My toddler watches ms Rachel but someone I know said they stopped because they don’t want their 2 year old girl watching it because it has two men in it!

So I’m happy with my kid watching ms Rachel for 20 mins in the day as he’s picked up 10 words from her at the age of 13 months! But a family member said they have stopped as there are two men in ms Rachel’s shows and they now show their kid mr beans cartoon. I’ve looked into mr bean and a lot of people are saying it’s inappropriate for a 2 year old and actually has some scenes with sexual undertones!

Also mr bean is a man too! 🤣 no logic in it! Feel like it’s mum shaming me for choosing Rachel over mr bean! He doesn’t even talk so what could a child learn from him!

Not the end of the world just having a rant but it didn’t make sense to me you stop watching ms Rachel because there are two men singing songs with her and then you switch to a show that’s animated with no talking and Mr Bean is a man too!

And before anyone comes for me about screen time. It’s 20 mins a day when I need to get things done!

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This makes 0 sense . Im a single parent and Ms Rachel is my babysitter. I try to put educational shows on and I play all the time with my son but I use the TV to get things done and also change his nappy 🤣 xx

I've watched Ms Rachel with my niece and my daughter watches it on you tube kids I've never seen anything bad on it I wouldn't listen to anyone that tells ya otherwise it's a great learning show same with blippi and cocomelon my daughter loves blippi and she's learnt alot from his show she loves the episode with the excavator she's obsessed with them now always says excavator when she sees one haha

That makes 0 sense. My almost 15 month old watches her and its more that 20 mins in a day while I get things done. It's so far taught her to say dada. She also has learnt nah but think that's more from teletubbies which is part of our bedtime routine. We also have Danny Go for dancing songs and cocomelon too for what she can watch.

I know it’s actually bonkers! I think they think too much of themselves sometimes! My little one learnt 4 makaton signs by 1 with her and says:
No more
More
Dada
Mummy
Baby
Apple
Banana
Spider
Bear
Cookie
Cracker and more!

I put it down to ms rachel teaching her all these along with us but the signing of makaton started around 10 months!!

And also all body parts my baby points and says the word to them, thank you ms Rachel!

Feel annoyed by this to be honest, I think they have a problem with their little girl watching men on tv shows. Paranoid probably that they don’t want her comfortable around men but then why put on mr bean!!!!!

Me and my little girl love ms Rachel, she watches it in the car to stop her from screaming (she used to hate car rides), and she learned so much from her ! Also the men on that show are great too. what is this person’s problem with men? It’s not like their child will never encounter any men in their life 🤣

We love ms Rachael! My only issue is I’ve been learning british signs and my little one has started using American ones 😂

I though this 🤣 I'm all over here trying to learn bsl whilst he's watching Ms Rachel learning asl 🤦‍♀️

Don’t understand that logic but all my friends started watching Ms Rachel because of my son he was talking at around 5 months saying mama and dada cause he watched ms Rachel he is 2 years old now he likes other things now but if he hears ma Rachel he can literally repeat everything she says he loves it . And he learnt so much from her , the things he learnt for me to list them all would be endless . I think don’t listen to that parent you choose what you want your little one to watch and they do them xx and I should also add the guy in the video Aaron that’s her husband . And she should educate her self as to why Ms Rachel started her programmes and how it helped her son so she wanted to help everyone else and she doing a great job x

Lol...makes zero sense to me!.. are our kids not gonna see both men & women around them in real life!

I’m sorry but what is wrong with men ? What she gonna do when her baby goes to nursery and a man might work there or when her baby goes to school and gets a male teacher ? She sounds like a nutter.
Nothing wrong with Tv time at all

Thats so bizarre to me 😭 maybe she doesnt want her child to be too trusting of men tho which in a way I can understand. I had to stop my girl from watching Ms Rachel or any TV at all because she starts having tantrums over small stuff so since cutting off all screen time she is such a little angel! But never because theres men in it 😭

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I understand not everybody can afford healthy ingredients all the time, but I’m seeing so many moms on social media giving they kids artificial cereals, coffee, frozen pancakes, velveetta Mac and cheese, hot Cheetos, kraft, the list goes on. I’m sorry but are yall not capable of cooking from scratch or ?? On top of that, if you still using canola and vegetable oil in 2026 you gotta stop. Am I the only one that notices this ???

AITA?

This isn't a major issue, just wondering if I'm being a bit of an asshole.

• I do shift work, 5 out of 7 days, full-time.
• My partner works from home (mostly, sometimes he goes into the office) M-F, full-time.

Anyway, whenever I have a day off during the week he gets in his feelings when I make myself food (breakfast and lunch) but not him. His reason is he's working, I'm not - Which is fair but I've asked him how many times on a weekend has he gotten up, on his day off and made me breakfast and a lunch to take with me to work? You guessed it, 0.

So basically, just because I'm at home I don't think the responsibility to feed him should automatically fall on me when he manages to feed himself just fine while I'm at work.

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Hi I am running out off ideas on what to make for Lil 14 month old for breakfast lunch and dinner if anyone have any resipes would be great to try my boy with them

Should I respect his wishes??

I’ve been a SAHM for 4 years now and my husband does a great job providing for our family and we never need for anything. With that i still had to sacrifice some wants like shopping when I want getting my hair and nails done regularly so when I can I try to supplement for my wants and savings by selling my craft items at vendor markets and recently I’ve started donating plasma. Which has been consistent income for me. $125 twice a week. Well my husband has expressed that he doesn’t like me donating plasma. He feels like it’s not worth it to put my body through those conditions for $125. He even went out to sell one of his guns today and gave me all the money and told me “I shouldn’t have to donate plasma no more”. That was so sweet but I disagree. I planned on continuing to donate plasma to save for my kids birthdays thats coming up, a trip we have planned and our anniversary. I don’t know what to do. I finally found something that pays something consistently and my husband is against it. What should I do?

Big vent!

Hi mums.
I'm a first time mum in my 40s to twin boys.They are almost 5 months old and the biggest miracle in my life!
I am struggling!!!
I'm pretty sure I have ppa as my pregnancy was a very high risk and all I remember was crying from anxiety of all the ifs!Thankfully even born at 35 weeks and skinny,didn't need iu time.
My husband is not helping much because he's always too busy with work.He will "look" after them usually between 8pm-12am so I can have a chance to sleep.
He expects me to just sleep when I touch the pillow,even though I hear tje babies crying and him don't really bother because most of the times he'll be on his laptop working.
When I tell him I can't relax to fall asleep because I feel you r neglecting the babies,he says I'm the problem becauae I'm always there with them and don't give them alone time!!
I am angry!!I am furious!!
I can't keep.up.with housework becauae someone alwaya neess me and most of the times they nap I either cook and clean tje kitchen,do laundry or try and take a quick nap.
He doesn't help.around the house,becauae..guess what?always super busy.
I asked him nicely we could clean the house together every Saturday morning so it's easier and quicker for both of us and he said no,because he has a lot of work but probably wants to sleep until 12 or 2.
2 days ago a button of his coat ripped and I told him I'll sew it these days.
Earlier this morning while running late for his work,as always,he weara the coat and told him didn't get the chance to fix the button and sarcastically said..of.course u didn't!!!
I spent all night awake because one of the babies had congested nose and we've been trying to reduce one fees at night.
I wanted to punch him!!He left and I started crying...I cry so much,even at 5 months pp...
I can't go on like this anymoreeeee...
The crying in my ears is constant..my head is always numb..I've gained so much weight and can't find the strength to get back on track..
Even if I try to.find a therapist to just talk,is it gonna help?I really don't know😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Avoidant husband

I love my husband and he is a good man. We have some issues in our relationship however, as he has an avoidant attachment style (finds romance/intimacy/being emotional difficult). This comes from him having to be independent from a young age and having quite an abusive mother.
The issues in our relationship are mainly around a lack of sex and intimacy. I think the problem is that to feel turned on, I need to feel connected and wanted. My husband (being avoidant) will usually make jokes about being horny whereas I would want to have someone make me feel beautiful/sexy to get in the mood.
It sounds terrible but I've sometimes had dreams about exes that would make me feel this way, and the romance we had (eye contact, intensity, deep words). It makes me feel really guilty but I feel like i'm starved of that. My husband would like a lot more sex but I can't always force myself if I'm not feeling it.
We've spoken a bit about therapy but I know its often really expensive so we probably wouldn't be able to afford it. Do you have any suggestions please? I know that neither of us are wrong in what we want, just different but I'm scared about whether we can fix it or if we're doomed?