Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

My bf got a notification saying “1 person has sent you a post” or something like that on instagram. It happened earlier and I moved forward. Normally notifications will come up saying who it’s from right? Is this a normal notification? Asking because I have struggled to trust my bf for a while due to the things he’s...

I just want to let this out as it’s been hurting me a lot . I’ve been with the father of my children on and off for 10 years . I’m not 26 . He’s 29 . Ours sons are 5 months and 7 . We have never had a stable relationships but recently it’s just become so bad I’ve had to kick him out . He’s a severe alcoholic and doe...

My husband feels sorry for himself and says my expectations of him are too high. These are: getting up with the baby and toddler three mornings a week, helping with bedtime four nights a week, doing dinner four nights a week and then having the children for two hours at some point over the weekend. Am I expecting ...

Can someone with older kids tell me it gets easier having multiple kids? I feel so guilty when I have to feed my 5 month old daughter and I can’t play with my almost 3 year old son. I feel like he is starting to prefer my husband even though he was always the biggest mamas boy. I love my daughter but I feel like I a...

I'm 43 so time is not on my side, I've 2 now not quite under 2 but there is an 19 mth gap between them and I thought I was set on wanting to try again We endured miscarriages and done 1 rounds of IVF to get our two and have two embryos left from the second round (same round as our two come from) but in the last week...

I don't know what it is lately but my son seems to only be happy and quiet for like 2 minutes at a time before just SCREAMMMING for seemingly no reason. He's getting mad and overstimulated at everything. There's a new baby he's never been jealous of but maybe he's starting to feel left out? We give him a ton of atte...

Guys I’ve got a 6 month old and she’s lately been not napping as long so I haven’t been great maintaining the chores. But ngl I didn’t wash Fridays dishes and left them to rot in the sink while and I was out the whole of yesterday. Then had an early morning visit to the in laws and didn’t have the chance to wash up....

I'm a stay at home mom of 2 under 2. On the weekends, my husband still finds a way to wiggle out of parental duties. He's always in the bathroom on his phone. I'm struggling to stay on top of eating, hydration, and pumping. I always think "TGIF" when the weekend d is near, but honestly, him being home stresses me ou...

Hello, my LO is 3 months old and sometimes I’ll let him watch some TV. I’ve suffered with PPD and whilst most of the day I spend his wake windows interacting, reading him books, practicing rolling, playing with his toys and taking him out into the world, sometimes when I get to the evening I’m so emotional drained t...

I’ve been feeling this way since my October baby was born (first baby). It has got slightly better but still having a significant impact on my wellbeing. When I’m around her, I CANNOT relax. I am on edge all of the time, even when she’s happily playing and I’m just watching her in the sofa, even when she’s asleep! ...

He’s been going since he was 17 months old so over a year now. Same nursery but has moved up the classes as he’s grown older. He never gets excited or wants to go to nursery, still gets upset/tearful at drop off most days and always tells us he’s sad at nursery. He doesn’t seem to have any “friends” and just plays b...

We are in it bad. Bedtime is hell started crying and refusing to go to bed I less I stay in bed with him till he falls a sleep. Never had this before he's always self settled. He wakes at night and is so upset unless he comes into my bed. And this is all new. Anyone else in this or come out of it?

How are you splitting duties with your partner? Currently, my partner does the midnight feed before going to bed and I wake up throughout the night/take care of baby during the day. Logically I know that this is fair because he goes to work, but I can't help feeling slighted that I'm taking on a bigger chunk of th...

They might not be 100% on board as they already think we have too many kids but I told my husband we should just turn up with my baby bump and be like surprise!!! We’re meeting up with the in laws in about a month and by then I’ll be ready to tell them as I’m already starting to show. My worry is they won’t be able ...

The title is definitely one of the hardest parts about being a FTM 🥲 yesterday at a restaurant while celebrating my cousin’s birthday with family, my son started having a tantrum. He’s a very calm baby usually so this is a new thing for both him and me. He probably started throwing tantrums about a week ago (I feel…

My partner and i have had our ups and down and mostly it’s been on his side from not respecting my boundaries and breaking promises. We have a 19 month old pending evaluation for autism. My son is very attached to both of us. However his dad is almost like another child to me. He has mocked me in the past when he’s ...

MIL comes over Thursdays after work around 6pm. Kids go to bed at 8pm. My 3yr always throws a fit because she doesn’t want them to leave. It’s exhausting. Now that I have 2 kids I told her she could only come on Friday nights or the weekends. This is a huge inconvenience for her and has came over once since. She ...

Guys please help me I can’t stop crying today! Baby boy doing his first nursey settle tomorrow for two hours! I’m so upset I just don’t want him to go but it is what it is. I also have massive anxiety he is going to get poorly before our holiday abroad that is in about 3 weeks! I can’t stop getting upset! Don’t know...

Is this fair or am I being selfish. So I never get a break I don't have family so aside from my partner doing little bits I do everything for my little one. My partner has been on holiday and still goes to games and sees his friends. We always have to see his family (even though it's awful for me as I have seen me...

Out of curiosity, what does your partner do with baby/round the house whilst working a job? I feel like he doesn’t help enough and he feels like he helps basically more than he should