Prefers hot meals at lunch

Does your LO prefer a hot meal at lunch rather than a sandwich/normal lunch food? I’ve tried offering sandwiches, snacky bits for my 15 month old but she always refuses! She would rather eat a lasagna than a sandwich 🫠

Also, if anyone has any easy hot meal recipes they could share that’d be amazing. Something I can easily batch and freeze to make things easier. Thanks x

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How much is enough??

My baby starts solids next week and Im trying to plan ahead. Im wondering how much is too much, especially in the early days. I see conflicting things about 1-2 tablespoons, but some babies are eating whole meals.

My plan for day 1 is pureed ground beef/breastmilk on a preloaded spoon with an avocado spear. We are having taco night! And the plan for the rest of the month is fairly similar, prioritizing allergen exposure and iron. So 1 puree (with 1-3 foods) and 1 finger food. Should I offer more? Picture of my beautiful baby boy so we dont get lost! He's getting so big 😭

Little vent

I hate to vent but it’s needed… I hate being pregnant!

This is my first pregnancy and honestly I waited so long for this and was beyond excited for the whole process.

I am so grateful to be pregnant and I can’t wait to meet my little girl but I am having a horrible time.

I’m 21 weeks and had sickness up until 19 weeks. I have no energy, absolutely exhausted all the time. I’m moody and snappy. I have 0 social battery. I’m uncomfortable.
Just over the whole thing already.

My boyfriend is amazing. Literally carrying me, he does everything for me with no complaints. I feel so guilty that I can’t just give him a positive attitude and affection.

I’m so excited to have my baby but this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

A teeny bit sad today

My partner and I have been dedicating ourselves sooo much to our baby girl that we are struggling to find ways to stay connected to ourselves. I am really good at getting tasks done in short bursts but he isn’t. So I’m finding that I’m doing a lot and he says he feels he is falling behind. He set a goal to return to a sport while all this is going on and for some reason, this sport seems tied to him feeling good about himself. He’s wonderful at being a dad and a partner, so I’m trying to find ways to show him that. But it kind of feels like I’m taking on a little too much now with a 2 month old and my partner who doesn’t seem to be in a good place to receive my love / appreciation.

Did anyone else see this change in their partners? Almost like a depression in the dad?

fighting resentment

I love my husband so much but when I am breastfeeding at all hours of the night and i look over to see him sleeping i cant help but feel pangs of resentment. He works full time and I’m a SAHM so i literally WANT him to get his sleep, i choose not to wake him up for diaper changes or anything because he works hard outside all day and he needs to rest. Even so, illogically my brain just gets frustrated to see him sleeping when im waking up 3-7 times a night to bf.

Ive never liked or wanted kids and did not plan or want to get pregnant, so even though i love my baby i think when im so exhausted caring for the baby its also making me resentful. Everytime he says he is so tired i just want to drop kick him.
How do i manage this? or can you just tell me im not alone in it.
I really feel like he doesnt grasp how much work breastfeeding at night is and how exhausted it makes me.

Am I a bad mom or is this normal….what can I do I need advice

Okay so I don’t know if this is my fault but my 17 month old son as much as I love him has been a little terrorist lately like not 100% of the time but enough for me to be a bit concerned like he’s been hitting throwing toys pulling hair screaming in my face and full blown tantrums and just plainly being mean acting like a bully and he used to listen when I would redirect him or tell him to stop but the defiance has been so real the past few days he will laugh in my face when I tell him no about something and then continue to do it I’m currently pregnant with my second and I’m due in mid May so getting up and chasing him has been a lot harder is anyone else experiencing this or has experienced this because I’m starting to feel like I’m a bad mother or that it’s my fault…

Anyone else’s 3 year old just not listening/behaving well? (A long one sorry)

It’s driving me insane at this point and I know I’m not the only one but I just feel like the only one! I ask him to do anything and he says no or hides, bedtime, bath time, shoes on, teeth brushing, toilet before leaving the house, get dressed, pick toys up, eat his dinner, LITERALLY ANYTHING.

He doesn’t behave well in public as in he will attempt to run off (I don’t allow him to) at any chance he gets. I can’t go shopping, doctors, dentist anywhere with him without dreading it.
I ask him so nicely over and over to do things to the point I just end up shouting because I’m at my wits end and it’s the only way he will listen!

He also has a time out spot because he just has to have it. Although he doesn’t care about it half the time, he’s not silly, if I say to him not to do something again or its time for xyz to be done otherwise it’s time out he will just go to time out instead of doing what I’ve asked 10 times already🤦🏼‍♀️ if I count down from 3 as a warning he will wait until the last second to finally do what’s being asked.

He also started nursery in Jan and as much as he’s loving it and thriving there he’s also just learning naughty things from other kids. He stomps his feet and shouts no, he done that for the first time the other day and I was actually taken back at the attitude. he talks about other children fighting. He didn’t even know the words meaning of fighting before he went there. He’s started slapping my leg every so often and saying ‘I hit you’ also NEVER been an issue before nursery.

I just feel so overwhelmed and touched out to the point where I’m longing for bedtime but also dreading it because that’s another round of wee, teeth brushed and getting him in there and I hate that because I love him dearly but the bad is absolutely outweighing the good by a mile right now.

I don’t often let things get to me, I broke down a few weeks back to my partner and then the in laws took him out for the day so I could get a break maybe once in a while I’ll feel down about it like this, but I’m also 10 weeks pp so maybe the hormones haven’t helped but this is tough right now lol