Fabric flash cards for toddler

Teaching my daughters how to read was a challenge. They both learned their ABC’s when they were toddlers but I made the mistake of teaching them the names of letters before the sounds. So, when it came time to read they struggled to remember the actual sounds of the letters. That being said, I am starting to teach my 1 year old son the sounds of the alphabet now. I want him to associate the shape of a letter with the appropriate sound. If you think 1 is too soon, it’s not! He has A, B, and C down. I will work on 1-2 letters at a time and we use a reward system every time he makes the right sound. For example, I’ll give him a little wooden box and when he gets the sound right I’ll give him a small plastic dinosaur that he will put in the box. He will only do this for 2-3 minutes at a time but that perfect for 1-2 letters!

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Partner contribution

Feeling very frustrated with my partner at the moment but not sure if I’m being selfish. He has gone back to work but is fully remote so works from home everyday. He sleeps in the spare room and has done since the moment we brought baby home (he is now 8 weeks old). He takes the baby one night over the weekend and I go into the spare room for one undisturbed nights sleep. I get that he is working, so wouldn’t be doing any weekday night feeds, but even after work he doesn’t help very much. I ask him to help me and he’s fine when the baby isn’t fussing but as soon as he starts crying he hands him back to me stating he “cannot do this”. I feel like I get no break. He watches me run up and down the stairs, making bottles tidying the house and does nothing to help, not even a thank you. I feel like I want to go back to work sooner rather than later to even the playing field as he said that when I start working it would be 50/50. Just wondering how everyone else is doing things with a working partner?

what would you do?

my son’s father and i aren’t together and he is only allowed to see our son for an hour a month (social services are involved, he’s not a good person at all) he also isn’t allowed any unsupervised contact with him until he turns 16.

i don’t receive child maintenance from him and i’m so against him as a person due to his past behaviours and actions that i find it very difficult to communicate with him regarding our son. he messages and calls me constantly but most of it is asking about me- where i am, what i’ve been up to, who i’m with, what my plans are tomorrow etc etc. he doesn’t seem to take much interest in our son.

my social worker has been very clear with me that i am in control and if i don’t want him in the picture that they can make that happen because he isn’t a good person and it truthfully would be easier for my son growing up if he just wasn’t there (he’s 2 months old)

how do i know when to turn around and say i don’t want him involved? because i feel like i’m letting my dislike for him take over

Is there a trick to eating your food without your toddler trying to steal it?

I swear, I’d enjoy hanging out with my toddler more if I wasn’t always starving and waiting for her to have a nap before I can eat in peace 😅 obviously it’d be ideal if I made a lunch we could share, but sometimes life doesn’t go that way! For example, today I had leftover fajitas with spicy wraps. I couldn’t even give her a wrap with some guacamole because the wraps had chili in them. I ended up crouching behind the kitchen counter and shoving one in my mouth so I could cope with the next hour before naptime 😆

Is there an easier way, or is this just my life now?

marriage disaster

I’ve been with my husband for about five years on and off, he was my high school sweetheart and we recently got married 3 and a half months ago, 1 week before I had our first baby (my second child, his first). it has been very up and down but I feel mostly a complete disaster since getting married and I have already been contemplating divorce for a full month because he is manipulative, controlling, and gaslights me on an almost daily basis since maybe a month or two before getting married. I don’t want to cut him off but I don’t feel comfortable being married and saying we’re committing our lives to each other knowing I want to leave him and be on my own. I want him to be in both my children’s lives and for us to stay on good (enough) terms but I don’t know how to go about that, any advice ?

Advice and help

I’m a first time mam to a set of twins and they have just turned 7 months and I’m thinking of introducing solids and not just pouches and blended food. I need some advice on where to start as I’m not sure how to go about it. I’m so scared of them choking that’s what’s put me off a little. Some Meal ideas would be brilliant

Advice? Am I overreacting?

My husband and I have been going through a lot lately even before having our baby. And now thinking about it I don’t think we were ever compatible. He’s the kind of person that will stay silent during chaos and I am not like that, I would rather talk it through to solve the issue. We have been having a lot of fights lately. And recently, we had another fight and he called the police on me and I got arrested. (Mind you I had never called the cops on him and never was I willing to.) I was willing to forgive him after I came home then found out that he was playing video games with his friends the day and night of my arrest. I felt hurt and betrayed. He never checked up on me after I got arrested and was cold when I reached out. I asked for a divorce. We have a baby together and I feel like a bad mom because I promised myself that I will raise my baby in a 2 parents household and married. I feel so sad that I am doing this to my baby but at the same time I am even more sad that my husband betrayed me like this. We could’ve solved our differences at home no matter what I did I thought. He takes 2 to have problems and solve. I see no effort, and care from his side. He scares me because he is too quick to call the cops. When I got out and I told him that I didn’t like that and he said he won’t do it again but what hurts the most is when I found out that he was playing video games the night of my arrest I honestly don’t know what to think anymore. Because not only did he never checked up on me when I got arrested and was cold when I reached out but he also showed no empathy. I don’t know what to do. Am I overreacting?? He tried to speak to me but i feel like it’s fake. I am deeply hurt and mad. I kind of wanted to act revengeful towards him for not caring when I was in jail by asking for a divorce. But now thinking about it I don’t even think he cares. Am I losing too for asking for a divorce?? And I am sort of scared to start over too with a baby. Please feel free to tell me anything. I just feel embarrassed and ashamed to tell my close ones.