Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

My husband has been really secretive, so I’m 5 1/2 months pregnant. So when I go to sleep because I’m exhausted. He’ll stay up which is completely fine, but for the last couple of days I’ve noticed he grabbed the MacBook too. I checked our Ring camera because we have a camera on the inside for our dog and he’s on t...

Before I fell pregnant with my little boy me and his dad had talked at length about having a baby. Within 3 months of trying, I conceived. He has a daughter from a previous relationship and he told me that he did absolutely everything for her. So there was me thinking we'd be equal in what we do for out little on...

I feel like I'm just doing a terrible job at being a mum. My LO is 3 months old and this morning I looked into his crib and there was a puddle of sick with it over him and in his ear. I feel awful that I didn't see or hear him. I've still not managed to get us into a routine, still feel like I'm guessing at what he ...

Hey, So I’m 8 months pregnant and I have a 20 month old son. I haven’t had the energy to do much during the day (while my other half is at work) to take my son out. I’m currently on iron tablets for my low iron levels. I’ve been out but I’ve had my mum, MIL or boyfriend with me to help me out. He seems to be ...

I’ve seen far too many posts about crappy partners and I know you love them but remember you DO NOT need to put up with this, you should not have to ASK them to look after their own child. If they’re not pulling their weight - stop doing things for them. Remember a partner that love and cares for you will do anythin...

Been married for 4 years and nearly after everything argument the topic divorce comes up and I had enough. He gives me signals towards that as in if I carry on with my ‘never ending, unrealistic expectations’ of him, it may be better we split our ways?! Like when it’s him wanting something from me I try do it but wh...

Anybody else’s patience just completely gone out of the window. I am constant loosing my rag with my toddler the past 2 days. I think it’s mainly pregnancy hormones and knowing I’m going to give birth next week but also my partner (the children’s dad) left us last week so that doesn’t help. I am constantly telling h...

I’m so embarrassed to be asking this, but…. Sooo me and my husband got married 2 years ago. We have a 1 year old daughter. We were celibate before (although we did some naughty things, but just not penetration). We only have sex like 2x a month right now. I know my husband isn’t “getting it” anywhere else, bu...

How to deal with neighbor that wife and husband only speaks and greet with my husband but never talks to me . It be complete quietness when they see me

So the topic of “me time” came up again tonight and my husband says that we have a toddler now, there is no “me time” or “us time” not until she’s older…. I told him that I don’t view it that way and if we wanted time we can make it. (I used the example of me staying up 1-2 hour after I put baby to bed is my “me tim...

I have been home every single day with my son for 18months now. He has exclusively breastfed for 18 months. I get NO help from friends family or his dad. It’s just us 24/7/365. My mother has watched him 3xs, twice for a few hours (one was my bday, another was when my cat died) and once overnight when I had an at hom...

Hi, I’ve been so emotional my baby had a Nicu appointment yesterday, no mom wants to hear bad news. I was so excited and pumped that my baby is finally doing all the milestones, but the nicu ppl told me otherwise that is scored very low from last time he was there. I felt like I fail as mother 😭. Me in my eyes he…

I been so stressed dealing with my 1 year old and my 4 month old and also my 6 year old all 3 of them sick and I feel like I’m losing my mind is so much and it sucks i have no one to help my husband works and it hard and I am already mentally exhausted and dealing with PPD on top of that I feel like I just wanna giv...

Any other stay at home Moms have their partner come home and your baby just doesn’t want daddy? I currently am listening to my child scream and cry in the background because my partner wants to console and spend time with his son, which I get, but it’s hard to hear them cry it out like this when you just want to sav...

It's the 3rd time my husband deleted all his social media and all he has left is whatsapp for his own screen time. Again the reason is his "distraction" so I asked him about what is distracting him, he hesitated so I felt it must be also the women he sees on shorts and instagram. He said, yes, partially. I don't kn...

So my 11 month old did her first trial at a daycare and I sobbed the whole two hours we were apart. When I picked her up she had been crying so much that she was doing that hiccup-y crying. It took her a long time to calm down. She keeps doing that shakey post-cry inhale even in her sleep. Everyone at the daycare ...

I am starting to question my parenting skills or if I am a good mother My 5yr old daughter has always shown difficult behavior since she was 2 yrs old. It’s been one thing to another. She will do anything for attention especially negative attention. Both at home and in school. She is extremely hyperactive, can’t...

We don’t live near family and I feel my partner puts a lot of pressure on me to have us visit his family or they come here to stay on the weekend. One of his parents lives 3 hours away who keep insisting we come stay with them, we would only be able to stay one night with partners work so a 6 hour round trip with a ...

I’m a new Mum to a wonderful little boy (4 months). I was on the receiving end of a lot of fear mongering comments whilst pregnant…”you’ll never sleep again”, “you’ll hate your partner”, “you’ll hate your body,” “the newborn stage is so awful”. None of which has been true so far, although I appreciate its early days...

How do we feel about screen time? I don’t like my son watching tv and if I do decide to put it it’s like 20-30 min a day. I live with my mother and she constantly puts the tv on for him no matter how much I tell her no and it pisses me off. She claims that he needs to watch tv so he can learn (and i don’t care if ...