Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

For the last 6 years or so my husband has been working on getting his Mustang “street legal”. In the meantime, he uses my car. He does fill up the tank most of the time because he uses it more than me (he works full time & I work part time from home) However, I foot the bill for the insurance ($159/mo), registration...

I’m currently 40+6 (was due 13th May) and hoping to go naturally and not be induced. My MIL lives 6 hours drive each way away, and I reluctantly agreed to have her stay with us on June 5th for 5 days so she could spend some time meeting the baby. This was booked around two months ago, when we were all certain that l...

Why do a lot of men try to live in their own bubble after the baby is born? Pretend like they don’t have a family to feed.. completely self serving, become controlling, start mistreating you neglecting emotional and mental needs? To top it off act like caring for their child is a chore? Wtf is it in their chemistry ...

We are currently on holiday with the in-laws and they have confronted my husband and I tonight to say we are starving our child 😭 Apparently she cries because she's hungry for 3 meals a day and not milk. Whilst on holiday we do a whole mashed banana and then a slice of toast with a bottle. For lunch she has another…

My baby shower is this Sunday and I’ve been planning for two months at this point. My husband and I had decided for food to do a make your own sandwich bar because people have their own preferences and that way everyone can choose what they want. Well my MIL decided she didn’t want to make her own sandwich at the ba...

I’m really struggling to split myself in 2 with my 5 week old and 2 year old (3 in July). My partner works away 4-6 weeks at a time and I have managed quite well with our toddler. His behaviour has always been good (as good as a toddler could be 🥲) he’s well mannered, would listen…ish and hardly acted up. Now he’s…

My bd’s other kids lowkey ruined my daughters bday. He has a 3 and 6 year old and my baby turned 1 the other day. We had a small celebration at an airbnb. First, the youngest one started screaming her head off saying I hit her. Thankfully the older one told my bd she was lying. Then the 3 year old kept throwing tant...

We’ve sometimes had to use the food bank here and there but we did get approved for food stamps BUT it’s only 250 when we have a family of 5 two adults 3 under 4. My man isn’t home let’s say every other week for work and he’s paid for food but he still needs to use his own money. I feel like an asshole if I did my...

Baby boy is 10 weeks old today. I’ve been getting a little stir crazy and trying to take him out more to do things. Even if it’s just errands. Today we went and visited my Sunday school class. Yesterday we did a big walk and then went out to dinner with my in-laws. Tomorrow I’m taking him to visit my public school c...

My MIL who is extremely high maintenance, bought tickets for her and her husband to come visit us for a week without letting us know or checking with us. Baby is 12 days old and I don’t feel comfortable at all with outing, or them at home as I’m still working out breastfeeding and he feeds on demand. I told my husba...

Salaam ladies. I wanted to ask if anyone here is divorced with very young kids? Im really struggling with making amends with my husband. I have more miserable days with him than I do happiness and it's affecting my spirituality, emotions and mental health. He refuses seeking help from a professional whether that's...

To start they were civil then they started hating each other because of politics . Tried to sweep that under the rug and now my friend was saying how step daughter and husband are not Mexican . DNA wise yes they are Mexican but my friend is saying they’re not basically because of how husband and step daughter are ra...

So please be kind here I'm just looking for a little bit of ideas I can try. My older daughter is on the spectrum. Not very support needing in a lot of ways at all... but in other ways maybe yea. The ways that might make traditional parents call her spoiled or say "why" at me or that kind of thing... such as, we h...

I think he takes out his frustration with not being able to see his daughter out on me . He refuses to stand up for himself when it comes to financial matters or custody . So then he tries to tell me that I don’t contribute enough to the household . With the exception of his child support I pay more than half of the...

Hi girls need more and more advice from mamas, my son has decided he was to start verbally and physically assault me, telling me av to go and kill my self and he’s going to hit me about tomorrow while his dads at work🙈 he’s currently getting tested for ADHD but a don’t think this behaviour is down to that. People…

Soo my 19 month old started day care 3 weeks ago and can anyone relate to their toddlers acting out, behavior changes or crying for any little thing. Like she was not like this before at all like yeah she would have her moments but not like this.. what should I do any advice? Would it be the day care? Or it’s just n...

My FIL is very involved and loves little one but oh gosh I feel like I have a constant shadow! The second baby will cry he’s right behind me and will say “let’s give mommy a break and come with me” He’ll have baby for a good amount of time and when I get baby back to feed or change , he’s right behind me. Yelling i...

We're supposed to go to a birthday party today

My husband is a good man but I am fighting to hold on to my attraction to him. We dated 3 years and have been married for 10. He’s very overweight. Nothing he tries really works for long. When he sits around the house on the weekend he doesn’t look masculine, he looks like the male version of his mom who is also ove...

Completely broken. No idea how I’m going to get through this. I have just broken up with my partner of 14 years and father of our almost two year old. I found pictures/and numerous messages on his phone from a dating site. He claims that’s all is was (hasn’t met up with anyone) but he did this before and I gave one ...