Baby’s first books

Could you please recommend books (bedtime stories, sensory, etc.) to get for the baby’s first book library?
What are your babies and toddlers enjoying the most? Thanks!

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In Aldi we bought a collection of books that are basically nursery rhymes like the wheels in the bus etc and little one absolutely loves them!x

“That’s not my..” series was a big hit for my bub, “woof woof” and other “can you say it too” series too

One camel called Doug is a fave in our household! And also Mavis the Bravest :)

My little girl was and still is obsessed with dear zoo, there’s dear me and another I can’t remember the title off too by the same author.
Other books we loved: guess how much I love you, Paddington, spot, the gruffalo and the hungry caterpillar. Many more. As she grew I got her a Tony box and have managed to get many of her favourites on that too so she can listen to them now 🥲

Oh The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss!!!

We’ve been reading Goodnight Moon since he was born and now he can recite it on his own at 2 years old 😂🥰

The dinosaur that pooped series and any Julia Donaldson books.

The books that come with the Lovevery kits are amazing. The first two are called High Contrast, Baby and What Do You See, Baby? You can probably find them in resale if you don't get the kits/bundles

Can you get the baby a library card? :)

The never touch ones are good they are sensory in all the pages. My little one like never touch a dragon/ dinosaur, or books that make sounds

my little boy loves the library , they do a reading program for children and don’t charge late fees for childrens book

Any lift the flap books are a hit. I like ‘What the ladybird heard’. I now know that off by heart. 😂

in our community

Is this clever or cruel?

My husband and i were talking and with social media and the internet in general being a terrifying dumpster fire, we are trying to figure out the best way to keep our son safe while still teaching him how to safely be online and moderation.

We landed on the idea of giving him the 90's kid treatment. A computer in the living room for us to keep an eye on what hes doing online, and once we feel hes mature enough to hang with friends without adult supervision he gets a flip phone. When we feel he is responsible enough and he earns and saves up the money for the physical phone, case, and screen cover, then we will be happy to take him to get a smart phone.

I thought this was air tight, but now my brother says its cruel to give a kid a flip phone, and besides he can just use his friends phones at school.

My husband and i remember a time before the internet, and we remember having complete access to something no one understood yet. We saw unspeakable things and are always battling with the urge to put the phone and social media down. I dont want that for my son, especially with his brain so vulnerable still.

If your partners parent passes away

And you and that parent didn't get along are you still go to the funeral?

Not my situation!

Partner no longer wants baby #2

Before our son was born we originally both wanted minimum 2 kids but we were hoping for 3-4. My partner found the birth traumatic to watch and also struggled a lot with the newborn/baby stage. He no longer wants to have any more children and it’s completely breaking my heart. I need another baby. We’ve spoken about it a lot and the options. He said he wasn’t COMPLETELY closed off to it so I asked him to try and work through his feelings and reconsider his decision. He eventually said he definitely doesn’t want another. I know that I will always want one and my feelings will never change. Do we have to break up or does anyone know anything else I can do to help change his mind? Has anyone else’s partner said this and then changed their mind? I don’t want to break up because I adore him and our life together and I’d hate to split up our family for “selfish” reasons and make my son miss out on having both of us together but I just don’t know what to do

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?

Jealous of my husband

I’m so jealous of him and it’s making me resentful. We have a ten week old and I’m jealous that he is at work all day. I’m jealous he can leave for lunch and actually eat an uninterrupted lunch. Take a phone call uninterrupted. Chat with a friend he runs in to uninterrupted. Even go to the bathroom when he wants uninterrupted. He comes home from work when he wants. He’s not on a set schedule. Some days are late some are early. It depends on when he’s done. I’m jealous he can come home at 10pm and shower, eat and go right to bed uninterrupted because I already have the baby asleep. He doesn’t have to worry about anything house wise or baby wise because I’ve done it all. Meanwhile I’m covered in puke and crap and smell like rotten milk. When he is home he is VERY active and helpful. So it’s not that. I’m just jealous his world hasn’t changed and mine has I guess. This isn’t something he’s doing wrong so I’m not sure how to get past this. I wish I could keep him home all day because that’s how helpful he is, but I understand he obv needs to work.