June 2021 Babies 🇬🇧

My 4 year old has a friend in reception who is 5 already and has parents who work ALOT and they rely on the good ole iPad babysitter. Worse than this, she has unfettered access to YouTube Kids and god knows what else on there.

I do not and will never agree to giving a 4/5 year old their own iPad let alone letting them have free rein on it.

I wouldn’t let my daughter watch K Pop Demon Hunters as it’s inappropriate for her age group. I told the mum this too to just stick to Disney movies during play dates. But my daughter came back one day and said she’d watched it on her friend’s iPad so I guess the mum had no idea. I absolutely did not agree to letting her watch that and I’m disappointed to say the least.

How do I deal with this situation? I don’t want my daughter to not be friends with this girl but if I keep confronting the mum, she’s going to think I’m calling her a bad parent and it might all blow up. Am I overreacting?

My LO has been toilet trained since the age of 3 but we put a nappy on her at night which is usually quite heavy in the morning so thought she isn't ready to not have a nappy at night. We decided over the last couple of months to no longer put her in a nappy at night and she sometimes stays dry and other times she wets herself, feels like she's done it a lot in the last week! Not sure what to do any tips welcome! Thanks x

Hi All, my little one has all of a sudden become very emotional over random things which would not normally bother her. We have a very good relationship, she is very good talking about feelings. Have carefully asked questions about anything bothering her at school etc. No cause and no triggers. Wondering if it’s a developmental phase, anyone else’s little one also going through the same thing?

I was with my ex husband for 14 years, we had a little boy who is now 5 years old. We split up when my little boy was 3 and he moved on within 3 months of our breakup. The women he has moved on with has caused me a lot of stress, she isn’t respectful at all and there has been occasions where my child has been in situations with them both which has led my child to be distraught. Their relationship has been on and off for around 2 years now and the past 6 months he has told me they aren’t together, he has been giving me mixed signals, saying things in front of my child with regards to mixed signals, and now he has told me that him and her are having a baby. This has come as a big shock to me because he was standing in my house giving me mixed signals infront of our child. My whole experience with them when they have been together is so negative, it really affected my mental health, me and my child’s dad always arguing, everything I say is a lie, everything my child says is a lie and the partner loves to play games to cause trouble. The whole thing is toxic. I just don’t want a repeat of it all again and I can’t trust that I wont go through all of that again. Has anyone else had any experience like this? How have you got through it all? I honestly don’t want to be back to that state where my mental health was so badly affected by them.

My 4 year old girl is an absolute demon now! Her attitude is awful, she never listens, then she’ll get upset when we remove something from her for not doing what she’s been asked (probably 3+ times). She never sits still, she wants CONSTANT stimulation. She does have younger twin siblings which does suck for her… but they’ll be 2 in March and I’ve l just had enough of it and I’m not sure what to try next or if this is normal! She’s so much more active than any of my friend’s children of the same age, but what’s really getting to me is the not listening at all and she’ll just talk over you mid sentence!