Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

I’m really struggling to feel like my baby loves me as his mum. He is now 9 months and he doesn’t ever like to be cuddled. At night if he wakes crying he doesn’t seem to be comforted by me when I get him out of his cot - he just hits and thrashes around in my arms. I love him so much but feel sad that I see other ba...

I have a 7 year old SD who I’m trying to teach to be a bit more independent as she is treated like a baby at home. Am I being unreasonable in the fact that I think she should be able to shower and dress herself by now? Don’t get me wrong I don’t expect her to turn the shower on and off as we have mixer taps and don’...

I’ve organised to meet up with a family member who’s extremely narcissistic I want to face them and tell them how much they’ve put me trough along with discussing very important information that ties us both together. Does anyone have any advice or tips for how I deal with the situation? I plan to be straight to the...

I send my son(2.5yrs) to a nursery (3 hours a day) and I noticed 2 new 19-20 year old boys helping in the nursery. I dont know why but i got this weird feeling around them, especially one of them. I observed him playing with another child and twirling her hair in his fingers while the other one had a boy in his lap....

My kids dad and I separated almost 2 years ago, I was tired of doing everything in the house / with the kids and working while he just played on the console when he wasn’t at work. We never went on dates or even outside really, not much of a sex life and he wasn’t a present father for the children. Fast forward to n...

Little one’s grandad (father-in-law) is taking them for first solo “day out” together in the car - they have zero plan, just going to see where the day takes them... Husband is very against me “micromanaging” but I think it’s important that we give some info (e.g. by suggesting times for naps and food, how to put on...

I’m going back to work next week, I’ve been so lucky to have this whole first year of my little girls life with her but I’m so sad that I might miss her first steps 😭😭 she will be with my husband while im at work and he’s missed a lot of her firsts from working so trying to just think it would be nice for him but I…

My partner and I got into an argument and he mentioned how he’s not going to come home from work and clean, cook, be a “babysitter,” etc. I told him that all that is being called a dad is. Work is work and when he comes home, he’s a dad. Somehow that upset him, idk why. I’m not asking him to cook or clean every nigh...

Am i right to be angry at this? My son was unwell two weeks ago and recovering last week. He was well by the Thursday but i waited until Monday to take him back to a baby class. About half way into the class a child who was coughing came over to where i was and their mum followed them over saying ‘oh don’t mind him...

my MIL has had a great many issues. one of which is that she struggles with hoarding. she has a much more honest attitude about it than most people, but it is what it is. i would like to say, the hoarding isn’t something i judge. what i disagree with is the way she brings other people in, and abuses them as a result...

My husband has never shared much of his emotions , he keeps his mobile locked, laptop locked i haven't opened his laptop by myself in our 4years of marriage. He haven't said the password even though i asked him . Recently he goes out telling he wants to shop meat during night time after 10pm he has done this a cou...

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Baby going to nursery the end of April, he will be 10 and a half months! I’m so upset but I need to go to work, as I won’t get funding till the end of the year if I have anymore time off. Anyways I’m just so upset I’m basically on here for encouragement haha. I literally haven’t left him with anyone apart from my hu...

So I am a 21 year old soon to be mom. Currently 40+2 weeks. My husband went to his home country to be in the military there and had some medical issues resulting in him bring in a coma and possibly losing his memory. We found out about baby when I was 10 weeks or so, 2 weeks after he left to his country. I am possib...

I really hate to ask for help on here because I’m usually really good at communicating, but I am almost 32 weeks pregnant and my heads in overdrive! First of all my boyfriend smokes weed, which I’m obviously not happy about but he did say he would stop before the baby is born, well we are weeks away from meeting o...

Okay so I need to vent about this my sister in law has a problem with me and idek why. I haven’t seen my niece in months and I really miss her☹️ her excuse last time we spoke was that I want to act like her mom but in reality I’m not trying to I have a kid of my own and tbh babies just love me 😭 everywhere I go…

First my daughter is 4 months old my husband comes home and he's sitting there eating watching our oldest daughter play with kinetic Sand and next thing I know as I had our youngest in the back trying to get her to go to sleep I guess my daughter had peed outside of her diaper and it was my fault I guess then I gues...

Just getting this out there trying to distract myself.. I might be crazy but my husband had to work night shift this week. Ive never slept without him and hes always been so active in our daughters bedtime routine. I dont know how shes gonna go down, hopefully she just doesnt realize or is tired enough to just go to...

My husband’s porn addiction made me very insecure and self conscious about myself. I caught him and he stopped completely. He says he’s very sorry and he was addicted to it. When his history randomly popped up while I was using his phone once and I questioned him about it. He asked me to forgive him and he will nev...

My husband has had a range of mental health issues since he was a child that no one ever addressed. 5yrs ago in marriage counseling he ignored our therapists suggestions for more counseling and therapy. For years we’ve had the same fights bc of him refusing to work on his health and now it negatively impacts me and ...