What do you do for fun these days?

Hey all! I am 35 y/o mom to be, 14 weeks tomorrow and this heat is GETTING TO ME. I find it pretty difficult to be outside for an extended amount of time bc of the heat (tho I love it) and have exhausted so many indoor activities and hobbies I used to love. What are y’all doing to keep yourselves entertained?

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Friends??

I am in desperate need of human interaction that isn’t 4, 1, and 3 weeks old. I am a very upfront and honest person, some are intimidated by it bc I don’t sugar coat. There’s no such thing as TMI with me, I need all the details, down to what the weather was like that day. Dark humor is my favorite humor. I really enjoy bed rotting, binge watching movies but sometimes I get a wild hair and go outside.

I don’t want to look after my kids anymore…

They’re 2.5 and 3.5 and I’m just done with the running around, playing with them / entertaining them constantly as soon as they wake up to when they sleep.

I feel like I’m just bored of them now. Does anyone else feel the same?

Obviously I love them

Contraception linked to major illnesses

I have just read an article that says there is strong indication that depo injection can cause brain tumours.

It's also believed pill can affect bone density and there are possible links to cancer.

I took the pill for about ten years, maybe a bit less. I stopped in the end as I wasn't seeing my partner a lot due to work etc so I felt like it wasn't worth taking. I haven't been on any contraception now since about 2020 but these stats are making me feel worried. Ten years is a long time and many women will have had the injection or taken the pill for 20+ years!

There are of course risks with any medications but this just feels unfair that millions of women will have been taking these without being fully aware of the risks.

Need Support

Hi friends. I’m a mom to a 2 year old girl and currently 18 weeks pregnant with my second. My fiancé got arrested 4 months ago and because of this whole situation I am having to sell our house and look for a place that would allow me to pay a year up front for rent. I desperately need support,prayers and thoughts during this time as I only have a max of 3 months to pack this whole entire 4 bedroom house by myself and find a new place.

All my friends basically abandoned me during this. I had a lot of people offer help or promise help and they never followed through and now I realize I am doing this all by myself. Would be nice to just have some people there to cheer me on and send me good thoughts and vibes

Also if anyone wants to be mom friends please please reach out I am so incredibly lonely even if it’s just a friend to text or FaceTime!

Looking to make some new friends

Hi I am a stay at home mom of a 4 month old live in Clifton, NJ. I do content creation but mostly from home. Im looking to make friends whom I can hangout or talk to if anyone is interested please message me

Not happy with babies nursery

So my baby officially starts nursery on 1st July and is currently doing settling in sessions which is fine. My annoyance comes with the funded hours and awful communications from their office.

So I did all the right things and returned to work on 31st April and stretch my annual leave so that I could get my code ready for the summer term. I then saw on here that you need to check you can still use said code if you do not start at the beginning of the term as some local authorities are awkward. After months of leaving phone messages and emails I never got an answer so asked in person at my babies first settling in session last week.

I was reassured that my code was fine and could be used. Fast forward to this morning and I get my first invoice and lo and behold they have not included any funded hours and want to charge me £800.

This is devastating for us financially and will logically mean I’ll have to pay this for both July and August. (Obvs I will use the tax free childcare account but that still means paying over £600)

I am so annoyed. I asked this question so many times. I may as well have stayed off work the extra month if I had known then would have only had to pay it for August. I’ve maxed out my annual leave so can’t stay off now and will likely have to eat the cost.

I will of course ring them as soon as they open I’m just so annoyed by the lack of communication on this it’s making me not want to send my boy there.

I know no one can help here just needed a rant