Living crisis

Any other single Mumma’s in the Waikato struggling like heck to find a rental 😭 need to know I’m not the only one 🫠

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Cost of living has gotten us bloody suck ti be stigmatized hope u sort something I'm in Auckland

it so has, I’ve applied for pretty much every single rental that evens remotely affordable for me and my baby bc sharing a room with a 9 month old is just not working for us 😫

Awww ka aroha hun hopefully someone out there gives u a chance

Google “BMR Below the market rate” , “Affordable living” , “BMR’s apartments near me”

Here in California, paying close to $3k a month to rent an apartment tho actually it’s good for our area because got in during covid years when rentals were lower though it goes up $100 yearly….

Heyyyy girl 👋 I've been in the same boat the last 4 months. Then I seen someone comment and say apply for houses through lodge rentals as they don't post much of there properties on trade me so there is less competition , so I have it ago , I short listed for the first three I applied through them and then was offered two. I am a sole parent , not employed at the moment , I just have good references and , I have probably below average credit. Dont give up mama 🙌

in our community

Nursery funding

My child turned 9 months last week. I applied for government funded hours nearly 2 months ago and so well within the required timeframe for the April term, however upon receiving my first invoice without the funding applied and having questioned this, I have now been informed that the stretched funding doesn’t start until 4th May.

Has anyone else been told it won’t start until May?

The government site states it should start from April 1st, and so I intentionally set my nursery start and return to work as the start of April for that reason, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to afford the nursery on my sole income without the funding

NHS job

Anyone work for the NHS and does 12 hour shifts? How do you work around childcare and your partners job?

Toddlers

How often are your toddlers asking for food? My oldest who is 3 just finished a whole plate of food and not even 10 minutes later he’s requesting more food. I know he’s going through a growth spurt, but how do you respond to this.

He has no respect for anything to do with me.

Husband and I decided to separate 3 days ago. I've been sleeping on the floor in the kids room, and we both have to stay in the same apartment for a while. He wont stop pushing little things and I am reaching my limit. Photos in comments

Is this normal?

Is it just my husband that does this? He is able to work from home via his computer and in the mornings and evenings he is on there doing his job. When he is done for the day he tends to stay in the room and either play video games or watch something. He will occasionally come out and play with the girls for a few minutes and that’s it but when I really need him he says he is busy. My daughters are both 1 year old now and I am just wondering how much involvement should he have with them now?
Idk if this is the norm or not…..

Starting BLW

Yesterday our pediatrician said we could start purées or baby lead feeding. My baby is exclusively breast-fed. She’s already tried some foods, but now we can start with one to two meals a day. This is what my doctor recommends, any ideas for what to make with this??