First birthday

Hi mamas! I actually live in Vegas but I am from Orange County! I’m having my daughters first birthday there but I have no idea where! My mom has stage four cancer so nothing outdoors as the party will be in January. No in-laws houses because it’s too far for my mom as they aren’t in OC.
I’m looking more at venues or restaurants that are not too expensive. Thanks in advance!

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Does anyone else think this is wierd ?

Soo my partner and me don’t live together but recently found out we are having a child together and often he would stay either at mine or his friends and his nans for couple of weeks at them places however
His friend as got four child is a single dad but seems to give my partner money ever like if he’s feeling down he will give him to get a takeaway or when ever needs it or recently when he come back from staying at his friend house he said that friend spent loads of money on expensive aftershaves for him like nearly £500 worth of them does this seem weird to anyone, plus I don’t think his friend knows I’m pregnant

Is there an asshole here?

I am needing to vent, but also looking for objective perspectives. I am currently feeling so hurt and disappointed and just down. So today at my son‘s preschool, they had an art show displaying all the kids artwork. Their school artwork is even included in a citywide art show. I was so proud and excited and told everyone that my son had art in the art show and I was going to see it after work. I had specifically planned my workday so that I would be in the area to go see his artwork after school.

Today is his dad’s day to pick him up. So I look on the preschool app and see that his dad had one of his close friends pick up our son for the first time ever! He didn’t give me a heads up or a reason or let me know at all. So I’m like OK my son’s not here so I don’t get to see him. But then I go to see his artwork and the preschool Director informed me that my son took his artwork home with him to his dad’s house when he left early. I felt so upset and immediately started to tear up. So embarrassing. But I was really disappointed and had been looking forward to it all day. So I text his dad and asked him to please send me a picture of my son‘s artwork since he left early and took it home with him. He sent me a picture and said nothing else. I told him that that kind of stuff is really important to me. And asked him basically if in the future if he plans to pick him up early and take his artwork out of the art show if he would let me know ahead of time. I told him that I planned my whole day around this. His only response was OK. I am fuming right now!!! I am so upset! Am I being unreasonable? I know this is out of my control, but I really feel like my child’s dad is the asshole here! We have been having difficulties in our “coparenting“ relationship lately. I feel like he did this just to get at me and hurt me.

BLOCKED!

So I blocked my bd/partner (confusing lines) without any communication because i’m fed up! Doesn’t really look for his child or me, doesn’t provide mentally, emotionally, physically or financially (if he does, it’s after agesss of nagging and even then done reluctantly to make me feel bad for asking). just takes and takes and takes while putting me down. i’m a shell of my former self because of him. really done with it all but in two minds whether to text and explain but then it’s like what’s the point when he doesn’t listen?! i’ve raised our child by myself for the last 3 years and have actively encouraged him to partake in child’s life but always too ’busy’ or ‘not feeling well’ or just straight up ‘no another time’. i’ve missed out on a lot of opportunities and experiences with my child because it’s always ‘oh i’m busy, let’s do another time’. tries to take credit for my hard work as well like wtf.

i’ve put up with a lot of the years and have gained lots of trauma due to it. decided enough is enough and don’t want to teach my child that this is acceptable behaviour from someone who ‘loves’ you, especially a father. someone who they should be looking up to but instead being constantly let down. might not be a big deal now but i know it’ll matter when older.

thoughts?

Does anybody else feel irritated / annoyed about their husbands/ boyfriends ? Is this normal?

First time mom to a baby that will be turning 7 months soon and I love her but it’s overwhelming , tiring and overstimulating at times to be a mom and to be a wife … I feel irritated towards my husband and feel stand offish towards him . He’s a good dad and tries to help as much as he can but I feel like even when he does help it irritates me or bothers me which I feel makes me crazy 😅 our relationship has been okay but I wouldn’t say I’m the happiest I’ve been or that we’re on “fire “ for each other it just feels bleh right now not bad but not good.. anybody have any advice ??

Will you delay your August child starting school by a year?

So they start Sept 2028 instead of 2027 (when they're eligible)

Stressed about being out with baby

Not sure if it's just me but I have been feeling quite stressed about going out with baby because it messes up with the schedule and we spend more time preparing about the outing even if it's a short walk.

I am breastfeeding and I'm still not very comfortable feeding baby in public yet. Half of the times we had gone out with baby, baby has cried for a long time while being out which makes me feel more stressed and not wanting to do big trips out or stay out for longer than an hour. Anyone else is in the same situation?

We're meant to visit my in laws tomorrow and they live almost an hour away, so the round trip would take an hour half to two hours plus if we stay there for a couple of hours, we would be out for quite awhile. I'm just not sure I'm ready for that and I feel very guilty for that.