Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

13 weeks in and nothing is getting any easier. My baby won’t go to sleep before midnight and even after this he won’t without a fight - he was going 4-5 hours overnight at one point but now lucky to go 2-3. He fights all his naps all day long. I follow sleep cues, keep an eye on wake windows. Keep him busy and e...

How do you deal with family members that push back when you strictly say no visitors at birth or for at least 10 days after returning home?? Specifically mother in laws... Mine imposed on my daughters birth 2 years ago. I had a c section and complications afterward. I couldn't recover in peace. She's already been to...

Wondering if anyone has went through a separation and can offer any advice. Me and husband are going through a really hard time, I have no physical attraction to him anymore and there’s no emotional connection. We had a disagreement tonight and I was very honest about how I felt and told him I had felt like separat...

Why do I constantly feel guilty? • I feel guilty if I go out and my husband has to take care of my son by himself (which he hasn’t really done) so I don’t even bother making plans (even though my husband says it’s fine). • I feel guilty that my in laws take care of my son while my husband & I work • I feel guilty ...

I was taking a bath while my daughter’s father was playing with her. She was asking where mama was and came into the bathroom. She had her little toy binoculars and her dad said “you found the hippo” instantly got upset and he tried to play it off that he was talking about a hippo toy she had (she has not hippo toys...

My little girl starts nursery in April and I feel awful about it. I have a toddler already. We don’t plan on having any more kids so I’m not sure if knowing this is the last time I’m experiencing everything is making it worse. Any others feeling the same or in the same situation, I feel so sad I can’t leave her wi...

So my little man has been at nursery for 4 weeks, there has been some failings on behalf of the nursery e.g. poor nappy changes, missing nappies/wipes and the biggest being being he had a orange pip in his mouth that I found when I picked him - I called them out and they apologised and said it won’t happen again n t...

Please someone tell me it won’t always be like this! I’m on a phased return to work, I’ve done three days so far and I’m returning full time (but little one looked after by my husband at home on two of the days). My mum is looking after little one one day a week and she’ll go to a childminder two days a week. So ...

If a man says not to apply for child maintenance because he “doesn’t like to be forced into things” and I would only be given as much as he gives me now or maybe less anyway so there’s no point, a lie? Like I’m trying to figure out if I’m just being played here? Cause if child maintenance does give me less I’ll cry lol

The meal times and clean up and prepping lunch and outfits for little one and for work, the after work rush to get everything done but also have quality time, to still being so exhausted from wake ups from illness and teeth and regressions and being expected just to handle it all, then on days off there is a mountai...

My partner and I are lucky enough to only work 4 days a week. We take different days off so our daughter only has to go to nursery 3 days. On my day off with her I always try to keep us busy, we go to the library, park, walking or I book an activity for us. Today we went to messy play, then lunch and nap, then we we...

I feel like I’m just winging this mum thing. I found the age 0-9 quite fun , easy and rewarding but my eldest is a teenager now and omg it’s the worst. It’s like he’s a stranger, isn’t that fun to be around, selfish, lazy acts like he doesn’t care about me or anything really. I feel so awful and guilty for feeling...

I understand that compromise is critical in a blended family but sometimes it’s just plain old hard . For example , per schedule we’re supposed to get my sd on Friday which is also Valentine’s Day . They agreed to change the schedule and now we’ll be getting her sometime Saturday . My husband thinks it’s not fair to...

I have a shitty partner. My husband transitioned out of the military last year right before my daughter was born and since then he has been a shitty partner. He doesn’t help and if he does he complains. He know doesn’t have a job so I’m working full time and taking care of the house and kids and dogs. I might as wel...

We’ve had a million talks with mom and it’s pointless. We’re honestly at a loss. Mom will let the 5 year old do her own make up and leave it until it stains her face, she will put color chalk and spray in her hair and not wash it out, and lately the new thing is mom using tattoo template ink all over the kids body. ...

It's just been one of those days honestly, nothing bad had happened but I just feel like pulling my hair out. I need a break. Baby is just constantly needing me for something, he keeps deliberately putting his toys under the sofa and then won't stop shouting "STUCK STUCK STUCK!" until I get it back for him. If I try...

My partner and I feel like we’re in the newborn trenches again! 😅🫣 My boy has just not been himself for a good month now. Fussy with food, cries at nappy change, cries if the wrong person picks him up, cries the second he wakes up, cries if I don’t do as he wants straight away….. How do we know if this is a phase…

We've wanted our LO for years, struggled and through ivf have our beautiful miracle. But we parents cannot agree on parenting styles. I don't want to hear this should have been discussed before as never thought we would have our miracle. I'm very much gentle but my husband isn't. Believes bribes I.e if you eat ...

I'm having a really tough time with my toddler. I had two breakdowns these last two days, first when he covered himself with poop when I was trying to change his nappy lots of shouting and ending in bath. Today we tried standing nappy change in the bathroom and gain ended up covering the bathroom with poop and both ...

Yesterday i wanted to tidy whilst my partner was at home as today i would of had to sort it whislt i had my 7mth old. He was watching the football which to be honest he doesnt always watch. But my LO kept coming into the kitchen and messing with stuff. So i said to remind him to watch the baby just whilst i sort the...