Local nurseries

Good morning everyone,

Has anyone got any recommendations for nurseries in our area please? I’ll be needing a February start.

Anyone got any experiences with them? Or ones to avoid? I’m aware I need to get on some waiting lists (ridiculous for a Feb start right? It’s only June!!)

Or even childminders? I’m thinking if that route may be better than a nursery? What do we all think? I need some opinions and advice please!

Thank you ❤️

in our community

Is it cheating?

Husband hasn't been able to have sex with me or cuddle in almost a year. No hello/goodbye kiss. Basically no contact order ig. Today I find hes been following and frequently visiting a sexual FB page and its purely sex content. There were other searches as well. Atp we are married (2 years and 4 years together) we have two kids 3 and 2. He claimed in the past he was ashamed of jerking off and would stop and blah blah.

Once your child was potty trained did they regress back to having accidents?

Just wanting to find out how common this is....

4yo reading and writing level

Advice and question… My 4yo, turning 5 in June can sing her ABC’s, trace most letters(but not write on her own) and identify several letters(but not all). I’ve been working with her to learn sounds and write letters but I’m afraid, is she falling behind?

Would love any recommendations of products/programs to do as she starts
Kindergarten next year.

Food

What's everyone feeding their 8/9 month olds? I need some new ideas 🤔

relationship

I have been with my partner since we were both 18 and now we are both 30.

We have a 2.5 year old, a dog and I’m 31 weeks pregnant with our second.

I still have worked up until this point, I have one more shift left (extremely stressful because they haven’t bothered doing a risk assessment which I am aware is illegal)

I still look after my toddler and dog everyday including meals, dog walks, activities etc

I still do all the washing, ironing, hoovering, watering plants, gardening, changing beddings, mopping, dishes etc including washing and ironing all his clothes.

The other day I was in pain and I didn’t walk the dog so he commented on the fact I hadn’t, tonight he came in from work I’ve looked after my toddler all day whose had very bad diarrhoea as he’s currently poorly, everything was done from hoovering, mopping etc however I’d left 3 dishes in the sink and he had a nerve to comment.

Am I being unreasonable to be pissed off with that? I told him wait until we have another then you’ll know what mess is plus I have changed my toddlers bedding, hoovered, mopped the whole house, toys are put away and apart from a bit of washing and 3 dishes in the sink there’s barely anything I feel I’ve done bloody well considering but of course he’s going to pick out what I haven’t done.

10 month old

My 10 month old is such a hard baby. Sleeps great but is always crying and upset.

Diaper changes he screams and back arches so it can take 10 mins to get a diaper on. I would rather leave him in his diaper all day then have to deal with it it’s beyond stressful

High chair screams

If I have to pee or God forbid poop he’s grabbing on me, and trying to grab my underwear and bury his face in it.

I can’t put him down he just screams.

My back is in so much pain from putting him in a carrier all day - I can’t do it anymore. my house is disgusting because if I can clean bathrooms it’s once a month, floors every 2 weeks, laundry once a month and then we just put in on the dining table and we all pick things off it until it’s gone because I can’t get to folding it (he grabs the laundry out of my hand) and the kitchen the dishes get put in the dishwasher but that’s it.

We have a 3 year old my husband works days and I work evening-into nights.

My husband literally says he doesn’t know how to balance the two and I don’t either. My three year old told us we never have time to play with him and he always has to play by himself.

Is this normal. Is it bad that I can’t stand my own baby and find him the biggest nuisance.