Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

How do you cope with cooking?? When i sit in the livingroom, she plays independently for hours if she wants to! She couldn't care less if i were there or not.. but once i start making dinner, she starts crying, screaming, throwing toys around and wants to be carried around. I tried to put her on the kitchen counter...

Let’s start with I suffer from anxiety. My LB is 5 and a half months. The first couple of months when LB arrived were tough and my MIL was amazing. She helped with baby etc. LB had really bad wind issues and silent reflux. When my confidence grew, changed bottles, got into our routine etc and found my stride so MI...

We live in an apartment building, in December I asked the landlord if we could renew the lease that ends in February and he said yes, last week the broker told us that the landlord doesn’t wanna renew the lease anymore after saying yes. Then I asked for another apartment (different landlord) available in the same f...

I feel like my happy little baby has become a different child in the last few weeks. I understand he’s teething so has become particularly whiney but I just feel like he barely smiles, laughs and his eye contact has completely shifted. This sounds stupid but I feel like he hates me 😂 Dressing and changing him is a…

This man made me contemplate divorce after I became pregnant and thought about leaving more while having a baby who is now a toddler and then he goes and sends me a message like this 🥺 He literally drives me MAD! 😡 but he definitely knows how be sensitive too 💙

my daughter keeps lashing out all the time she keeps telling everyone to fucking shut up in class she’s hitting folk swearing and not listing to adults or her teacher when you ask her to do things she’s screams at you she doesn’t talk what can I do she’s 8

I really need some support from fellow moms. I am a first time mom and it gets overwhelming and hard sometimes. My baby's father doesn't make it any better. On top of that I've been trying to get a job to support us and to move out of my Aunt's house because I can't do anything that I want to do in her house as far ...

What are your thoughts on telling kids things like “My house my rules, when you pay bills” “It’s my house, when you have your own some day” Comments along those lines.

if anything it has gotten harder. My patience have ran out. I have no village and only support from my other half, and as he runs his own business it feels like except from 5pm onwards i’m single parenting. I feel like having no sleep over so long has compounded making me feel so exhausted. The trying to cook them f...

Can anyone recommend a good hoover? I have a shark anti wrap one but it’s a nightmare to clean and I’ve had it 3 years and I feel like it’s just not as good as when I first bought it. I’d like one that’s easier to clean and the suction stays good as I feel like a shark stays good for no time at all and then it’s awf...

My son is 1 he started day care back in October so he was only enrolled for about 3 months within those 3 months my son constantly kept getting viruses at the day care he caught the flu twice strep throat twice , and a stomach bug that had our entire family ill we missed work due to this. I continued to take him to ...

How you mama's doing? My little man is so ready to do things on his own. He wants to hold his own cup and silverware. Yesterday he tried putting his socks on *after taking them off* he got upset that he couldn't get it on. I put it on and hes upset 🥴 he takes it off, and is trying to put it on DUDE! LOL I'm…

So before I had my baby and after he arrived I have made it abundantly clear I do not want anyone kissing my baby apart from me and my partner, and even we don't kiss his mouth. I said no kisses at all until at least after his first lot of jabs. He had his 8 week jabs and I said okay, top of head is okay but still n...

Anyone else struggling to enjoy motherhood? My LO is 1.4 and of course I absolutely adore her and I believe I am doing a great job, but I feel like I’m not enjoying it. It’s been rocky - on/off relationship with BD, living in a foreign country so no village and I work a lot. I work with children so I often feel li...

Hi, me and my partner have a 6 month old daughter and I exclusively breast feed. I love my baby to bits and really struggle to be away from her. My partner (her dad) wants to take her out alone and go to his side of the family for a bit but I really don’t want him to do this. I’m fine with him taking her for a littl...

Long story short I live three and a half hours away from my family and had my little boy on the 27th. My parents were due to come up for 5 days to help us settle in, meet him and generally just help us whilst we navigate this new world. I had a chat with them before my son arrived and explained what I’d need them fo...

I don’t have the best judgement at times and I struggle with confrontation. Basically I went for my UC appointment today, met my new “work coach” and I took my daughter with me. She did say hello to me and then was greeting my daughter which is fairly usual as people often love to see kids and babies. But then she w...

So… I’ve been trying to get healthy, I work 3 days & have my daughter everyday. I can’t join a gym because of this. My daughter will only nap in her pram, so I’ve been going on long walks/hikes with her for exercise. It’s working but very slowly. My husband came home yesterday and told me he was joining the gym to g...

35 weeks pregnant and my sister in law and mother in law have not been bothered about this baby at all. They've not once asked about baby how he is or how I am even though this is a high risk pregnancy which has resulted me in having several scans, babies dropped weight, gestational diabetes ect ect. All the informa...

Hi guys, How is everyone coping with housework? I have to admit my house gets untidy fast and stuff everywhere, we currently have 7 wash loads that need doing every room needs a proper clean and tidy. My son is very clingy at the moment and my partner doesn’t pick up after himself so it’s just everywhere. Tbh I ge...