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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...

I never felt such a horrible mum before. I brought my older son to the playground and the baby was sleeping in the baby carrier. Less than 5min into the playground I fell over as I was trying to retrieve my 3 years old shoe that was stuck and I FELL ON MY BABY! I managed to roll over before hitting his head and I th...

I just found out my mortgage is 4 months behind as my partner hasn't been paying it. The dynamics are that I pay utilities while he pays the mortgage.i asked him where his money was spent (he's a top mechanic at work) and he stated it's because of too much food ordering. Even though I cook quite often. What should I...

Broke up with my sons dad over 2 weeks ago. Ended on somewhat good terms. Now I will be cutting off my narcissistic father. Offered to “help” by giving me a place to stay then manipulating the situation to play the victim while I’m already at my lowest. My son deserves a healthy environment. I only made an effort to...

Has anyone else experienced something similar? He wants to focus on himself to make his health better. He’s talking about his health night and day. I understand he has health anxiety and I have to keep reassuring him on top of looking after the children and working. And this is making me feel even more stressed....

I feel like we are stuck in the same routine every day. Wake up, make breakfast, clean, cook, wash never-ending mountain of dishes, change nappies, and before I realise it's already nap time. She sleeps for about 2 hours, then wakes up, I cook and clean again for dinner. We don't really go out much, with the weather...

Does anybody else fill with anxiety at the thought of a visit from the in laws? They haven’t visited for 4 months and it’s been nothing but trouble with them. How can I deal with this?

He has a disgusting habit of constantly being on his phone while driving. Not just texting & driving but literally watching football & constantly looking at his football fantasy shit. I keep talking to him about it & it's getting WORSE. He'll do it while me & OUR CHILD is in the car. I blew up & told him if he crash...

Baby will be 3 weeks.. I haven’t seen my stepdad since my baby shower. He didn’t even congratulate me for giving birth all because I told him abt two months ago that I would prefer we hold off on him calling himself grandpa since he kept saying it over and over I felt I needed to say something. I went through a toug...

My partner and I have lived together for over a year and a half. He can be harsh with my daughter but he tells me he is only trying to help me. He's yelled at her on a few occasions. This morning really bothered me. She wasn't getting out of bed and she gave me an attitude. He came into her room and just starts yell...

I am a stay at home mom of 3 kids. My last born is 1 year old. And I plan she would go to crèche at 2. My neighbour who works is 4 months pregnant and has asked some months back if I could babysit for her. I made it clear that I've been home the past 7 years tendering for my kids. I would want to go back to work or ...

Lately I’ve felt nothing but rage towards my bd. He’s a selfish jack ass. When I got pregnant all did was tell me that he did want another kid and then he moved away. I couldn’t help but felt abandoned. Our son is now a year old and he still has baby been in his life but he wants to preach of great of a dad he is. A...

I have a 30 month old boy and my husband is just not interested in doing anything with him. The moment he gets home from work he will stick the TV or just stay glued to his phone. If our son wants to play with him he just blanks him and I asked him why are you not playing with him and he said I don't want to. I feel...

It's been 2 months since I've been able to go to a place I call home. I last everything to hurricane helene. I've been living in a hotel since then. A hotel without a kitchenette, so I can't cook. I only have a microwave and a small fridge. So I make work. I'm constantly eating out. Wasting money on food. I have to ...

Please can someone tell me if I’m over reacting or not! My little one is not a huge fan of nursery and nor am I tbh. Every time I drop him he cries and the room always feels rather chaotic with a number of babies and toddlers crying on the floor. The ladies working there all seem nice and busy doing things but it j...

Hi all, I love my in-laws and they are so generous and cannot do enough for me and my husband and our baby, but how on earth do I go about telling them to stop buying her toys. It’s constant. Every week she’s with them she’s got something new! She will never know the value of anything and Christmas is just around t...