Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

So, my MIL told us during her visit last month that she wasn't coming for a Christmas visit. She left gifts for the kids in my closet. Since then, I started working full time and hired a nanny. The nanny is amazing but is super shy. My MIL is notorious in our family for making comments about diet, exercise, weight, ...

So my husband used to be a sense of a safe space for me especially with my anxiety but lately I’m realizing over the past two years he might actually be more triggering to it. It’ll take me forever to go over every detail but long story short I’m not in a good place mentally. I’ve been turned off from him since our...

I’m pregnant with first baby and their first grandchild. We’ve married 7 years and me feeling suffocated has been a source of practically all of mine and hubbbys disagreements/arguments over this time. We went out for dinner and I got told I need to accept help and let people in more (wanting to buy things by mil...

So baby boy is now 2 months old and have noticed his dad to be very unreliable , wondering if theres anything I can do to help things..? I asked him to let me know beforehand if he wants to see baby & he just won't listen and only wants to see him last minute whenever he feels like it without notice- I don't want to...

Honestly just looking for some kindness and support. My little one is nearly 16 weeks old now and evenings are still horrendous. I find myself in tears most days because she will just cry for hours. She doesn’t settle for the night until 11pm or after usually and it is exhausting. I find myself getting so frustr...

So over a week ago my partner of 6 years told me he doesn’t feel he loves me in that way anymore, this destroyed me, I moved out with my daughter and we’ve been staying at my mums house for the past week however today he asked us both to come live back home, he keeps telling me he doesn’t see him self being able to ...

My husband comes home from work angry everyday. My son’s cries make me angry. I don’t have the time or energy to clean and cook and study like I used to. I feel like I’m slowly slipping away from everything and I’m so depressed. All I want is a break, but I don’t have anyone I trust to watch my son and sitters scare...

Need somewhere to vent/see how others deal with it I have told my partner that I feel so lonely because I feel like I do everything for our daughter (4month). All he does is her last feed of the day and put her to bed (including weekends) He says he can't help because he's at work (which I understand and have no...

I tried to knock sense into my husband to communicate properly i said in normal tone that we have 2 kids we need to communicate what is this silence all about, he kept staring n watching tv and phone n simply said i dont like to talk to you, you are a shit. I dont love you. What would you do? What ur thought will b...

My son is now 3 months old, be was just over 4 weeks early. We've had such a rollercoaster of a time, he's been unsettled for a while, quite unhappy and in pain . He's now been diagnosed as lactose intolerant and id say his symptoms have improved and he sleeps a little better at night but he literally cries alday ev...

I am the carer for my elderly parents. I also have two young children of my own. My husband has health anxiety, and he thinks everything is wrong with him. Last few months has been hell, with ups and downs. But the past 2 months has been the worst. He now also shows signs of depression. I have been trying to make e...

Okay this is a relationship post and I'm feeling quite confused and vulnerable so please do be kind... I asked my husband to plan a date and titled it 20 weeks pregnancy halfway celebration. He organised us to go on a date night where he booked tickets for a comedy club but unfortunately it got cancelled... so we ...

Any one else's two year old just turned into the devil recently??? My son's not always been an angel but he has never been this bad and I don't know what's going on! He started going to a childminder a few months ago and I keep telling myself maybe he's learning this behaviour but then he wasn't like this when he fi...

Baby’s dad was amazing when my baby girl was born for a whole 2 weeks. Then he stopped coming round I didn’t question it because I don’t want to bother him. He’s recently confided in me that he’s feeling severely depressed, and honestly, I’m unsure if I should believe him, he’s sending me snaps of him laughing with ...

So my little one has recently been crying in the morning I when I leave for work or even when I go to the toilet, bearing in mind I have been back to work for over a year now and it’s the first time he’s actually been upset that I have to leave him, up until a few weeks ago, my MIL looks after him whilst am at work ...

My husband never used to do it but after 3 years he started commenting every now and then about other women's bodies so I don't know how to feel. All my life I have been insecure about my very small and saggy boobs and he told me a few times things like: "Every man loves boobs" Or "The bigger boobs the better", so I...

My lo has always had a lot of screen time in the background she will sometimes watch but often will play with her toys at the same time. I just feel it keeps us all sane. I don’t like a quiet house. Is there something wrong with this. I do notice she has a short attention span when eating etc and wondering if it’s m...

My husband and I have been together for quite a while, and we've always been on the same page about children (we both wanted 2-3). Shortly before having our daughter, he's changed his mind. Now he says having any more would be a deal breaker for him. I absolutely want at least one more, and I really don't want my da...

I’m losing my damn mind with my 3 year old girl. She’s just fighting me on everything and purposefully being difficult. I’ve always been strict so I don’t understand why she thinks she can push it so much. But I’m just losing it because I hate yelling/ punishing her. I don’t know what to doooooo 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠

Anyone else’s child’s behaviour gotten really bad since starting school? Full of attitude & answering back! Apparently she’s very polite & well mannered at school. We’ve tried talking to her, taking toys off her, stopped her going to her clubs but it’s like she doesn’t care. Literally losing the will😩