Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Hey all, my 34 weeker has been in the NICU since he was born last Saturday. I’m a stay at home mom to a 2 year old without the option of daycare. I’ve been going to see baby in the NICU as much as I can, which has been about 2/3 hours worth a day. I’m having a really hard time not feeling like I’m being judged other...

What do you do when your boyfriend’s daughter whom is 7 doesn’t follow rules in the home, doesn’t listen to anything she’s told, and just kind of does what she wants. I’ve tried to have countless talks about rules. For instance, not walking around carrying her 6 month old sister, but she chooses to still do it. Ever...

Husband got laid off. He got a severance and agreed the mortgage would be first priority and the money would be put to the side. Well it was but it’s now gone and spent on various things-he paid credit card bills, food etc. I don’t think he did it on purpose, he just SUCKS at money management. I’m really annoyed a...

House a complete mess Tryna cook and be there for my CLINGY child who won’t let go of me, dinner is now burnt to the crisp The dishes are up to the ceiling Laundry is now 2 days overdue Child is dirty not yet been able to give her a bath today Overwhelmed and overstimulated is an understatement Got about only an h...

A woman posted in a group for Black twin moms how she’s upset because she joked with her white partner about how their kids won’t look like him and he’ll get weird looks being out with 3 black kids (their twins and her other child). The twins were born very white presenting blonde hair/blue eyes and now she gets the...

Hello ladies, I’m looking to start collecting colostrum, where did you all get your kits from please?

My man is obsessed with his phone. Nothing sketchy is going on I can see what he’s doing but he’s constantly on it watching YouTube or on facebook random stuff like that. And if it’s not that the tv is on. He’s so focused on it he doesn’t fully watch our baby or if I talk to him he doesn’t even stop what he’s doing ...

My ex and I have worked out a schedule that works for us, the only thing is I have an issue with the condition of his house. His brother lives with him and their place is an absolute mess, piles of dishes everywhere in the kitchen. Trash in the living room, the hall bathroom has stains in it like stuck on 💩 stains…

I have never ever felt this awful😭 Yesterday my baby was screaming crying so I laid him in the corner of the sofa and made the milk as fast as I could. He rolled off. I checked him over, he cried but after cuddles he was laughing and talking again (5 months old) he wasn’t sick or unconscious or anything so we…

I was holding my baby for a contact nap and I as feeling tired and wanted to take a nap too so I decided to transfer him to the bed and he woke up. He has been having a hard time with his daytime sleep and I feel like I should have just kept holding him. My bf came to help me but I feel guilty when he has to help me...

Help me settle an argument with my husband

My daughter has an egg allergy, and today for lunch, her daycare gave her corn dogs, which has eggs in the batter. She could be outgrowing the allergy, but our pediatrician recommended waiting until 2 to reintroduce it. What if she had had a severe reaction? They've been okay for the most part, but we've had a few o...

I’m feeling so much worry and guilt. My baby almost 8 months, was in his walker and our litter box is in the basement. Our cat was scratching at the door to go down so I opened it a crack knowing he was in his walker still and just thinking I’d shut it in a minute. He was in the other room and I went to start a load...

This might be a bit deep for a Tuesday evening🙃 However I have a newly turned one year old. He’s great and he sleeps and eats great I can’t fault him. Me on the other hand, since he’s turned one I just feel like mentally I’ve hit a brick wall. I’m constantly exhausted. I’m snappy and every little thing my partner…

I had to tell the kids school to stop telling their dad stuff because he doesn’t care and forgets everything. I guess he was told they would be doing a home visit today. I’ve been in and out of the hospital with one kid, had a doctors appointment for another and this woman shows up to my trashed house. I am so embar...

So basically my BD is really into podcast and doom scrolling mad finding thing of the internet that he wholeheartedly agrees with. For example he believes that my kids should be fed vegetables etc. So from this he's basically said they should only be able to have 2 toys and the rest need to go in the bin. To that I ...

We had our precious baby boy three weeks early. apparently since I got pregnant, my husband started having anxieties about our compatibility. We are now in the thick of taking care of a newborn and I’m feeling really lonely, shocked, and uncertain about the future in the worst way. i thought we were really solid in ...

My ex uses a crutch outside and was carrying bags, she isn’t the most safest person meaning she is accident prone and has many “incidents” to say the least. She asked for our son so I handed him over, then she was holding him all awkward and he started struggling trying to get back to me, so I took him back and she ...

This shit is rough 😭😭 half the time my 3 yr old is sweet, then the other half is demon meets baby… whining and throwing fits, not listening or straight up saying “no” to everything, being a monster when he doesn’t get his way 😭😭 I’m being bullied 😭😭 he already started going to the other parent when one says no…

They moved me out here with them, call my old place that I had on my own a shoebox (small) convinced me and my bf that their home would be better for our child, (we were just fine) hoping I’d maybe get more help! Once I get here my dad is a slob and says I’m the woman of the house so I have to clean up, he doesn’t m...