...

I know this is controversial but I am honestly looking for opinions and experiences. What is your screen time policies at home, car, outside of the house? We have been letting her watch Miss Rachel on my phone while on car trips and it was all good until a few times, she wouldn't want to leave the car upon arrival o...

I constantly feel like I’m telling my husband off which I hate and it makes me feel like a bitch. But he keeps doing it and it’s annoying (he’d admit his judgment lately has been shocking in big and small ways). I’ve even tried to flip it and ask if he’s ok or if there’s something wrong so that I can support him, bu...

So my 1 year old daughter cries constantly if someone is in the room with her as soon as I leave the room and close the door on her she starts playing happily and doesn't cry anymore. I feel awful for having to put her in a room on her own but it's the only way she's happy and not crying and stressing all the time. ...

If I still had my own hobbies, we’d never be together or spend time as a family. I’m not making a dig or complaining I just am genuinely interested in how other people create their own life outside of the home without it effecting family times ? Or is this just motherhood and part of the sacrifice us women make?

Me and my partner have 3 children together - been together for 7yrs now. He’s never been one to pull his weight all the time but he does some jobs around the house when asked (3/4 times mind). This morning I’ve come to the realisation that I’ve had enough of getting the bare minimum. I’ve addressed it loads of tim...

Anyone else have trouble with nursery? Maybe it's my lack of understanding but it just seems they want the money without me actually taking my child. My daughter has had on and off temperatures for the last 2 weeks and I've had to keep picking her up which is fine but I took her up to the hospital and turns out sh...

Right so my baby (12 weeks) cries all the time. Constantly. It doesn’t matter what ur doing with her she just cries all day long from start to finish. Can break it up for 15-30m at a time but that’s it. According to doctor and health visitor it’s behavioural. I can agree with this because I’ve seen her not acting l...

This year my son was sick a few times but nothing major. However it was me who had to take time off the most and now I’m in trouble with my work. Over the last couple of weeks my son has been having some protracted cold and fever - he would get better and then have fever again. Anyway I took 2 days off work last wee...