Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

So my toddler is about to be 3 next month and she is in an imaginative stage. I’m a SAHM and she wants to pretend play and because I’m so exhausted all the time (and honestly depressed af) I cannot work up the energy to be imaginative. I do take the time out but it’s really hard and I mostly say I can’t rn. Every ti...

My boyfriend is very emotionally abusive and verbally abusive to me I can’t have friends especially not guys I can hardly see my family I can’t go out with my family I can’t help my parents at work I can’t see my only friend that’s a girl and I can’t go out with her Because he always threatens that if I leave he’s g...

Hey mama idk what to do we have tried taking my daughters toys away from her for being bad but this the second time she has gotten a referral from school for doing something bad at school and she also keeps peeing her pants does any mama know what I can do to help her not be bad so much and we token away tv time and...

I know it's not something to complain about going on holiday but I used stress myself out going on holiday before I had my daughter as I'm not organised as much as I try to be. But now I've got to prepare my things as well as hers. I'm living a nightmare in my head with how much stuff I've got to sort. For context...

Im sat here absolutely balling my eyes out, my emotions have been crazy lately but I feel so fed up. Im 27 weeks and 5 days pregnant and I am struggling so much now. I wasn’t before but now I just went from a high to a really low. I cant cope, Im so overwhelmed. The closer it gets to giving birth to more I just feel...

My 2 year old fell down our stairs today (top to bottom) and got off lightly with just a cut in her lip. I called 111 just to be sure as I was panicking due to the height and her age, but she has no injuries, not bumps, cuts a bruises and is totally normal within herself. 111 advised to go to a&e anyway to be checke...

My son currently does one a week at nursery and has since September. He does one other day with my mum. The nursery are trying to get us to do another day but I really don’t want too. They say it will help him as sometimes he has a bit of a cry when he is there (he is happy on the whole). I love our days together an...

So my partner goes to the gym Monday to Thursday from work and doesn't get back until it's bed time for our girls. I work Friday evening Saturday and Sunday and have the girls 24/7 apart from few hours one day a week. I've been voicing how I'd like to get back into the gym to which he says you can go when I get home...

What’s the longest your in-laws has gone without seeing your LO? My boy is nearly 9 months and they haven’t seen him since… BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!

So we are 3 months into our second daughter (our first one being 2). This time round it's hit us hard, we've both struggled adapting to multiples. However we've been getting more and more frustrated with one another the past couple of weeks. He has his own business and is super busy all the time. Which means I take...

How are you keeping your babies entertained during the day? Especially when it’s not great weather. I can’t spend all day at a shopping centre surely? For context, she has just turned 6 months, and now hates everything we do, cries 2 minutes into all activities, and please no suggestions of “sing songs, read books” ...

My partner and I work at the same place, I’ve been having this weird feeling for the past couple of weeks now, decided to log his location on my phone, apparently he said he was still working but on the app he was in a completely different place, I called him most of the time and his phone was switched off, other ti...

I'm still breastfeeding my little girl to sleep, and once or twice throughout the night as well as ad hoc on request when she needs it in the day. I also work 4 days a week, so it's a lot. I realise she no longer needs it necessarily, she goes all day at nursery without, I just honestly don't know how to stop and sh...

FTM 👋 I’ve never felt so down and sad. My LO dose nothing but scream crying constantly from the second he wakes up. I try and comfort him but nothing helping. I’ve done everything that’s been suggested by friends and family with no luck. He’s sleeping for 2 hours at a time then waking up screaming, going red,…

My children are 4 years old twins who will be going to kindergarten in September. They currently have an IEP , and a meeting was hell today to see if they need to continue service ( speech & OT ). When their godmother heard that they're will be having an iep for kindergarten, I could hear it in her voice that she ...

My son is 19 months old and is currently experiencing a massive amount of separation anxiety. I’m usually the one who baths / does bedtime however at the moment I read him a story whilst he has his milk and the second his milk is finished he’s standing up in the cot screaming for me to pick him back up. I absolutely...

Sorry, this is really stupid but I just need to talk... for the first time I'm missing my LO's bedtime. I'm stuck in hospital because the Drs are keeping me here for tests and stuff and I won't be home for her bedtime for the first time ever. My heart is so heavy right now. I barely spent any time with her today bec...

Anyone else get easily annoyed or irritated ? Idk if it’s me being tired from the being pregnant or maybe I’m in nesting mode but I feel like I’m constantly getting annoyed with my apartment having things everywhere . My in-laws moved into our apartment at the beginning of the year so obviously there’s double of a l...

I’ve been feeling really alone in my marriage lately. I asked my husband if we could have sex at least once a week to feel more connected. He agreed, and we did it once. Since then, he hasn’t initiated again. When we do have sex, it’s okay. Sometimes even great. But I find myself getting emotional during it because ...

So when i got to work last night I got pulled into the office again 😒 they said it was due to poor performance what's a lie the new chick has poor performance and flirting with all the guys 😒 and got off at 6 one day and stayed just to flirt with them 😑 and if I or anyone did that we would of been told to get the…