July 2022 Babies 🇦🇺

So I had the weirdest encounter today. I was asked by a mom friend “how my drinking was going”.

Here’s the backstory: I’ve invited this mum a couple of times to my house. Twice for lunch/brunch, and twice for arvo play date. On the arvo play date I offered alcohol drinks and had 2 glasses of wine and she had vodka neat. I explained to her I rarely drink, as with hormonal issues it doesn’t do me any good the next day, and my body just doesn’t like it mentally or physically. It would be fair to say I would drink approx 8 times a year if that. I would never exceed 2 drinks because I feel like death the next morning, and I have young children and like to be alert at all times. But the thing is, I don’t actively avoid it, it just doesn’t occur to me to drink. I’m busy raising kids. However, I also don’t have a social life; and having this mum over made me feel so happy to have company and I thought to have a glass of something was a nice idea, especially since all our kids were entertaining each other, making space for adult conversation and a sit down. Fast forward to this morning months after the last play date, and she asked me verbatim: “How’s your drinking going”. I asked “what drinking”? She stuttered a bit and said, oh you know, how you are abstaining and trying to stay away because of your mental health and how it does no good for you, and are you succeeding? Like what the actual eff! What the hell do I do now! I’m an alcoholic in her eyes obviously. And if I try to explain it just looks weak and like a cover up. Do all the mums think I’m an alcoholic now? What do I do?

I've made a new friend that is lovely. She has a daughter same age as mine bar a couple of months (hers being 2 months older) her daughter keeps attacking mine and it seems to be escalating and pretty relentless with pinching her face and throwing things at her. She practices gentle parenting which I do too, however with certain things I would be firmer and make it clear that something isn't acceptable and she just kind of skims over how serious attacking other kids is (gentle voice) no we don't do bad touch child's name and then 2 minutes later she's back at it attacking my child. Now I'm at the point where I don't want to be around her child because it feels too stressful and like I'm betraying my own by having her around her when my child is now very uncomfortable in her presence. What should I do? Or am I just being over sensitive?

Hi Mummas, just wondering what everyone plans on doing for their babies 2nd birthday this July. I’m stuck on what to do and where to have it because it’s not as big as the 1st. It’s just like an odd age. My son isn’t in preschool either so the only other kids we know his age are my friends babies or family friends. Any suggestions would be super helpful because I’m stressing about organising this!

Hi Ladies, Can you please advise what to pack when travelling with a 20 month old on lap on a 15 hr long flight please. All inputs are much appreciated.

TIA

I have a feeling My 16month old has herpangina, she has one big ulcer on the tip of her tongue. She had a fever for almost two days. Fevers gone today, eating more today. But how long for the ulcer to go away :( This is horrifying me