Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Yesterday me and my separated husband had a disagreement. The disagreement was that he didn’t like that I was intervening while he was disciplining our son who has autism. I work in the field of behavioral therapy and I’m an advocate for individuals with mental health challenges. I believe there I better ways to di...

I’ve been solo parenting my 8 month old all week, as my partner has been ill with a cold, and working from home (we don’t live together yet). He came round today as he’s feeling better, so i asked him to take our baby with him to the shops, to which he kicked up a fuss, saying he wants to get there and back quickly....

Ever since I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl, my fiancée has changed. He's sensitive, moody, defensive, just all over the place. And mean sometimes. I'm assuming it's from stress of getting little sleep and having a toddler, but it's really making me sad. Sometimes he's in such a bad mood that I have to remind ...

Any moms with toddlers struggling to get things ready for the new baby? Our nursery is a mess, haven't found the right hardware to convert the toddler bed back to a crib so one rail is off. originally we were going to redecorate the nursery for the new babies but that's not going to happen. Boxes of baby stuff every...

Has your partner ever made something important to you kinda awful? Christmas has always been so important to me. My partner is aware of this. He is so tired that he gets cranky and doesn't want to do anything and seems unhappy and uninterested in every aspect. We went shopping and it started ok but very quickly h...

How am I supposed to leave the one person with whom I share everything with. I know the pain I am going through isn't healthy, but I seem to be stuck by invisible thread. I know it's not my child keeping me because I have a good job to support us. I'm tired of it being made to seem like I'm the one causing problems...

Does anyone else’s in-laws only make effort to come and see your children when your step kids are there? My in-laws only make effort to come and see us/ arrange anything when my partners kids from a previous relationship are here. The kids stay with us every other weekend and then we have 2 kids together that obvio...

I am a c section mama. That first week back from the hospital was brutal for me, I could barely move without pain. My husband was amazing. He helped me out a lot and was attentive to our baby. I remember crying tears of joy because I thought in those moments he was going to be an amazing father and I told him this. ...

So my partner was showing me a video of a sing a long at an Irish wedding (song was in something we were watching, and he wanted me to hear the actual song) I said, "When we get married, can we have an Irish song sing-a-long?" He said "sure," but not in a yes kinda wa you in a suuure kinda way. I said something a...

I just met a woman for the first time at a social function who pretty much said I was not a good mom for having my nearly three year old in daycare from 7:30am to 5:30pm 5 days a week. She insisted that I cant bond with my child with just a few hours a day. She has no children of her own but has worked in a daycare....

Live with my parents. When I throw something in the bin I have seen my dad on multiple occasions just opening and checking it. For example I bought food at work, so I binned the container today. And then I saw him opening it to check. And other things as well It just makes me so frustrated. When I told them they ...

Me and my partner have been together around 6 months. We had a drink last night, I said something I hadn't told him straight away when it happened (he was at work and I wanted to tell him at home rather than stress him at work) he got annoyed I didn't tell him as soon as it happened. He then decided to stay up all n...

My 2 yr old boy hates drinking water now, he always wants juices we hide them from him, but he throws a big big tantrum he starts to bite on himself if he doesn’t gets his way his grandma spoiled him on giving him flavor drinks all the time since she watches him for us when we’re at work. Turns to find out he’s been...

My husband has been going through health anxiety /depression. I’ve been supporting him the last few months. I also have two young kids which all the responsibility is currently falls on me also go work. So my husband was saying we will need to eat red meat today or tomorrow and we should plan the day. (He also has...

My little boy is refusing meals and has for a while, rarely naps at home in his cot so results in driving him round but always naps beautifully in childcare and lastly will refuse to have his teeth brushed without being hysterical. I feel like I’m failing as a parent and cant even get the basics right ☹️

I’m 8 months postpartum and I’m in a relationship with my bd/fiance abs I use to love him so much he was my world but honestly lately I just feel so done with putting up with him idk if it had to do with having our daughter but I can’t stand the way he acts anymore I feel like a ficking single parent even tho we’re ...

So I bought this really cute (& expensive) plate & bowl set after we recently moved. Tonight while loading the dishwasher, I noticed one was missing. I looked all around the kitchen, in the fridge, in the freezer, in the bedrooms, pretty much anywhere I could think of where a plate might be. It’s no where to be foun...

most likely i have ppd. i come to my boyfriend in hope for support and he goes “why do you always cry?” “you’re always sad” feels like i have no support system. i want to start an argument so bad but im too mature for that. it feels like im fighting this battle alone.

My bf is a good bf but he’s always getting upset over the smallest things. I’m also starting to have doubts. Now let me get into what I mean. 1. We were at the store and a buggy was in the middle of the lot. A fire truck was driving towards it so I walked maybe 3 cars away to move it and he got mad cause I walked aw...

Me and my bd haven’t spoken since the ending of September, I decided to do some boredom investigating and came to the conclusion that he’s talking to someone new. Anyways, he randomly sent some gifts for the baby but with the gifts there were 3 separate notes which said things like” I wish me and Yur mummy can be at...