Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

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 ...

My daughter is almost 19 months, I have been very fortunate to have this time with her (I decided to quit my professional job as couldn’t see it working part time) we are together 247 but recently my mother has been having her the odd day to get used to the change that is about to happen I’ve been fine getting house...

Does anyone else find that their friends without babies just don’t get it I have a friend that’s pressuring me to come to her birthday outing in the evening/night time and I’ve explained that I can’t afford it because maternity pay is horrible and it’s Christmas etc, also I’m breastfeeding and if my husbands worki...

So my partner is super weird with his phone. Has been the whole time we've been together, really. Sometimes, he's more relaxed about it, and other times, he's ridiculously protective. For Eg, on a few occasions, he has left his phone open and facing up when he has left the room. Normal right. Most of the time, he...

My sister in law has 4 brothers, my husband included. Each brother has a long-term significant other, including me. Can someone explain to me why this woman hates ALL of us? She has an issue with every single one of her brother's gf/ wife. What's that about? We all try to be cordial and civil with her, and she's jus...

***Pic of My little sonshine as a newborn. He’s growing so fasttt 🥹** yall i need to rant .. okay so like why didn’t anyone tell me once i have my baby i’m not gonna wanna put him down or leave him.. They make it seem like your life ends or you won’t have any free time but like … it’s my choice lol and im choosing…

Should i confront my MIL how I did not like that she took the opportunity to throw my partner and her grandson a party while i was away? Clearly throwing a party while i am away speaks volumes. Also, my baby was only 11 weeks old and she exposed him to RSV, FLU, and COVID! Let me not forget to mention that he did in...

TL;DR: AITA for being upset that my fiancé (now husband) paid for a private dance in a strip club on his stag do (/bachelor party)? My (31F) husband’s (39M) stag do was abroad this summer, 2 weeks before our wedding. When he arrived home afterwards we spent the day together, with him telling me all about what he’d ...

Usually play a board game with my daughter before bed and I swear I never let her win, she just wins a lot of the time, tonight however I finally won a game and she’s going to bed upset because she didn’t win, she’s 5 years old. Should I let her win games just to keep her happy or let her be sad she lost and learn t...

Hi everyone! We’re moving our little girl from a childminder to a nursery. We’re not happy with the care she’s receiving, lack of activities and outdoor time and massive fee increases. I don’t know how to tell the childminder. I see her often as we live close so I don’t want it to be awkward or uncomfortable. I’m ...

Anyone else's 3 year old just turned into a different person? For the worst not the better may I add 🫠 he was such a sweet loving fun boy and now we spend all our days dealing with meltdowns (I would say tantrums but they are extreme so meltdowns it is) I'm a stay at home mum and 20 weeks pregnant and I'm so…

Me and my husband got in an argument earlier basically over something so ridiculous the car is dirty. He started going on about it looking sh*t and that I do nothing all day so I can at least go and get it cleaned. We have a 10 month old I’m also 6 months pregnant so I’m hardly going to stand at a car wash. So I s...

Hello ladies. Please, I need your candid opinion. My husband lied about his trip. He actually made a hotel reservation in a city different from where he told me he was going. I found out a few hours ago and decided to make a reservation at the same hotel just to see for myself, and this time, he won't be able to ex...

My LO is 8 weeks old and twice in the past week I have not been able to settle him, almost all day. It’s so upsetting, I feel useless. Is anyone else going through this?

Here I am , day 2 of busting my ass cleaning his house because his mother (who lives with him) asked me to , to get ready for Thanksgiving. He has the balls to ask me “did you do the baseboards?” “Did you do this?” Etc. then tell me his version of cleaning is very different than mine. I said well there’s a reason yo...