LO getting very upset on car journeys

Just wondering if anyone has any tips. My little boy often gets very upset on car journeys. It makes it very difficult when we're travelling to my parents which can be a 2 hour journey. We always break it up but stopping half way, but the last half of the journey is always awful with screaming, crying and wanting to get out of his car seat. I try offering snacks, putting on songs, audiobooks he usually likes, giving toys, but nothing works. This is sometimes the case even on short journeys (20 mins) home from town or soft play. I'm really struggling with this. He's rear facing and has a mirror so we can see each other. I'm not sure what else I can do to make things easier! I'm even considering turning him front facing, but I'm not sure it'll even help.

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Is my child delayed ?

Recently had parent evening for my child (4 in June) and the teacher said she is not where she should be she does not know her shapes, letters or numbers.

My child is able to show me where shapes are on a poster for example if I said find the rhombus she would find it however if I i said name it she couldn’t,

On a number line if I said “find number 4 she would find it” but she is not able to count to 4 correctly but she could show on her hands 80% of the time.

She can recognise letters around 15 correctly but will not say the alphabet.

The teacher also mentioned she doesn’t hold a pen correctly but I have seen her hold a pen with pincer grip and use them in both hands correctly.

I’ll post an image of what educational based supplies we have in the Comments please tell me if we can add anything 🙂

Am I tripping 🤔

My friend wants me to watch her daughter 3 days a week 430 to 630 I told her I need $20 every time I watch her because I have 5 kids I have health problems am I wrong ? She saying she don't got it so I feel like I shouldn't do it then is that bad?

Just venting about an ignorant irresponsible husband!

I don’t know if it’s just me or if all husbands are like this, because my husband claims that all men are like him!

He doesn’t want to help with house chores, doesn’t do what’s asked of him, and only helps with the baby on his own terms and free time. Yet, whenever I get upset about something he does, he blames me for not asking for help. Honestly, I don’t even know if I want to ask for help anymore — it feels like such a mental load just to ask!

Usually, he’ll say things like, “Oh, I was about to iron my clothes,” or “I was about to eat,” or “I was about to sleep, I have an early day tomorrow.” You see where this goes…

Even when he does agree to help, he does things in a way that makes me want to just say, “Never mind, I’ll do it myself.” For example, if I ask him to sauté some veggies, he says, “Oh, we should try raw veggies sometime.” Or if I ask him to pass a fork, he says, “You should eat with your hands.”

At this point, I don’t even know if things will ever improve. Part of me feels like I might end up leaving, but I don’t want to take any extreme step right now because it would impact my baby.

Advice?

I don’t feel like a good mom. I’m a mom but I don’t feel as present as I need to be. I have an addiction to my phone ever since my son passed. Growing up it’s how I distracted myself and it’s just gotten worse. I use to be on my phone every now and then before but now it’s constant almost. I still play with my toddler but I get bored easily and I don’t look forward to doing stuff. I’m a couch potato who scrolls. I hate it. I recognize it and I hate it. I don’t go out anymore unless needed besides outback. I don’t bake desserts anymore. I feel lazy. Yes I have a therapist but I never say what I need to when I’m there and I have to bring my toddler so it just doesn’t work out how I imagine.

I’m trying to be the best mom I can be but I struggle. I struggle so hard and at this point I am disappointed in myself because I imagined so much for our life and I can’t even be the mom I need to be. Even my mom who lived in the living room and didn’t play with us at least was a present mom. I checked out. I hate it.

honestly 🫤

i keep coming up with excuses for potty training my 3 year old and i don’t know why
i do it for like a day or two and end up putting her back in nappies and I know i need to and she need to be potty trained and I know i’m not helping her i literally know all of it but i don’t know why i’m not doing it… my partner keeps telling me i need to do it over and over and he gets annoyed and i feel guilty but Why dont i do it!!😔idk why i cant just do it and stick to it i’m confusing her too just starting over and over again

Is it necessary to sit a toddler on the potty for 30 min to an hour?

We sit him to go poop and the moment we take him off the potty he will go stand by the tv and poop. I dont get it