30 & Older Moms

Hi, I’m 6 weeks pregnant and I have brown discharge nearly everyday since I was supposed to start my last period. has anyone experienced this before?

I’m really just after reassurance as I’m getting depressed over this. Me and my daughter used to be super close. She wasn’t an only child for long as I had my son when she was only 18 months old and she adapted absolutely fine. We had a great family dynamic it was still hard of course but happy. I’ve now just had my 3rd baby who is now 6 months old. At first my 3.5 year old daughter was completely fine and she still is and adores her new baby sister (I think) but she seems to hate everything I do. If I tell her off she hates me and screams and if I’m lovely to her she also turns on me. For example today I bought her a present to show her how much I love her and a chocolate treat to go with it. Initially she was happy and after a while after playing with the new toy she started getting grumpy and upset with me. Nothing I ever do is right. I just feel like we’ve lost our bond I can’t quite describe it but she’s just becoming extremely mean. I was holding one of her toys and she just snatched it off me and said no that’s mine! I know it all sounds petty but she wasn’t like this before. She did have her tantrums but it feels like she just doesn’t like me. I feel so sad as her mummy and feel awful for admitting that I now dread seeing her because she’s actually making me feel down. How pathetic do I sound? It’s like she’s just never happy with me anymore and only wants her daddy. And she’s constantly trying to make my life difficult whereas before she used to be kinder. Is it meant to be this hard at this age? I didn’t think it was all meant to get worse. Does it get easier? I’m really down so hoping people will be sensitive to how I feel. She’s at nursery everyday but I do spend time with her at the weekend.

I'm 37 and since my daughter was born I've been trying to get back into the job market. I want a corporate life, but I can't find work! This makes me very sad! I'm tired of trying to find work and very tired of thinking about having a second baby or not. I want a second baby, but only after I manage to get back into the job market! My daughter turns 5 next year and at the same time I couldn't wait any longer! It seems to me that if a second child comes, I'll never go back to the job market! I also plan to move to another country because where I live, simple jobs don't pay enough; if I can't find an office job, that's what I'll have to do. I don't know what to do, is it better to have a second child now?

My 3 year old spits everywhere- in her hands, on her toys, on the floor she does it out of habit but it’s so disgusting! I keep telling her not to but she doesn’t listen what would you suggest I do?

I’m absolutely exhausted as I write this and just need advice desperately! I have a 5 month old who sleeps in her crib in me and my husbands bedroom and in the last week or so my 3 year old has been coming into our room in the middle of the night, sometimes it’s 3am and other times 5am and she wakes up the baby. She doesn’t even get into our bed and fall asleep straight away as if she did that I wouldn’t mind. She’s wide awake and starts talking to me as I’m trying to feed the baby back to sleep. My husband obviously just carries on sleeping. What do I do?! Obviously I’ve tried explaining to her as best as I can if she can stay in her room until mummy or daddy get her in the morning and I’ve even bribed her saying she’ll get a treat if she listens but she keeps doing it. I’m so exhausted as when my baby falls asleep I’m then trying to get my toddler to sleep and when my toddler did eventually get to sleep around 6am my baby woke up. It’s driving me mad!