Preschool

Need recommendations for a good preschool for our two year old daughter. We just moved to the area and don't know where to start!

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Newborn peeing on himself

Has anyone got any tips to stop baby boy peeing on himself during nappy changes? Ive tried the cold wipe on belly before taking nappy off but doesnt work. He seems to pee just as im about to put the new nappy on after cleaning him. Im currently just putting a muslin over his privates to try catch the wee

Daughter run off chomping on a dirty toy

Today we went to a outdoor activity centre. It caters for all ages and my 20 month old daughter ran off with a bean bag that loads of people will have touched today. It was part of a bean bag throwing challenge for kids and adults to try see how far they could throw them and aim for a bullseye. I ran after her and she was sucking on this bean bag and while I’m certainly no clean freak, it got me all panicked because that will have been handled by so many people and it really made me feel awful that I took my eyes off her for a second and she was there just chewing on the dirty fabric 🤢

Not to mention she then covered it in her slobber so other people will have then touched her germs too. So it works both ways. I felt really guilty.

Anyway she still so young and I felt like a bad mum. I’m all for her digging in the mud and I certainly don’t wrap her up in cotton wool but surely that’s a bit dangerous for her young immune system 🥺

Am I being a bit dramatic?

Cheating husband

How do u get the courage and strength to leave ur husband after he attempted to cheat on u. ( the girl told me they didn’t fuck but he took her “shopping” and she didn’t give him anything)

Like help!! Ik he doesn’t love me but I really hate the idea of becoming a single mom and struggling and I also feel like I still love him (ik I’m a clown) I need advice from women that has been through this. How do u get over the father of ur child?!!!

Is it normal in a marriage to feel like roommates?

We are pregnant with our second, been married 4 years, I feel no attention or effort in my marriage towards my needs (more so emotionally) and it's been 7 years.

My husband is on contract work for now

I feel sad and like nothing changes. He's more invested in our daughter than I feel he is our marriage and I'm not feeling very happy

Totally empty

My son is nearly 14 months old and still isn’t sleeping well. Last night I had 3 hours sleep and tonight he has been up 4 times already. Where he is up so often, it makes me not want to sleep because I’m just constantly counting down the minutes until he’s up again. I don’t know what else to do. I feel completely empty and totally lost. I know that time to yourself isn’t a given when being a mum but I literally never get any time to myself to just relax or do something nice for myself like paint my nails. I feel like I’ve lost myself to parenthood. Don’t get me wrong, I adore my son and wouldn’t change being a mum for the world but I’m just so exhausted by everything at the moment. My partner works weird hours so he’s not here to help me a lot of the time which also means it’s super hard to have any me time. How do I get my son to sleep so I can sleep? Does it ever get easier? Will my son ever sleep through the night?

Sorry for the rant. I’m just feeling so deflated at the moment and don’t really know what to do.

Miscarried and dumped all today

So I had some really bad bleeding last week, and my on told me to test at home. The line was much fainter, and then today it wasn’t there at all. I cried all morning while my boyfriend hugged me and said he wanted to take this as a sign to stop trying, because he’s worried about my mental health. He said “I already lost my mom, I can’t lose you too.” And those words felt very comforting, and I knew I’d get through this.

Then I came home from work. My dog was on his leash outside, tied to the railing, with all my packed bags. He heard my car pull up and texted me that he was “done” and I needed to leave. He won’t offer me any explanation, and just keeps name calling over the phone saying I should “run back to my daddy” (he knows I haven’t talked to my dad since I was 17), and calling me a bitch and other names he’s never called me.

I feel shocked, and I don’t really know what to do. My kids (previous relationship) were in the back seat of the car already, picked up from school. I loaded up my trunk, but now I’m just sitting here, and I don’t know what to do. I feel shocked and confused and rejected and betrayed and lost. I can’t figure out how we got here, from where we left things this morning.