Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

by the time baby has gone to bed i have about 4 hours to myself every single day. it’s so boring. it’s nice for about an hour as i’ll finish washing up etc and watch my show but after a while i just don’t know what to do. i feel like a sad puppy waiting at the door 😅😂

Potentially a little too early to be thinking about this but my little girl is extremely strong willed and is already doing things and looking at me cheekily to see how I’m going to react! Have you discussed discipline in your household and what does it look like for you?

The transition from 1 to 2 has been easier than I thought, but I have been struggling knowing my son isn’t my only baby anymore. I love my daughter and am so glad she is here with us now, but I can’t help but feel so sad he isn’t getting all the attention. He loves being a big brother and is so helpful with her. Idk...

Dad wakes up, and gets ready for work while I prepare bfast for baby. When he comes down, he says goodbye and leaves for work. Comes home after baby is asleep for the night. Is this solo parenting?

Is it possible to feel neglected by your partner? I've been in bed really ill since Monday. Today is the worst I've felt having hot cold shivers last night, waking up in a puddle of my own sweat, my body feeling sore all over and not being able to maintain any temperature hot or cold. I feel awful. Our little gi...

My son (2) is in daycare and I work at his daycare. We teach our child consent and always ask him if we can hold, kiss, or hug him before we do so (other than picking him up for safety reasons) and I was told that a teacher said “come here buddy” and he said no then she went to get him anyway and he said “go away” a...

Below is a pic of my front door and…I know it’s dirty and nasty. What cleaning solution would you recommend to remove as much of this dirt as possible. I have used boiling hot water and white vinegar. This helps but it’s not fantastic.

My husband got a new job alhamdulillah, and I asked when we were talking about it that is the payment good? I didn’t ask how much or nothing too intrusive but still he became very defensive and told me that’s none of my business. Is this normal? Do you gals know how much your husband earns? Just for context I’m a SA...

I have a 10 year old stepdaughter, my husband has full custody and she sees her mom every other weekend. Over the past few weeks, her attitude and behavior has become increasingly disrespectful towards me. She is constantly telling me “no” or “I’m not doing that” when I ask her to help with chores around the house. ...

So I’m 15 weeks pregnant and I’m really struggling when I don’t have my son with me. He’s recently turned one and I’m struggling when he goes out with his dad to his grandmothers (my partners mother and I don’t get along) it courses so much anxiety and makes me feel so sick and stressed. I just want him to be home. ...

But in all reality my life is like a fucking dumpster fire. I am pregnant. I have a seven-year-old. I’m single parent. My seven-year-old’s father is incarcerated for life for murder. He still thinks we’re together and upset with me because I’m pregnant And The guy that I’m pregnant by is a piece of shit. He alread...

I'm in such a bad mood right now purely because of the attitude and number of "NO"s I've had to deal with today. And the rude demands. And the refusal to do anything. The latest comment that has pushed me to vent on here being "when's dinner?" "Not for a while yet that's why you've got your snack" "I don't want it p...

My son (19m) has recently become VERY attached to me, so much that he wants no one else near him, he's also suddenly started waking up at 1-2am and then will absolutely refuse to go back to sleep, crying flinging his arms in the air and I'm so tired! Tried everything from night lights, cuddling him, sitting with him...

But also nervous a bit! Because I've got the hidden trenches of my home a messs and I don't usually let anyone see those places! One of the most embarrassing is my master bathroom. I don't even use it anymore it's just so dirty all the time.. my husband only uses it at this point... I periodically try to clean it bu...

So my husband and I both work from home and same jobs , we have 2kids both 1.5yr old and less than 1yr old, I hold both kids while working at same time while sometimes when I have meetings and he doesn’t he might help hold them for max 20-30mins for me to get done with meeting, this doesn’t happen everyday as most d...

A kid around 7 just stole £1 off of my 4 year old and after I got it back I wondered if I should have told his mum. I didn’t cuz I’m no snitch (edit to say this is a JOKE) but wondering what you guys would do ?

Hey Girlies, I am experiencing my first spout of proper 'Mum Guilt'! I work from home and sometimes my family, who look after my little one, do not pick him up straight away so there a bit of cross over where I need to be on my laptop. I had him sat near me with toys around him and also a spoon that I didn't real...

My baby is now 11 months old and my MIL from the start has wanted to take my daughter out for walks. I’ve been very uncomfortable with it and now I’ve started but still super uncomfortable with it 😂 just trying to let her go once a month or something to shut her up. Basically there’s no exact reason right, my MIL…

Hi mommies! My baby who’s only 13 months recently got sick over the weekend, his cough doesn’t seem to get better, what are come home remedies I can try? ALSO I’ve been calling off of work to stay home to watch my son, I’d rather let him rest and watch over him as he sleeps in rather than wake up early to take him...

So I’ve been taking my toddler to a music group once a week, he’s only 14 months old so he’s going through the grabbing phase! We’ve been teaching him “gentle hands” which he’s getting the hang of really well. Basically my toddler was touching this little girls (10mo) hair clip very gently and he was leaning on he...