Family Car

Hey mamas,
Just looking for some tried and tested recommendations really. I’ve got two little boys two and under, my cars died on me and was pretty small anyway, could literally only fit my double pushchair in the back with no room anywhere else for anything else (I have the bugaboo donkey 5 for reference) what cars do you have that are big enough to fit a pushchair and shopping in the back? / room to travel ☺️
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I know it sounds ridiculous because it is a really small car but our 57 plate Civic has an enormous boot for pram and shopping. We also have a newer B-class Mercedes which also have big boot space.

Following, I really need a new car. I currently have a three door and it’s killing me getting in and out with two boys. Xx

Depending on budget or how big you want. We went from a 3 door audi a3 to a skoda kodiaq 7 seater. Absolutely love it. It's a massive boot when not using the two back seats and I use them alot as I am the only driver within close family but honestly the best car we have had :) xx

We have a Audi Q5 and boot size is amazing, we can fit double pram and a single in there plus shopping xx

Sang Yong

Vauxhall zafira fits my two littles , pram with bassinet, trike, shopping bags, baby change bags all in the boot!

Hyundai ix35

We have a Skoda Octavia estate and it has a great boot!

I have a Peugeot 208, I have twins so my pram is mountain buggy nano duo and still have room in my car boot to fit my shopping

A great budget SUV family car is the MG ZS - enormous boot! You can get one a few years old really cheap 👌

We’ve been looking at Nissan qashqai’s. Gutted as I love my Audi A3 but the boot is just not big enough for all the stuff for our two under two

I have a Mazda cx 5
I love it!

Thank you all so much for your suggestions, plenty for me to have a look into now and make a good decision 🥰🥰x

We've got a ford focus estate. We needed something bigger to fit our large dog in as well as our little one and pram etc. When looking the only car that gave us the boot and back seat space was an estate. We needed the back seat space too as we are both really tall and we have loads of room, even with the car seat behind the driver x

VW Tiguan Allspace, similar to an Audi A5

We can fit our bugaboo donkey duo and a dog crate in the boot of our Tiguan Allspace

Hyundai Tucson or Kia Sportage or Nissan Quashqai. Spellings may be wrong haha

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AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

Baby clothes

Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

Car seat

No idea which car seat to get next. Please hit me with your recommendations, 1year+ (preferably rear facing or 360). Thank you 🫶🏻

Dummy

My baby has had a dummy since about 2 weeks old (now 5 months) and over the course of the last month we weaned her off it during the day only for naps and night (which was fine) and then 5 days took it completely away during the day.

The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

Currently typing this as she screams uncontrollably in the car and I cry with her cos I can’t do anything.