Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

My child’s father and I had a domestic violence relationship for almost 3 years. Our daughter is one. We are currently in mediation through the child support agency and so far we have had three zoom chats. I have a protection order against him until next year in August. This is our only way of talking directly. I...

Baby is 9 months and has always been a bad sleeper and since having her I realized I have severe untreated ADHD (I’m a therapist and have talked to others and we all agree I just had great coping mechanisms before and didn’t realize it). I don’t have the ability to get on meds right now. The reason that is importan...

So I'm not sure if I should stay with my man because he's not emotionally intelligent, conflict avoidance, emotionally stonewalls tf out of me , he doesn't like when I use big words , he is mad sarcastic when we argue ; triangulates me with his friends, puts me down . He makes me feel like I'm a roommate rather than...

I need to know everyone’s response to said situation. Haven’t said anything to him yet. Last night I decided it would be a good idea for me to mop the floor like I was down there on my knees cleaning it real good, not that it was that dirty but I like to keep things clean. Now…when I woke up today, walked out of ...

Any one have any recommendations on books for helping a preschooler regulate emotions?

Husband pays for the apartment while we live in NJ, the house above our MIL, for the time being. MIL stated she never liked me from the beginning. We are first-time parents. He knows she is evil, controlling, manipulating, and b-word! She was trying to break up the entire time, blame my PPD, and stated and quoted on...

Does anyone else get frustrated by the co parent? Our daughter is on soya milk, he won’t provide it for her whilst she’s there . He doesn’t provide the correct diet ( no dairy diet completely ) . Recently she had a 72hr long reaction & I had to do the best I could do to help her feel better . He won’t do anything as...

Not sure if anyone else has been in a similar situation who can give their input. I’m English, and my partner in Nigerian (Tiv tribe). In their culture, it’s tradition for the grandparents to name their grandchild when born. Him and I have had numerous conversations about this as I’m just not too keen. I’m happy t...

Had a baby went through and I’m finally ready to have sex but what’s holding me back is my husband is refusing to wear a condom??? He would rather never have sex if he has to wear that according to him. He’s also against me getting toys and doing the job myself I can’t even sneak one because we have a doorbell came...

My son is 1yr 2mnths and he has just started going to the daycare. I took the initiative not because I am a working mom but because of my situation at home isn’t that great. My husband will pick up fights before him and yell around at me or my mother in law. Then most of the times the television would be on and they...

hey mamas, so i’d like to know if anyone has gone through this or something similar and what they did to work through it, because i feel like it’s making me crazy at this point. i have a 3 month old baby and two toddlers (1&2) and i come from quite a large family, however as we live quite far out we rarely see them...

I feel like such a terrible mother. I'm due my second baby in 2 weeks times and my son desperately wants me to play with him on the floor but I just can't get down there without being in so much pain. He doesn't want to play somewhere more comfortable for me (eg sofa) and throws a tantrum Everytime I suggest playing...

My twins are 11 months and life just feels relentless at times. Struggling with my partner, he’s tired and moody all the time. I just feel like I’m cooking/cleaning/baby rearing/ general dogsbody and he can’t even be bothered to ask how my day was/show any interest in me generally . I snapped last night and huge row...

My husband stays up from 10:30pm to 3-4am playing Xbox with his friends and headset on every single night not really talking to me. I read (my hobby) or do school work during this time but there are nights, I try to find a movie he likes or plan other activities we both can do. He often calls me annoying for trying ...

My BD is going through a really hard time since his mom passed right before Thanksgiving. They had a lot of unresolved trauma and a difficult relationship, so it’s hitting him in a heavy way. But he’s been lashing out at me, saying really hurtful and disrespectful things. This isn’t the first time he’s acted this w...

My 7 month old girl is on move fully and wanna put everything in her mouth. There was art done by my 5 year old for his friend. He had a car drawn using marker and crayons and he was showing that another friend today evening. That piece of paper was on the couch, it was almost bed time and I wanted to use the restro...

I am from South Carolina and I’m going on a weekend trip to gaitlinburg. My mother is going holistic that I’m going and I’m not taking my 4 month old baby . He is staying with my sister for the weekend . She’s calling me a bad mom and saying I don’t love my baby calling y phone crying saying I am making a bad decisi...

My two year wants me to always sit down and play with her or just sit and watch her do anything like eat or watching her shows, but I don’t always have the time and she will get upset if I tell her not right now and she will start to yell at me and scream at me and throw a tantrum. I’m not gonna lie sometimes I wann...

Hi all, just looking for opinions really… I’m 2 weeks PP recovering from a traumatic labour that led to an emergency C section. I’m feeling really down every day, my partner is very emotionally unavailable and is not supportive in the slightest. I am struggling day to day having to constantly tend to the needs of my...

My BD and I have a six month old. this afternoon I waited for hours for him to return home from running his errands gym, store, coffee, red light therapy etc. we’re moving at the end of the month and I wanted to finish building our bed that arrived two weeks ago. I tried to do it with the baby but it was not possibl...