Parenting

Sorry I just need to rant. I can't talk to my family because he'll check my messages, and if I don't get this out I will literally explode. Before we had our son I truly believed my partner would be the best father. I thought he'd be caring, wanting to help, wanting to spend as much time with our child as he possib...

Hi everyone, Sorry its a bit of a long one. My due date is a week today. I have been getting terrible night sweats, I'm tossing and turning, generally struggling at night. My joints are aching and I'm generally sore all over. I'm hot, bothered and my hands and feet are swollen. My whole pregnancy has been great so...

I get that having a MIL that loves my baby so much is not the worst problem in the world. Some, even I, would argue that we’re lucky! So why does it annoy me so much??! Every time we go out to brunch, she waits for a moment when I’m engaged in conversation to swoop in and grab my baby and then WALKS AWAY from the ...

HELP. the break downs ive had this week alone due to people opinions is going to break me Im so so sick of people telling me how its not sunshine and rainbows , its not going to be easy one bit- “tired now just wait” - “your struggling to get up for work how are you going to cope with a baby” “Id love to be a fly ...

I swear the amount of anger I feel right now is on another level. I just need to vent for a sec I’m sorry. Click to expand and read— I’m currently 32+2 and at risk for preterm labor. My husband is originally from Alaska (where his parents still live) but he, his sister (my SIL), and their two close friends (marrie...

Long post; I could really do with hearing peoples experiences with leap 4 and 17 week old mark and some positive stories that it does get better because I am currently in the trenches with it and really really struggling. I suffer with postnatal depression anyway but this phase is really difficult. Went doctors to...

I feel so cheap that my mil expects gifts and wants things for her. Her birthday, Christmas, Mother’s Day etc., honestly I or my husband don’t expect anything from anyone even wishes for that matter. If someone gives gift it’s great but we are not sad they didn’t give us anything. But she is just sad, puts on this p...

Mum guilt is really kicking in LO is so difficult at the minute we’re in leap 4 and I am really struggling. I feel guilty because he wakes up in the night constantly and my other half gets up with him for the second half of the night but I see all over social media mums being up all night with their LO and comfortin...

Does anyone have any ideas/advice on how to support partners during cluster feeding? Baby is now a week old and started clustering on day 3.  It was rough mentally that first day for me because she screamed literally every second she was not latched on to me for over 15hours. I was exhausted and sore but managed th...

So this past Sunday was Morher’s Day and even though my little one isn’t born yet I was still looking forward to having it be my first ever Mother’s Day (being a mother without actually having the baby yet) and well needless to say my fiancé ruined it for me. The night before he went out with his brother to a Red Bu...

Yallll is anybody else’s MIL/bf or bds mom over possessive over their son & his mom got mad? Like my man decided to spend Mother’s Day with me yesterday & his mom is shitty bc of that. She doesn’t like any “outsiders” except the kids she birthed & their kids (her grandkids) to show up but not the partner they were m...

So my husband looked through my home and found something he didn’t like, it was totally innocent but he Felipe’s out. Flash forward a couple days he left his phone out and now there is a password. When I asked the password he flipped out and made me give him his phone. Weird or no?

We just had a baby 6 weeks ago and i feel like im losing him. He’s always on the road for work and he’s been so distant. I told him again and again how I’ve been feeling. I told him that some days he’s extra lovey-dovey & others he’s so dry & that confuses me. I love him so much but I need to get over him. I can’t k...

My LO has just turned 13 months and is my first baby, I really struggle to trust anyone looking after him aside from me and my mum. Even with my partner I only trust leaving him alone with my LO for up to 2/3 hours cause he doesn’t have the patience for him so gets frustrated as only I (or my mum) can comfort him wh...

Everyday when I go to pick my 2 years old from day care,they say she plays alone,she doesn't play with others and I feel so sad ,wonder y , has any one else experienced such with their little one,is it something I should worry about,tia

I’m a SAHM to two beautiful kiddos (6 months & 3.5 years) I have been since my mat leave for my first born ended. I love my kids, I love my husband, but lately I’ve been really struggling and feeling extremely isolated. Firstly I’ve had no support outside my husband, who works long hours. The support network I tho...