Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Guys just sharing that we've discovered the vacuum cleaner sound sends our four week old to sleep in an actual instant!! Such a game changer! Just passing along in case it works for anyone else!

A post has just been made, but my topic is slightly different. I basically need to ventilate, talk about it, ask for opinions, because I'm obsessed with the concern since the nursery team mentioned it, and I can't stop thinking about it. We have our 2 years appointment on the 25th and I guess these two weeks will pa...

4 days postpartum and my husband has really pissed me off. I had to have a c section because my first did a lot of damage when coming out. In my hospital our husbands stay in a private room with us with their own fold out beds as the midwives feel the c section mothers need help with lifting their babies and going ...

My LO has started going to daycare a month ago and he is crying all day. We send him for 2 days a week but he is not at all ready to settle in. My heart breaks seeing him crying all day long. Has anyone experienced the same and how much time did your LO took to settle in the new space.? I also feel the teachers are ...

My husband is great with our daughter and I am truly grateful for his support and how present he is as a father. We have been through a recent period of very unsettled nights (this lasted for months) where my daughter wanted to breastfeed continually ( she was previously night weaned). I normally let her feed but it...

my husband has had a week off of work, more than a week actually. not a single one of these days has he got up with our toddler in the morning, he hasnt done a dish. he hasnt lifted a bastard finger. this morning i woke him up at 11:00. he has come downstairs & lay on the sofa. he has only moved once to go get himse...

My 2 year old has been so naughty today like the naughtiest he's ever been and all I've done today is shout. I feel awful, apologised to him but he just finds it hilarious and carries on. I'm due to give birth anyday now and my partner reckons he's gotta be doing it for a reason. All I'm saying is its gonna be a lo...

My husband and I've been together for 5 years and married for a little over a year now. We had our baby this year and both of our families live in another country. My mum couldn't come for long due to her health issues but she was here for the birth, and then MiL came to "help" me recover and look after the baby. Th...

Hi mamas. Can any one share their little ones experience settling in to nursery? My 1yo started a couple of weeks ago and we are getting calls almost everyday asking to collect him early because he’s not napping properly or seems sad (not having particularly big feelings either, just grizzly). Then we go to get him...

Having a really tough time at the moment so there's no real point to this post but I just need to unload. Since my LO turned 1 her sleep has become horrendous, she's unbelievably clingy towards me (ordinarily I'd soak this up) but I can't catch a break. She's refusing her Dad, has almighty meltdowns/tantrums whic...

My partner and I were together for nearly 8 years before we had our child. We've tried for years and were definitely as ready as we could be. The kid is amazing, super easy baby, awesome personality. I struggled with PPD and was medicated for about 7 or 8 months. During that period my partner and I's relationship ha...

So, we have 2 kids. A toddler and a baby and our rented flat is definitely too small now. So, my partner wants us to buy our own home, cos price of rent goes up each year. We are ready financially. However, I'm a bit worried cos, most of the things that needed fixing in this house have been done by the landlord. The...

Please tell me I’m not alone! Our little boy (seven weeks old) has cried almost all morning and I’m ashamed to say I cried while changing him earlier because he was just hysterical. I got him to finally snooze on me, I’ve put him down in his carrycot and he’s crying again. He isn’t usually that fussy or cry-y but t...

So my husband goes to the gym 4 times a week for 2 hours each time and it’s not even the local gym. It’s a gym 30mins away from home This means he is at work all day on Tuesday and Fridays and then sees his mum after work and goes straight to gym and comes home at 10pm He also goes to the gym on Saturdays Saturday...

What’s happening i feel like im going mad. I can feel myself pulling away and being a bit mean (which isnt at all like me) from my boyfriend and wanting to just put my headphones on and dance around the house while i clean instead of spending time with him. Even though i know he’s the best thing apart from my kids t...

I had my second child (boy) nearly 3 weeks ago, and I feel like my 6 year old daughter has been slightly neglected by us as we are so busy with the little one. I am bf in the daytime, so I’m stuck with him. I have not able to be with her in the mornings to help her get ready for school and I know she’s missing our o...

My MIL thinks I cuddle , smooch , and caress my 18 month old too much? She’s already decided I spoil her now this. Granted, I do give her a lot of affection because she is my first baby.. If she gets annoyed with me i respect my daughter’s boundaries and give her space.. she felt like seeing my daughter get annoyed...

So me and my boyfriend have been together for five years. I have two kids by someone else and we have a child together who just turned 2. Since the beginning, I have always let him know that I am a very sexual person, and I’ve never turned him down. I also told him in the beginning that I am really against porn beca...

I feel like I’m failing as a mum, my little boy has just turned 8 months now, he’s not sleeping through the night and currently has very disrupted sleep. He naps in his pushchair currently because every sleep is a fight even though he is tired and I follow his wake windows. He’s on purrees and will refuse chunky pur...

We went out shopping over the weekend and it's been playing on my mind. We took the kids mini golf and then we followed it with shopping now my 14 Yr old ss was moping,rolling his eyes and moaning to which my partner made a joke with him about all us girls want to do is shop and about how much he hates shopping. Now...