Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Hey all - my husband and I are going through a rough patch. Started during pregnancy when he shared he didn’t feel he was in love with me anymore and hasn’t been for a few years. At first I suspected there was someone else but I’m quite content there isn’t. I think it’s more related to a general depression he’s go...

I have been meeting other mums to find suitable playdates for my son and I feel defeated. Mum 1. Has 2 girls that are misbehaved and bullies, although they are nice to my son because I am mummy's friend. But I didn't like to see how they treat other children and last time my son started copying their behaviour so I...

Not sure if I’m being over dramatic here but…in-laws have baby once a week and today got sent a picture of my daughter (1) with my sister in law and her bf taking her out somewhere for the day and I wasn’t told / asked about this. My husband wasn’t told either and so I told them if they could just let us know in fut...

anyone struggling to just get out of the house? i find it so stressful to leave the house in a timely manner. it’s always something like my baby being fed again even when i try to time it out, dirty nappy, baby vomiting on clothes or on me. Just the amount of time it takes to get us both ready ontop of myself eating...

Are you still using your changing table for your kiddos? If not what are using in place of said table? Our table is almost too small for my girl but i love the shelving space it has but once she too big i don’t see how to justify keeping the table.

So I’m actually curious my hubby is involved but he works long hours and leaves before the kid wakes up and comes back 2-3 times a week at bath time and other days not at all. During weekend he’s involved and we do lots of family stuff together he does naps and sometimes takes the kid alone for Father Time. My quest...

For appointments and the necessary things? I feel so defeated 😞 Missing another eye doctor apnt and the appointment wait time is a year long... I gave my daughter notice well in advance reminder here and there made it sound exciting 😄 yay you get new glasses, you'll b able to see lol like she was even excited…

I guess this post is to see if anyone identifies with me. My husband and I are very different, we disagree almost on everything but we wanted a child and somehow we resolved our arguments. I would like to try for another baby but I keep having arguments with him about unrelated stuff, silly stuff that I can’t compre...

My inlaws live 5 hours away. They have gone from not caring when they see us and that being only maybe 5 times a year to since our daughter was born, wanting to see us all the time and being so overwhelming to our daughter. They went away and they hadn't seen us for maybe 4 weeks and they apparently were harassing m...

Hey Guys! .. So my 9 year old daughter has ADHD and being accessed for Autism. Every morning she screams that she doesn't want to get dressed for school and spends nearly and hour just to put one sock on. Luckly, we never late for school. Everyday is getting harder and harder for me to deal with her. Im 37, im als...

I am livid!!! I had my food shopping delivered today. Baby was in a bouncer seat downstairs whilst I was putting the shopping away. I moved in with my elderly mum a while ago to keep her company and look after her unbeknown to me I fell pregnant. Now I’m stuck here living with her. Whilst putting the shopping awa...

I’m so over the back and forth. I’m 30 weeks and my bd let me sleep until 1pm and got mad I didn’t cook breakfast. He decided to boil macaroni noodles in a huge saucepan that I normally cook meat for parties in and I couldn’t lift it to strain it. I spent my last little bit of money on this meal and because I asked ...

I love my partner but lately we seem to disagree a lot on how to manage situations with our 10 week old. I find he isn’t as empathetic as I am with our baby and it makes it really difficult when we disagree Example is today whilst doing tummy time, our LO accidentally rolled onto his back and hit his head on a woo...

Hi everyone just need your opinion please. When I got married in 2021 we rented a house through an agency and I ended up getting pregnant and we got given 2 months notice to move out as the landlords decided they wanted to move into the property at that time it was January and I was due in February so we had to find...

My son is about to be 2 next month and I still get anxiety and feel guilty when I am away from him. The other day I went to a dentist appointment and the whole time I was waiting all I kept thinking about was my son and how much he probably wanted me and how much I wish the dentist would hurry up. It felt like the w...

How is everyone dealing with in laws, especially when they live further away? 🫠. I just feel like my body is the vessel for their grandchild at this stage. I’m trying to be as accommodating as possible, but I absolutely don’t want people staying with us for multiple nights a week or two after I’ve given birth, and…

So I’ve booked two days of annual leave next week.. for the two days my baby is in nursery… and my plant was to still take him so I can be ✨alone✨ I generally get an evening a maybe a few hours on the weekend to myself, apart from that I am either working, looking after the baby, working WHILST looking after the ba...

I’m not sure what to do anymore my husband doesn’t seem to notice when I am struggling and stressed and with our daughter until I started getting upset and frustrated. He waits until he can physically see that I’m upset to ask if I need any help knowing that being 30 weeks pregnant I get irritated very easy! I need ...

We have a 3 yr old and a 3 month old Life is crazy stressful right now we are both working full-time and I take care of the kids the majority of the time but he does help me a lot. He is amazing when it comes to cleaning the dishes helping me put our toddler down but drinks every single night and takes gummies (...

I realize that I often treat my partner like he’s my fourth son. I love and support him, and I’m always there for him. He contributes to paying the bills and helps with disciplining the children, but when it comes to self-care, he seems indifferent. Since I got injured at work, I’ve been feeling particularly down, a...