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I feel like crying, is this normal behaviour?

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...

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Am I overthinking

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...

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Has your partner ever done this?

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...

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Am I crazy??

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...

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To give another pancake or to not give another pancake?

My son’s (3) pancake broke in half. Shock horror (anyone with a toddler will understand how much they hate broken food 🤦‍♀️) be had a fit. I explained that the pancake will take exactly the same and now he has 2 (sometimes works) but nooo he wanted another. No I’m not wasting food like that, he throws pancake on…

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I don’t know if this is normal?

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 ...

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Shaming moms for sending their kids to full time daycare

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....

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Is this normal? l feel like my kids’ father is bugging, but he thinks nothing of it. 🤔

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...

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UK 🇬🇧 Premade veggie fingers / croquettes

Has anyone found any like premade vegetable fingers or croquettes in the supermarkets? Added a pic for reference. I've seen a few but all seem to be fairly high in salt

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Feeling overwhelmed, was I at wrong?

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...

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My husband is stressing me out

He want to stay with his dad for Christmas and last year I had a really bad year with our 4 daughter that have to had surgery and she was in hospital for 1 month and a half this time as this year and it really hard for me because we didn’t know if she was gong make that surgery anyways his nan die this year and he w...

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Sandwiches

When did you guys first give your children sandwiches?

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Pls send help!

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...

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Leap frog iPad

Anyone have this leap frog iPad I wanna get it for my son for Christmas do they really get like educational stuff out of it besides play time ? I want him away from YouTube when I can't see what he's watching while I drive if you have this please tell me if it's worth it

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Baby led weaning

I’m a little confused by it all, with my first I done baby porridge then purée etc before starting on mashed then finger foods, but this time I’d like to do more baby led weaning- but I have no idea where to start 🙈 How do you give the first things? Do I still give purée first etc? Any advice would be welcome.…

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Activity ideas please

Hey all! I’m out of ideas to do during the day whilst it’s raining. My boy is 16 months on the 1st of Jan. we’ve done water play, arts and crafts, drawing and painting but he gets bored of this after 5mins😂

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