How would you feel?

It's my birthday today and my partner has taken the day off.

We are planning on going for dinner later and his sister having our two boys.

Whilst he was in the kitchen doing something his phone kept ringing (we are open with our phones and can go on then whenever). I said to him oh this woman has called you three times and left a message saying call her. I asked should I reply? And he said yeah tell her I'm on annual leave today. I also messaged his sister back about later.

He raised his voice at me after and said don't go down my phone. I said to him why do you have to have a go at me on my birthday? I did cry and just went into the garden.

Shortly after he asked if I was ok and I said no, why be funny on my birthday? He said whatever and I just said I don't want to go out later now and he said good, that's fine by me.

Would you be upset about this on your birthday? I'm fuming.

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Am I bat shit?

I sent my child’s invitation ages ago to my brother and my brothers wife. My daughter was born ON THIS DAY. it’s hard to not realize this. I resend that invitation today cuz I’m just pissed. They decided to plan their wedding BEFORE MY CHILDS BIRTHDAY the day before at a LOCATION 8 HOURS AWAY. A fucking honeymoon destination. And now half my family won’t be at my child’s birthday INCLUDING MY DAD. MY DAD. Her GRANDPA. Becayse my brother comes first. My DAD hasn’t been to a SINGLE one of my child’s birthdays cuz he wasn’t sober. THIS IS THE YEAR HE IS AND HES MISSING HER BIRTHDAY for my brothers WEDDING that COULD HAVE BEEN PLANNED ON ANY OTHER WEEKEND.

May I add my brother is always coming first. He sees them before he sees us. Some days he sees them without telling us when I haven’t seen them for ages. (They live an hour away from both of us) I’m just so upset. And I was close with his wife and I was like I can’t even come cuz you know it’s my daughter’s birthday you said you’d be able to come to.. cuz your daughter is my daughters best friend. And now my daughter won’t even be able to see her friend that day either. I’m just so upset but maybe I’m being petty. It’s just it’s about my child idc about me it’s just deep because it’s my kid they won’t be showing up for.

Why is everyone obsessed with giving my child junk food 😅

I need to vent!
Since we started veaning everyone has been desperate to give my child sweets and chocolate and god knows what else…..
I’m a really into healthy eating and taking care of myself so naturally I do the same for my daughter.
I have been able to kind of fob them off saying oh yeah she would choke on that or whatever but now she’s turned one everyone keeps giving her stuff when they look after her that I don’t want her eating.

Also I’m not a monster she will have treats on special occasions it’s just not something that’s in our everyday diet so don’t want her to start expecting it. when she’s being looked after I give them plenty of pre cooked meals and snacks so it’s not like she’s even hungry

Will they get over this phase? Has anyone else come across this? Every time I kind of address it everyone just laughs and says give the girl the cake 😅

Nursery advice

Hi everyone

I wondered if anyone had any advice. I don’t want to come across as a naggy mum.

My little one started nursery at the end of March and he had a rough start. Constantly ill and off, so he hasn’t really settled. Drop off and pick ups are emotional, but we expected this.

We have had a few issues with the way nursery has been dealing with things. For example
- inconsistent reporting on the app
- things on the app that are not related to him
- not using our wipes and nappies
- giving him a dummy when he doesn’t have one
- giving him fish when he doesn’t eat it (they are aware of his dietary requirements)
- no pics / observations - last one we recieved was on March 28th
- staff not responding to our messages

We appreciate the main priority is looking after the children but the lack of communication or accountability leaves me uneasy.

We have raised this with the room leaders and staff and nothing has improved. We are now going to write to the nursery manager. Are we being unreasonable my raising our issues again ?

Husband acts weird about my cleaning habits. Am I the wrong one here?

Our baby is 3 months and I’m a FTM. I have been trying to force myself into very regular routines of up-keeping the house, bathing baby regularly, caring for pets, etc. etc. That makes sweeping an every-few-days kind of chore.

My husband always says I can hand the baby off to him while I’m doing chores or finishing projects around the house. He does a little cleaning, but he’s a lot more nonchalant about it all.

He’s been acting perturbed lately, thinking I’m being manic and having to stop and clean the whole house down, but it’s just sweeping, dishes, laundry, mural painting (weekends), pet, and baby care.

It’s just how we gotta be as a parent right? Any advice on how to make the daily processes less exhausting?

Advice ?

When is the right time to start applying for nursery’s ? I go back to work after a year off. Any advice?

Anyone going through something similar

I’m 32 weeks pregnant and my husband is going off to bootcamp I’m extremely happy and proud of him. We planned for this baby however we never thought he was going to get shipped out now of all time, I know he’s sad about leaving and I’m trying to be so strong. My problem is I find it really hard to ask or accept help. I’m a giver, I will go above and beyond for others but when it comes to receiving I don’t allow people to do the same and I know it’s not a great thing I just don’t want to be a burden on others, it’s not their job to help you know. This is my first child so ofc I’m a bit scared and sad my husband isn’t going to be here. I have my sisters and my parents as well as his mom but I honestly prefer being on my own like i prefer figuring it out on my own and everyone thinks I’m crazy because childbirth is hard but I have God with me. Don’t get me wrong I’m really close to my parents and I go to them for everything I know they’ll be here whenever I need them. I’m not sure why I’m the way I am. I don’t want to end up having depression or anything.