Anybody elses husband or significant other just make comments without ever thinking? have total foot in mouth syndrome or is it just mine? For example my friend and I were talking on the phone about how her baby daddy cheated on her after I got off the phone my husband proceeds to tell me that now that he is a dad he understands why men with kids cheat but he does not condone it. thoughts?
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š„² heās only a man they just donāt get it I feel like..

WHAT?! Ew! Why would he say that⦠omg š¤¦š½āāļø men do not think before they speak I swear ⦠smh
ā I see why men with kids cheatā
and why would that be sir?!
Thereās no reason WHY but also Iām sure that made you definitely feel some type of way which is absolutely valid!!!
I definitely think these men be saying some dumb stuff sometimes but that comment was a bit alarming? Weird? Rudeeeee for sure cause why does he āunderstandā it? Kind of contradicting to say that you understand it, but you donāt condone itā¦.? Idk for me that wouldāve opened a whole can of worms and a long conversation..sometimes itās best if these men just keep their mouths shut šā¦ they look so cute til they say something lol

Yeah, Iād love to know his reasoning behind that. Why do guys with kids cheat??

Madness

Mine does once in awhile says some off the cuff things that make me do the āStewie head tiltā look at him like āboy, have you lost your mind?ā
The last one I can remember is us having a conversation about anxiety. Which he has multiple times witnessed and helped me deal with near panic attacks or a couple ones where I did actually pass out. Anyway. He just randomly said āyeah, I donāt think social anxiety or really anxiety in general is real anyway.ā
Since apologized after I explained how that made me feel.
Itās not usually mean things, but definitely has caught me by surprise a few times

My friends husband said this to me, luckily not in ear shot of my friend. I too just had a baby at the same time as them. And I just said, on what level do you think thatās okay to say? Itās the most vulnerable time of a womanās life after birth and only weak emotional immature men think that way. I followed it with I understand why women leave men in the first year or so after birth because men show their true colours of maturity. He apologised :( men are actually dumb sometimes

Most definitely youāre not alone!

They have little tiny baby brains āŗļø

OMG, my BD has done that to me so many times, just minimizes the whole thing, itās so invalidating. He too apologizes but he does it again and again. Dumb.

My husband told me that 90% of the complaints he's ever heard from male friends who split up with their wives or girlfriends, it was always about sex. They always started complaining they weren't getting enough sex and it went downhill from there. Might be giving him the benefit of the doubt here, but maybe your husband was trying to say something like that, just... badly.

Men can be dumb sometimes but that was a terrible thing to say.

Then you should say youād condone it as well but youād never do it too. Like if things were the other way around and see his reaction.
Has anyone else been entirely disappointed with their sendoff from Work? This is my second baby, the sendoff last time was poor anyway, a quick battered gift and shout out in a team meeting, but I didnāt think it could get any worse. I remember my husband being made a fuss of at his work last time, and thought it was so lovely!
Iāve been there for seven years. Theyāve gradually replaced team members with younger and younger team. Iām in a team of about 30 and most are in their early 20s enjoying London life, no one really gets having a baby.
The handful that do have kids, theyāre pretty much all uni age, and I feel like theyāve completely forgot what a big deal it is
I finished two days ago, just got some flowers in the post from my team with a pretty generic message about how much Iāll be missed. I see E cards go around for peoples birthdays with bespoke messages from individuals and I didnāt even get that. There was no shout out or farewell messages on the last day despite it being in everyoneās diaries.
I get on hugely with everyone in the team, I feel like a well liked outsider, the strange person in their 30s having kids. And itās almost felt like an inconvenience to everyone that Iām pregnant. Lots of ācan you not come into the office moreā, really not acknowledging how uncomfortable a long commute is
One person even said to me that I shouldāve put in a leaving lunch myself and how nice it would have been. When I first joined the company, these were always arranged by other people and we would have little Work baby showers with games and gifts, they were so cute. Would feel quite self absorbed putting my own Work baby shower in the diary š
Itās all really disheartening. I do the request to send them pictures once babies here, kind of want to delete them all off Instagram to be honest!
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Any ideas on what I can buy my daughter for Christmas she will be 6 months old? I know she wonāt understand but itās her first Christmas and I want to make it special and buy her some sensory / development toys š

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my fiancĆ©e works full time in hospitality so his shifts arenāt consistent, some are late some are early but how does this mean he doesnāt do anything around the house or even help with baby. heāll only take my son when heās sleeping and whilst heās sleeping i tidy the house and as soon as baby wakes he passes him back to me. iāve tried to tell him how it makes me feel and it just turns into an argument. i donāt even see him anymore as heās always playing games with his friends. i feel alone in a relationship. iām so tired

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Iām friends with a mum from church and we both have 3 year olds and weāve both applied for the same schools for them to go to next year. She has a son and I have a daughter and heās very naughty. He will make other children cry/ he wonāt share toys heās playing with or he will shout when my daughter says hello to him he will just look away and say no! They have a play kitchen at church and the other day he was playing there and when my daughter went to join in he basically guarded the whole kitchen and toys with his arms so that she couldnāt get to it. Any tips on this? Firstly how to deal with kids who donāt share with your child and how to communicate this to my daughter. Also, would you be friends with a mum if their child misbehaved? Itās not terribly bad but I want to prepare myself now that my daughter will be getting ready for school on how to deal with things like this without making it into a big deal. Bearing in mind they are 3! (Nearly 4)
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Hi everyone my little girl is almost on the move so Iām looking for advice on what baby proofing items to get and where is best to look for them.
I know we need baby gates, cupboard locks and the corner things but am I missing anything?
We also have a marble fireplace and Iāve seen a cover for the ledge on Amazon but itās Ā£60 so if anyone has any more budget friendly ideas Iām open to ideas.
Tia!

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Calling all pregnant mamas š¤
How many of you have already started planning your babyās nursery? š„¹š§ø
I run a little baby mobile business āBear & Bambi ā and I make mobiles for little onesā nurseries. Iām always looking for inspiration and love seeing what other mums are choosing for their babies!
Iād love to know what youād pick for your nursery ā something neutral and calming, colourful and fun, or something a bit more unusual? āØ
From my own experience, a mobile has helped calm and sooth my baby. It helps with entertaining, building their wonderful
imaginations and even resulted in them falling to sleep watching the movement.
Iād love some feedback Xx

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