Sending baby to nursery on his first birthday?

Little one turns 1 next Wednesday and he’s in nursery normally on that day. Do I send him or not? Feels weird sending him but we’re doing something on the weekend plus hubby is working on the Wednesday, what would you do?

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Tricky one! On one hand, it seems pointless to keep him off, especially if he's enjoying nursery and his dad won't be there anyway. On the other, he's only 1 once 😂 this probably doesn't help at all but I think either option you choose is absolutely fine, if you send him in I'm sure he'll have a lovely day in nursery and you can do something special afterwards, but if you keep him off I'm sure no one would judge you!

See if you can bring cupcakes,cookies etc from a store sealed and that usually works here. They can sing happy birthday as a class or clap. I know hes one but my baby turns 1 on Friday next week and I do a small morning birthday song with my other kids for the birthday kid and a lil pastry. My husband works a lot but I facetime him and he says Happy Birthday so it seems to be fun for them and makes me feel good I did something until the weekend. (If the birthday falls during the week)

I had the same dilemma and sent my little girl to nursery. She had SO much more fun than she would have had at home with me. The nursery staff were great and spoiled her all day. They sang happy birthday when we arrived, sent loads of photos of her in the ball pit and having cake, and they even made a card for her 😊

I kept my baby girl home but completely up to you x

I never have with my first as his birthday has not yet fallen on a nursery day, my May babies birthday isn’t on a nursery day either but if it was I’d probably still send them in as i have to pay for it anyway.

Our nursery celebrate their birthday with them through the day making them special treats etc. so we didn’t have worries sending her in.

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Am I wrong for getting upset?

Long story short. My cousin made a group chat for bridesmaids and groomsman to plan out bachelorette party.
I sent one text about finding a sitter and my cousin texts me to stop saying stuff like that cause no one gives a shit? As if no one else is gonna mention their personal lives during planning a trip of 10 people?
I. Put the screenshots. I got so hurt I told her just count me out if the mention of my kid offends everyone.

Having a bit of a sad day

I don’t know if I want advice or just to get it out a bit.
I had a bit of a rubbish Mother’s Day, and then today had a falling out with my mum.
Very long story short, me and my partner turn 30 this year and were thinking of taking a short trip (2-3 days max) just the two of us to celebrate. Our son will be 2 by then.
We had discussed leaving our son with our parents and them sort of splitting having him (eg. My mum has him one night and my boyfriend’s mum has him the other two nights, or whatever we collectively decide on). They are both happy to do this.

Yesterday my MIL was pushing my son’s pram and got distracted and pushed it off the pavement into the road, a car missed the pram by about 5 seconds. This upset me a lot.

Me and my partner discussed this later on and I said it worries me leaving our son with her in case she does something like that. We also discussed the fact that my mum pays very little attention to our son when she’s with him and is absolutely glued to her phone (looking at social media etc) so we might just take him on holiday with us.

Then this morning I had a chat with my mum and told her we would probably just take our son away with us. She asked why and I mentioned the pram thing with my MIL so she said she would just have him- so I thought it was time to mention that when she’s with him she is glued to her phone and gets distracted and that it just worries me a bit. (For reference she’s been watching him before and because she’s been on her phone he’s managed to get half way up her stairs.)
She absolutely lost it at me. Called me rude etc.

I try so hard not to upset anyone and I’m just so so fed up now. I just wish it was simple and we could trust them to take care of him but they are both away with the fairies.

I want to talk to my mum but i don’t know how to approach it now. Just feel like i need a big cry.

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My LO is 10 months old and I try and offer him water with meals but he will only take a couple of sips. I’ve tried adding freshly made apple juice to sweeten it a bit, in case this would entice him, but he still refused. I think if it’s not milk, he doesn’t want it, or it’s odd to him.

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Ughhh

I am so overwhelmed!! My baby isn’t sleeping and I’ve got a raging headache and all this legal stuff is making me feel irritated and I just want to cry.
I absolutely hate the idea of letting him just cry while I take 5 seconds

I really hate to come out here and tell my business about what’s going on with my life in my kids, but I had no choice

I just came back from a parent teachers conference meeting and they telling me that my second daughter, who just turned eight about a week ago that she barely know how to read and she has speech problems… I already feel like shit because it’s not that I’m doing my job. It’s because I worked a lot, and and every time, me and my first oldest daughter, trying to teach you how to read, she gets insecure and thinking that we making fun of her, but we’re not!! I felt like a shitty mother I don’t know what to do.