Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Hello, my LO is 15 weeks old and since she was born I can honestly say that I have had 40 mins (this is no exaggeration) 'me time' since she was born and I feel like I'm going insane. I feel guilty because I love her so much but really need this time alone. I also feel like I'm starting to resent my partner as at ...

Does anyone else get raging mom guilt when they need a break? I have a great partner who encourages me to take breaks and do things for myself but I never have a good time because all I think about is how I should be with my son and feel bad it’s all on my partner. Will this go away? And if it doesn’t, how do you de...

This week is my last week of maternity leave. My baby will be starting daycare at just 3 1/2 months. I have been in shambles for a few weeks now. It's hitting even harder today and I'm sure I'll be a mess the night before. It's starting to make me feel really depressed. I'm going to miss him sooo much I worry about ...

I'm married, but I hate it. It feels like marriage tends to favor men over women, especially in African cultures, no matter where they live. Why do some men act like working and paying rent mean they shouldn't have to do housework, cook, or take care of the kids—things like brushing their teeth, making meals, or bat...

Two years in and me and my partner have not been the same for nearly 1 year now. Feels like it’s worse now than it was in the early stages. Backstory… before baby we had all the time in the world, young, party, adventures. And now after the baby because of complications, I now have sciatic pain that is constant an...

Hey Mummas. I am writing this post to see if I am being unreasonable. Our baby is almost 10 months old and throughout this period, 98% of the nights have all been on me. The 2% was on nights that I was ill so not like I had a night off tbh. Our LO has never been a great sleeper and so that’s 10 months of sleep dep...

I’ve been dealing with this new guy recently and I’ve been iffy about my feelings with him and opening up more because I’ve been enjoying my space and alone time after leaving my baby daddy. I really like this new guy but I was just unsure about going all in but of recently I’ve gotten so attached(don’t really know ...

I don’t know if the post partum rage is taking over and I am being unreasonable. My partner thinks I’m overreacting but I’m so annoyed. My next door neighbour smokes weed in her garden morning, lunch time and evening every day. We live in a terraced house and it blows into our house and makes our house smell consta...

He tries to “help” but ends up just making things worse 🤦🏼‍♀️ our 2yo has a tummy bug, as a result I’ve barely slept the last two nights as he’s been up all hours with tummy pains, vomiting, etc (I cosleep with him and partner sleeps in the guest room). Well partner FINALLY offers to take him this morning so I can…

My husband works full time and studies aswell, meaning he studies in the evenings when our LG goes to bed and is out studying 6am to 12.30 on weekends. He gets up at 4am every morning to study and go to work. It's really affecting me, yes we have the weekend evenings together but it's not really enough for me as he...

So I want to say to my husband that I am fed up of being neglected by him in this marriage. 5 years married with 2 kids I’m sick of not being seen, physically emotionally and sexually neglected. I want to open up this serious conversation because I’m at wits end but I want to say it lovingly and be sensitive. He pro...

My husband is a cold and controlling man. Of course before marriage was the opposite. He critizes everything I do because it's not the way he will do it. He actually said I'm not ready to be a wife because i let the compost bin get too full before emptying it which is funny because prior to this he would say I empty...

I’ve been sick with the flu the last couple days so I’ve spent most of the time in bed, and my husband has been parenting our 2 year old. He had a bad night with her last night (I think she’s also getting sick) and he has woken up so snappy and frustrated with everything she does. She’s just being a normal 2 year ol...

Unfortunately my partners relationship with his family has been fractured for the last 6+ months (through no fault of his own, although they don’t seem to see it that way) to the point that they ended up being told about our pregnancy quite late into it (we had so wished to share the news with them early but they we...

Anyone else feeling resentment towards their partners? I can't help it. I just feel like a robot, every day's the same. I feel like he's has to put minimal thoughts in anything home/children related because I'm always on top of it. I'm just mentally exhausted.

I feel like my world is just turning upside down… my husband has been blocking me on his social media because claiming I stalk him… my co worker let me use her phone just to see what he’s up too and just saw him commenting on other girls pages but he claims it’s not cheating unless it’s physical. He told one of the ...

How do you co-parent with a narcissist? I am honestly asking because I have no idea. The only thing I know what to do is remain as calm as I can, however I am human and it’s taking its toll on me hence why I am reaching out about this for the first time. Things have become so overwhelming complicated that I fear I w...

Your in-laws would just stfu and die. Exaggerating a bit but you get the idea. This is years after suffering through their abuse and taking so much shit that has taken an enormous toll on your own health. I’m just so done with their narcissistic behavior and wish I can go no contact which will never happen. I’m lite...

Can you guys share any advice or tips on how to keep your peace when your family-in-law are all targeting you as the enemy? I don't want to let it hurt me anymore. I want to keep my peace no matter what they say or do and not be bothered by the drama. I just haven't figured how yet 🤔

So my partner went out for the afternoon and night yesterday. He told me the city he was going to (he is away for work) l, he sent me a few pictures of the city but none with anyone in them. He told me one of the places he was at and sent a pic, but no one was in the pic. I asked him to text me when he got back to...