Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Hey Mummas, Just having a sad moment tonight! Little boy is 7 months and I will be returning to work in October a week and half after his first birthday! Nursery is secured his got his place now talking to nursery about funded hours and all that boring bit in between, but I’m really down about going back to work...

Had my wonderful fighting little love in January, he came very early at 25 weeks. MIL has only had 2 things to say. 1- "well *baby* Is the reason *step kid* is so misbehaved" aka trying to blame him coming early for the 9 year olds behaviour which was an issue well before he came. And 2 "no I'm too busy to meet him ...

I’m first time mum and the mum guilt is real honestly im just feeling bad anytime I put some cartoons on and put him infront of tv in his swing now don’t get me wrong I interact and play with him he’s one month old have him out a lot of the day and also do some tummy time but some part of the day especially night ti...

Hi everyone, Sorry its a bit of a long one. My due date is a week today. I have been getting terrible night sweats, I'm tossing and turning, generally struggling at night. My joints are aching and I'm generally sore all over. I'm hot, bothered and my hands and feet are swollen. My whole pregnancy has been great so...

I’ve been dressing my 8 month old in a long sleeved vest and a 1.5 tog and he’s been screaming, crying for the last few days and I thought it was teething. My husband took the tog off and baby fell straight to sleep. He was boiling in it and I didn’t even think properly. Feel so guilty

I think I'm touched out and my partner is clueless. I keep telling him I need sleep and I'm exhausted and he's acting like everything is fine. The baby is usually amazing but I think she's going through a sleep regression. Her sleep patterns have been horrific. My partner and I don't currently live together but he c...

I can’t leave my son with anyone other than my mum and only for 3 hours max. My partner is wanting to do date nights and things but all I’m thinking about is my baby. He’ll be 4 months on Saturday. Sometimes I can’t even bring myself to leave him with his dad. I’ve left him with my partner parents once when we...

I get that having a MIL that loves my baby so much is not the worst problem in the world. Some, even I, would argue that we’re lucky! So why does it annoy me so much??! Every time we go out to brunch, she waits for a moment when I’m engaged in conversation to swoop in and grab my baby and then WALKS AWAY from the ...

So I’m usually in a lot of contact with my BD however recently he’s been very standoffish stressed out and I just want to check on him. Make sure things are OK and that’s the empath side of me and on the other hand I don’t want to bother him because I know he has his own life. We are not together, but recently he’s ...

Sorry I just need to rant. I can't talk to my family because he'll check my messages, and if I don't get this out I will literally explode. Before we had our son I truly believed my partner would be the best father. I thought he'd be caring, wanting to help, wanting to spend as much time with our child as he possib...

First time mom and struggling to keep up. My husband works nights and has been given a lot of overtime or double shifts since he's been back at work. He has to sleep during the day so most of the baby and household responsibilities fall on me. I know if he had more time, he would help more like he did during his bab...

My son had an autism evaluation today. It’s a process as you all may know but the first one was a video call. They were asking certain questions and i felt so sad and quite embarrassed to know i couldn’t remember much about my babies milestones because for the first years of his life, i was just out of it. At war wi...

My baby just fucking cries for everything and absolutely NOTHING!!! Sometimes I put her on her crib while I shower or go to the toilet or go grab something quickly. She cries as if she's being murdered,. Seriously I do not have a second of peace with her. She only naps for 15 to 45 min AT THE MOSTTTTTT. I am all alo...

Someone please help! I know this probably isn't new here but I'm done breastfeeding after 17 months. My son never took to a bottle or any other milk (cow/oat/formula). He's heavily reliant on BF and barely eats any solids. Still wakes quite frequently through the night. We cosleep to make my life easier but I feel ...

Mum guilt is really kicking in LO is so difficult at the minute we’re in leap 4 and I am really struggling. I feel guilty because he wakes up in the night constantly and my other half gets up with him for the second half of the night but I see all over social media mums being up all night with their LO and comfortin...

Yallll is anybody else’s MIL/bf or bds mom over possessive over their son & his mom got mad? Like my man decided to spend Mother’s Day with me yesterday & his mom is shitty bc of that. She doesn’t like any “outsiders” except the kids she birthed & their kids (her grandkids) to show up but not the partner they were m...

I’m in need of some guidance for those whom have experienced this journey before. I have been a stay at home mother to my 2 special needs kids for nearly 5 years now. As challenging as it is at sometimes, it’s the greatest thing that I will ever do in my life. My husband & I have been married almost 6 years now, tho...

Idk what im looking for but i think i just need to vent. Idk what to do or maybe i do know but dont know how to start the process of maybe leaving. Ive know my partner since 2013, living together for 3 yrs. We have a 6, 1.5, 2 losses and one on the way. And each a son from prior relationship. Hes not a bad person ...

So my husband looked through my home and found something he didn’t like, it was totally innocent but he Felipe’s out. Flash forward a couple days he left his phone out and now there is a password. When I asked the password he flipped out and made me give him his phone. Weird or no?

My family just left a pretty crappy situation where we were in the previous state we were just in. So much so that it changed me. I used to love to go to the park with my kids after work and find new things to do with them. I used to beg God to put us in a position where I can just feel comfortable enough to let my ...