Christmas gifts

It feels a bit criminal to be asking this already! But we’ve got family members asking what to buy our son for Christmas. Does anyone have any suggestions? I was hoping for some outside toys but feels silly to ask for it for Christmas when they can’t use it for months. What are you getting your kids? My son will be nearly 2 at Christmas (20 months)

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Is there anything in nursery ect that he plays with regularly that you don’t have? Our little boy loves the little tikes car and playhouse at nursery so we’ve decided to buy him one for Christmas! He loves soo my arts and crafts there too so have added some finger paints ect to the list as well 😊 x

When my twins turned one their grandparents bought outdoor stuff, sand pit/slide/paddling pool etc. When the good weather came around it was so handy to already be kitted out. Plus they got other presents so it didn't matter that they weren't using these ones straight away 😊

I’ve already sorted the vast majority of things for Christmas. As parents we’ve got her a play kitchen as she loves pretend play, we’ve also got her accessories to go with it. Then craft things, a wooden clock, colouring books, finger paints, a little animal trike that she loves playing with at a local soft play and some clothes. My mum has got her a dolls house and a balance bike and actually a paddling pool that was an absolute steal! My in-laws are getting a little tykes car and will give her money I imagine. God parents wanted to buy her a play theatre thing! (No idea where this is all going to go! 😂)

With her birthday being in February I will ask for outdoor toys then or contributions to them! I’m looking at a mud kitchen and a bigger outdoor swing/slide set! Xx

We're planning on getting a Yoto player with some audiobooks/music as LO's big Christmas present.

The other things I have my eye on are an alpha puzzle, stacking rainbow, toy Dr kit and some books.

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Love my husband. Love my kids. But…

I’m 32 weeks pregnant with twins. I take care of my 4 yo, 2 yo, and 1 yo. I barely have energy to stand anymore. I cuddle and watch movies with my kids all day at this point. My husband is less pushy in this pregnancy in wanting to be touched or love up on me. But I feel more like a tool these days more than ever. He gets frustrated (not to a crazy degree) but I can tell he huffs because he’s probably sexually frustrated from me not wanting to be touched on. (my boobs are super sensitive atm) I love having the babies part, but the pregnancy also now has me feeling like a baby making machine. And a tool with big boobs made for touches and my husbands pleasure. Ofc I love my husband and kids, but with my hormones all wack, it really doesn’t feel the same when you’re not turned on. It’s so hard for me to get turned on. I’m uncomfortable all the time in my own body. Babies moving in there all the time. My children cuddle me all day but get rowdy at the end of the day, so I end up getting touched out and I can get irritable when my husband tries to touch me affectionately. He doesn’t have the tact necessary for me right now, when I wish he wanted to go in for a normal comforting hug I’m let down more often than not, there is almost always a boob groping involved as well. I tried to just let him touch me last night so he could get it out of his system, but he could tell I felt tense. Wish my boobs weren’t such an uncomfortable place for me to be touched. Idk why I’m making this post. Probably just to vent. Wish men were equally as emotionally intelligent as women. Wish I didn’t feel like I still owe him something because he’s picking up a lot of the house load and yet I still need to ask him to do more before these twins arrive. He’s tired every day when he comes home, so he takes a shower sometimes works out, and helps get the kids to bed. So it’s a struggle getting him to help any further than that. Weekends are my only time to get to him. But it’s a struggle to find time on weekends too. I know if he wanted to he would. But there’s just no drive.

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Looking for recipes you use in your family that are not the traditional lasagna, shepards pie, ect

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What are we giving our soon-to-be 3yo for their birthdays?

We have the magnetiles, we have the kinetic sand and play doh, we have the play kitchen…

Literally, is there anything left in the world to buy this spoilt kid? 😅

Baby groups?

Hello there!!
I hope you enjoying the 5month babies 🫠 the cuteness outweighs everything over here.
We live in the area of Croydon & need to start going to baby groups ( I NEED it more than him though) but I am a little bit clueless. Any recommendations?
We are happy to travel a bit too.
Thanks ☺️

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Hey yall! I’m Mahala and socially awkward as hell. I’m looking for other moms to connect with to hang out in person or on FaceTime. Drink coffee while the kids destroy the house. Literally anything. Making friends is hard in motherhood when you don’t know how to talk to people. I’m pretty low maintenance friend and we can talk whenever. And I’m down to do anything within reason. Let’s chat!