Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

My child is in pre school. At pickup yesterday, teacher A said I spoil my child. I'm a single working mum on benefit top ups, believe you me if I could afford to I would spoil my child but I can't. Teacher A said this because I got my child a scarf for Christmas (cost £4) and my child said it didn't match her hat wh...

I am just curious on others thoughts. My boyfriend’s 20 year old daughter had shoulder surgery minor tear needed repaired. That was 2 days ago and no complications. Her mom took a couple of days off to take care of her. Which is great. I’d do the same thing. BUT they will not leave her alone. My bfs ex had to go to ...

So my baby dad i live with him has planned to leave in 2 months if 'i dont fix up' my baby is 10 months his been recording me on of by proviking me his emotinally cold and never understands why am angry hurt or crying he told me my crying is drama. I feel hurt by his actions 10 days after c section i was exausted an...

Anyone else’s partner swear in front of LO? I’ve told my partner multiple times to watch their language and they turn around and say to give them some slack as they’ve been on the road for 10hrs+. I’m sorry but I’ve been with LO for that long too; being winter months and cold it gets dark early and then it’s then e...

My partner made a throw away comment that he has noticed I'm 'not a natural mum' because I need other things in my life besides just my baby. I know they probably didn't mean much by it, but it makes me feel weird and self conscious. Am I wrong to feel upset by it?

My little boy is 3.5yrs old (one of the youngest at nursery in his class yet he is the biggest of all of them) he is apparently delayed in his ability to “play” and his friends are all ahead of him and thriving in that area. Although he can talk fine, because he’s struggling in how to play with the toys and do the a...

So I have deep trauma with lying. My dad used to lie to me all the time- it just sucks. My husband lied to me this week about something so frustratingly small and insignificant. It made me so angry that he just chose to lie about something rather than tell me the truth (I asked if he went outside with our son and ...

I have 0 money 0 way of getting money im a stay at home mom. He keeps all the money because it's "his" even when he gives me money for myself if I spend it im waisting his money. I've been asking for shoes and underwear for almost a year now but he won't get them cause I "never remind him". I'm just fed up I've been...

So we are going to a family get together tomorrow (this weekend) with my hubby's family (one side) and then my mother in law tells me next week she will host another gathering with her side (who I don't really like being around and it gives me severe anxiety) always having my son compared to my husband's cousins son...

What are you doing to combat burnout??? I do all the childminding and my husband does the house work ( currently he is in between jobs ) but he complains about having to do all the cleaning. However I do absolutely everything for baby girl. I stopped pumping because even when I did he would get me to feed her the b...

My husband has had two game nights a week for the past year or so and it’s fine but sometimes I just get so annoyed cause he gets to go have a hobby and I’ll take care of the baby. But I have to wash dishes and make bottles and pump, I feel like I’m just so busy while he gets to have hobbies and I have no time for h...

Meeting expectations feels overwhelming for me. My husband has set several conditions before we can have kids, and now I feel like it may never happen. 1. Home Cleanliness – He insists the house must always be spotless and immediately comments when it’s not, saying, “How can we have a kid if the house is dirty?” Ou...

My baby is 7 months old and learned to crawl a couple days ago. He even stands up in his crib now instead of napping. Along with this came a sleep regression. Last night he woke up 6 times, drank 3 bottles, and I changed 4 diapers. He napped a total of 30 minutes today spread out. I was able to get a 3 hour nap in b...

Would you all be upset if your in laws sometimes just show up at your house? Like sometimes we won’t even be home and when we get home they are here. Or on a random weekend they will just pull in the driveway and come in.

Is it just me who struggles to accept how little men seem to do? Ever since the baby has been born I’ve struggled with how little my partner gets involved and it’s just got worse as he’s gone back to work. He doesn’t help with nights, sleeps in a separate room, hasn’t ever fed baby (initially I breastfed but I’ve ...

I feel like at this point I'm with my "partner" because I can't afford to be by myself financially. Everything in the home basically belongs to him except for big expensive things I wouldn't take with me like a 1k bed. Curtains and blinds that wouldn't fit a new home. Am I totally wrong? Maybe I could scrape by on m...

I’m not sure if anyone else has gone through this but my mind is BLOWN right now. My husband lost his job after my insurance enrollment and we weren’t able to get him added. He has some medical appointments he needs to go to and applied for Medicaid to have coverage. Comes to find out he’s had medicaid since 2023 ...

My husband and I have been together almost 3 years and married 1. We have a year and a half daughter and since we started dating he had dating apps and would talk to women 18-40 I thought when I got pregnant he would stop talking to them but didn’t. Through my pregnancy he continued the talking and recently around o...

My niece is having a birthday party but my sister and husband don’t speak to each other and he doesn’t want me to go. My neices love my kids and I don’t want to let them down. Every time I bring it up to my husband he would start fighting and talk about divorce. I just feel like kids shouldn’t be involved but makes ...

This was my first go of collecting & I’m super pleased with how much I got! Will you be collecting colostrum? ((I’m currently 36 weeks, I used the medela harmony hand pump & was advised by my midwife that this was fine to do so before hand, I ONLY pumped for 10 minutes each breast but did warm breasts up with a hot...