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So I have a toddler son. Who my mum his grandma takes him out every so often with her friends. I’ve met them about 4 times in person. Since he’s become a toddler they always ask my mum if they can take him out all together even wanting to take him to lap land for 4 nights. I find it strange that they wanna spend so...

I need help wording some of these points to MIL, FIL and partners brother who we live with before baby arrives this week… they’ve been so good to us our whole pregnancy and we are quite close, but there’s some conversations i feel we won’t see eye to eye on… how would you word the following points: 1- living with t...

So 6 years ago after being married for 3 months my husband left me, we eventually got back together some 9 months later but I never got an explanation or a proper explanation then shall I say to why he left me.. he says he had a breakdown and needed space but my brain always drifts to he was having an affair and I’l...

Cannot deal with this behaviour right now

I'm struggling taking care of family with toddler kids and working full time. I don't have the option to go part time, need the money and I'm always stressed. My spouse is supportive and helps in the house with kids equally. How are y'all moms doing? I feel so torn between work and family. I'm unable to balance this.

Toddler meltdowns! Hi mums, bit of an odd one. My girl is 1.5yo and is an absolute Angel. Bit cheeky but is very well behaved and well mannered. We've (on the very rare occasion) experienced her go full sicko mode and go absolutely nuts. Tonight being one of those nights. Hubby took her out of the bath (which ...

Being a Mom is hard, being in a 50/50 schedule I feel is harder. The Mom guilt is so real. I feel sometimes I am too hard on my child because I feel there is a lack of structure in the BDs home that I have to overcompensate for. In doing so, then I feel guilty when she is away from me. I try to do my best to keep a ...

I think I might, but I’m really not sure. My husband and I have a 14 month old and we always thought we’d just have one. Lately he keeps mentioning things like “well if we have another one day we’ll be glad we kept this” etc.. He was cleaning out our closet and decided best to keep the pregnancy pillow “just in case...

Hey mamas, I need to vent because this situation has been bothering me, and I need to know if I’m tripping. I overheard a conversation between my BD’s wife and my daughter, and it did not sit right with me. My daughter’s birthday is coming up, and she was so excited, telling BD’s wife she has to wish her a happy bi...

He cut his hand while trying to figure out what our 2yo needed and ended up with a tiny cut (like maybe 1/4 cm across, truly) MD hebsat with a paper towel on it for 30 minutes, claimed the bleeding didn't stop enough, got a bandaid, didn't mention it for awhile. Weekends are his bath nights so of course the band aid...

Me and my partner have quite a rocky relationship, his kids cause quite a few issues and arguments between us which cause me to leave the house with our one year old when his kids are staying out of embarrassment because I know they’re going to go back and tell their mum what’s happened and I’m just genuinely mortif...

I keep seeing things about attachment. Sometimes I do worry that my attachment with my toddler is not good enough because she needs to spend a lot of time at daycare. We are a two income household since we live in a very expensive city. Working part-time or stopping working is not an option for me.

I am a SAHM and my fiance and I are staying with my mom until we can get out on our own. Lately it seems like ANYTHING I do isn't good enough for her. She thinks all I do is sit at home on my phone and take care of my son. I am constantly cleaning and I am so done feeling underappreciated 😔😔😔

We are moving back down to Ayr, which is our home town so things will be a bit better and more homely and I was wondering if it’s a good idea to put my 16 month old into nursery for 1 day a week but really on the fence about it . I was really against it (don’t even know why) but he would go to my mums when I was wor...

My partner and I have been fighting a lot lately cause of very different ways of parenting our 3 years old son. He even told me that I don’t use the right voice to shout at my kid. I told him that I hate shouting and how important is for me to calm down in moments of tantrum and simple offer our kid a positive exa...

Lately, I’ve seen a lot of posts from Mums about how their husbands/partners don’t seem to be pulling their weight in helping with baby duties, mostly night feeds but also other tasks that involve their child like nappy changes etc. My LO is 16 months old and I personally have never asked my husband to do a night f...

My husband hit his head while helping me bring groccery bags in. and since then has constantly been talking about this. He had a panic attack, and now has ‘health issues’ that resembles health anxiety symptoms, but for him it’s real pain and spinal issues. Anyway, I have been trying to support him religiously afte...

For those who also have a partner that works during the week… do you also find the weekends SO stressful? During the week me and baby have a lovely little fairly loose routine, but still a routine. Then the weekend hits and with my husband here it all goes out the window. He tries to help but I’m constantly having ...

My baby doesn’t clap hands, crawl, wave and will only sit if I put him in the sitting position (will sit for a few minutes). I’m getting worried. If I put food in front of him - like a plate of pasta, he will just pick it up and throw it on the floor - he will pick up things like toast and cucumber though. Feel like...

I was served my notice from my flat & I've got a house sorted, with a garden etc. It's a fresh start. I've slowly been doing the house up over the 28 days I had to leave the flat like when my daughters been at nursery/at her dads. We moved in Monday. She absolutely loves her new big girl room (she's 2 & a half), lo...