Activities

Hi lovely mummies. I hope everyone is doing well.

What activities do you all do with your little ones? I have a 8 month old and need ideas on what activities I can do with him.

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Was I wrong?

Recently a dear friend of mine passed away, her daughter is also friends with my girls, 6 &5. I invited their friend to my girl's birthday party, and with that I thought it appropriate to mention to my kids that her mother passed away, in case their friend mentions it. I told my girls without their dad present, and instructed them they should not bring it up. He would probably have preferred not saying anything, but I don't want my kids blindsided if their friend mentions it

My husband told me next time we need to do the conversation together. He's a bit more hush hush about discussing certain with our kids as opposed to me. I prefer honest facts opposed to using "kid" terms.

Baby refusing solids 🤯

Hi everyone! My baby is 8 months old. We’ve been trying to introduce solids since 6 months. He used to eat small amounts of purees but now refuses completely when I try to offer more textured (mashed) foods instead of purees. I’ve tried so many different foods but he refuses all of them. Has anyone experienced something like this? I’m not sure what to do. I don’t want to force it but it also doesn’t seem like he will accept it on his own.

Frustrating 😞

I have a 13 month old baby who goes to nursery 3 days a week while hubby and I go to work. She's exclusively breastfeeding but has cows milk off everyone but refuses from me. She constantly wants the boobs with me when I'm home. She's an absolute angel with everyone apart from me!!
She will be whinging all day and I don't go out on my days off cos I'm just so exhausted. I keep feeling down that I don't get myself out on my own with her, I will only ever go out with her when hubby is off. She's very attached to me, I love it but at the same time I just need her to be a little more independent and just be happy but it just feels like a massive battle 😔
Can someone help me with this?!

Stolen Bond

I feel like my bf and his mom have stolen my bond with my baby. Upon becoming pregnant I suffered from depression and ofc when I had the baby I suffered from postpartum all the way up until he was about 1 years old.

I wanted the crib on my side of the bed so I could bond with him as I severely needed it and my bf put it on his side… every-time I would wake up to change my son at night my bfs mom would scoop him from my arms and demand I go back to bed. They would never let me be alone with my son. He’s 1.5 and only now have been allowed to go on a walk alone with him. They are Always hovering or taking him away from me. I was told I can’t co-sleep even though I felt like it was a good bonding experience to have that akin to skin with him but they would always berate me for it when I tried.

Turns out his moms been plotting to try and take my son from me and even though I set a boundary for her not to be around my son after she admitted that my bf still allows her to interact with our son.

I’m so lost and feel like I’ve missed so much of my sons life due to them always blocking us bonding and blocking me from being a mother. Has anyone ever experienced this?

Mother-In-Law advice

Just wondered if anybody had any advice in regards to this issue. Me and my mother-in-law have never really had a close relationship, she fell out with me in the pregnancy over her wanting to decide on a push chair for the baby. Since having the baby things have been stressful, literally a week after he was born. She was asking if she could take the baby for the night. And ever since they keep asking to take him overnight or for us to leave him there for the day which has made me uncomfortable. And I have repeatedly said no. They also don't buy him anything and take excessive amounts of pictures when they're around. She is not respecting my boundaries and is trying to always trying to start an arguement. Does anyone have any advice on asserting boundaries? And does anyone else feel it is okay for me to say stop taking so many pictures?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am quite stuck with this.

Am I doing more harm than good??

Potty training is not going well with my 3 year old. We've been at this on and off for 2 years. Im a single mom with 0 support. I suffer from depression, I get anxiety attacks, and I get so angry with him that I become very cold towards him. This whole situation makes me feel like I should have never become a mother. I used to give up after 10 accidents within the day now I put him in a diaper after the 3rd accident. I do it for my sanity to prevent an anxiety attack and to keep myself from being ugly towards him but is the diaper ruining the process?