Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Hi so I’m currently feeling bad because ever since giving birth (nearly 4 months ago) I haven’t been wanting to do anything physical with my boyfriend but I’ve had maybe three days where I did stuff with him but now it’s all gone away and I feel like he is starting to fall out of love with me as im not huge on physi...

At the start of the year I really wasn’t sure if me and my husband would make it, he’d had only what I could describe as an emotional affair. He cut all ties with this female and we both agreed to try and make time for one another a little more and really make an effort to save our marriage. This year for me has be...

My husband tries so hard to be helpful but cannot figure out how to soothe baby, play with him. He feeds the baby, burps and changes diapers but has a difficult time understanding wake windows, playing with him etc. it's frustrating bc I don't know what I'm doing half the time and don't want everything to fall on me...

Just wanting some advice from outside perspectives here as I am at my wits end, me and my husband have been married 6 years together for 8. I have 2 sons from a previous relationship and we also have a son and daughter together. My husband was absolutely lovely for the first 5 years or so and was wonderful with my...

Partner and I are strongly disagreeing about visits to MILs house, who lives about 1 hour away by train + overground. I go see her with our almost 2 year old every 2 weeks, and visits are around 2/3 hours. MIL has recently had an operation 2 weeks ago and is currently not very active but in general she is active, 6...

I am feeling so down and hopeless about my little girl settling at nursery. She started a month ago and was so hysterical the first week that the nursery asked us to stay for her sessions rather than leave her. We did that for a few weeks, trying to take as much of a step back as possible. Yesterday I left her for...

I don’t get help from my family when I did I had to pay and they hardly ever properly cared for my child some tell me I should have thought about that before having my baby (it’s literally too late for any of that) her dad nor does his side help he literally stopped helping with her after I put him out behind his ac...

Hey girls… I’m sorry this has not much to do with the group but I don’t know where else to turn right now. I’m 7+5 with mine and my partners second child and have been in and out of hospital with a suspected ectopic (luckily it wasn’t but I found out I have ovarian cysts). A hard boundary of mine throughout our ent...

I'm a first time mum and I feel like I have no idea what i'm doing. My boy is 4 weeks old I feel like all he does for me is cry and I can never settle him. When family members help he never cries, he's always settled then as soon as he comes back to me he's screaming again. I've really struggled with breast feeding ...

My husbands parents have been so overbearing since the birth of our 15 m.o. They are so rude to me and out of the 10 years we've been together, I've had more conflicts with them than I've had with anyone else in my life. I'm a people pleaser but I just can't take their shit anymore. They're all over my daughter who ...

I feel guilty about everything atm and I guess I'm seeking reassurance/ kind words or judgementif I should feel guilty.. I've got a 3 month old and a 21 month old. I feel guilty that I'm not tracking/ timing my babies naps or wake windows, guilty that he gets overstimulated and overtired because its noisy and busy w...

I am feeling like a live wire right now.I haven't really slept for 2 weeks.I work super early, my son has to fall asleep with me and wakes up in the middle of the night for hours.He is 18mo.I try to stick to a routine and I use his nap time to make lunch or do house chores since he doesn't let me do them otherwise.H...

Has anyone experienced having family members who seem to be interested in your child, but don't actually make any effort? My sister asks questions and wants pictures. But she lives about 3 hours away and has never visited. She is bit older and has no kids. I have invited her over multiple times she just cha...

I recently had my baby shower this past Saturday. I had about 20 people RSVP and only 8 showed up. My mom and my little brother are the only family who showed up. I feel like the most unsupported person in my family. I only got one gift, nobody has bought anything from my registry. With 3 of my siblings baby showers...

So I haven't slept since I was 5 months pregnant and my baby is now 6 mo. He is the breadwinner and my pregnancy was very complicated and expensive. He's a broker with no salary and during my pregnancy not one deal was closed so there was lots of borrowing and stressful time which is still going on. So he's mentall...

Hey ladies; How would you react if you were at a public space with your child/a nursery and saw another child throwing things or possibly being "aggressive" like pulling hair or maybe hitting. If you were informed the child had SEN conditions and this is to regulate and he is watched to make sure he doesn't hurt an...

My mum is always requesting me to come to hers for lunch rather then coming to mine. It's only 35 miles one way, but it can mess with babies nap time. I've also had a drop in pay which is only going to further decrease soon. I'm already having to pull money from my savings to cover basics and I barely leave the hous...

Currently 36+6 and heading to labor and delivery at 1am because I haven’t felt baby move in almost 4 hours, which is completely unlike baby because he loves moving around at this time of night. I’ve tried laying on my left side, walking, ice cold water, and nothing. The nurse on the phone said I don’t need to come b...

My 21 month old is having a massive tantrum when it comes to getting in the car seat! I try to distract him with toys etc but he is hysterical and just goes all stiff so i cant get him in! He tries to kick me, bite me and is screaming! I cant physically force him in as im worried i'll end up hurting him. It sounds s...

To the point where I hate him for it. He is always cranky lately. He doesn't even know when he is about to explode either so you never know when it'll happen. I feel bad for our kid as he always sees us arguing and me crying. I try to get away when I'm sad but then my husband carries on about dinner and how he won't...