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Step dad and no filter

Okay so my step dad has no filter and he often at times doesn’t get he’s not funny My child was playing at the Christmas tree at his house and I told her no messing with presents well she did and he joking but no filter raised his voice and said “AH GET”He was playing he would never actually yell at her but my dau...

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Am I been unreasonable?

So we’re going up to my partners mums after Christmas who has only met my son once who’ll be 5 1/2 months old by this point. My partner wants to go and see his friends band play which I have no issue with and he wants his mum to watch our son which I’m not exactly comfortable with but as a compromise I’ve said maybe...

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Am I wrong for being sad about this?

I dont work often, but I did today. I only got to see my man in passing this morning, then I was off to work and took the kid with me. He had to go to work after the fact, and apologized I would have no breaks today and ensured he would be home early and bring dinner. I fell asleep on the couch, and woke up to a cal...

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Am I in the wrong for this?

I just got engaged and find out tonight my fiancee little brother is engaged, is something wrong with this picture or is it just me? 2.) His little brother is wanting to get married next year around my due date(pregnant) so does this sound petty or disrespectful towards his big brother and our relationship to ask ...

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Do you think our partners consider 🤔.. if they were to help more with the baby/kids, around the house a lil and show appreciation for what we go through as SAHM, that we would appreciate them more and want to pleasure them more?

Don’t get me wrong I love and give credit to my man for providing and being an awesome dad, that being said. I used to work full time, we can trade and I’ll go back to work 40 hours a week but he would never do that. Let’s be real.

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If you’re a SAHM do you send your kid to daycare?

I’ve tried talking to some of my in-laws and friends about how my toddler can be a bit difficult and basically just asking if they’ve had a similar situation and how they handled it…. Their solution is to just throw them in daycare or to get signed up for preschool asap. That just doesn’t sit well with me because ...

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Anyone Else?

I don't know about anyone else, but being a first-time mum is so hard. I just don't know what to expect, and every little thing stresses me out. I've become obsessed with how much she feeds, and I believe it's because of how we were treated with the midwives when she was first born. LG doesn't consistently drink t...

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BD and his GF

Hi friends🫶🏾 looking for advice on how to deal with my BD taking our daughter (11month old) around his gf? they have a 5 month old baby. (backstory she got pregnant when i was pregnant me and my bd dated for 5 yrs then dated on and off for 5 yrs). He wont let me meet the girl and i feel extremely uncomfortable…

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What's normal? Balancing childcare responsibilties

My husband has been working on our renovation project most weekends while I'm left to care for the baby. We have no village locally. I am showing signs for heightened stress, and would like to know how everyone else balances childcare responsibilities with their partner, when they get time off, etc.

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Infant Cereal

Has anyone attempted to feed infant cereal to your babies yet? What is the recommended age to introduce it? My baby girl will be turning 4 months and I'm getting mixed answers.

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Ironing

My daughter is in a daycare that has a uniform. I iron it every week. Starch it too. BD was over the other day and I asked him to do it, and he said he has never iron ever in his life. He legit didn’t know how. And I had to show him. We are 34. I just thought that was crazy. To not use it nowadays, sure, but...

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Do it then

Hi ladies.... I'll try to keep it short so long story short I'm fed up with my bd he's very manipulative (I try to break up he says he wants to pass away ) he's a liar he's a cheater etc I've been with him for the past nine yrs and we have two kids our oldest told his dad I don't like you he said it to me I don't l...

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Weaning and milk

Since introducing food to my 6month old, breakfast and tea, he has started to mess around with his bottles inbetween. Has anyone else found this? Have you introduced a third meal or continued with milk inbetween? What’s your routines now?

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9 month nursery funding

Has anyone applied? I find it all so confusing! I don’t think our little ones can use it until a certain term either.

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Am I an AH for feeling upset?

So my partner has decided not to get me birthday or Christmas presents this year. I floated the idea first because he was stressed about money. So I'm recently unemployed and he earns a decent living. We have our car rego, etc, a car repayment. Our windshield needs to get fixed (we have insurance), we have therap...

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Ashamed to admit I feel like I’m failing as a wife/mom.

I just feel like I can never catch up on all the house work. I can’t remember the last time I mopped my floors. But I do take care of my son. He’s always well dressed, bathed, fed, I play with him, take him outside and try to teach him things throughout the day. I do laundry, I try to make sure dinner is made for my...

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