Nurseries and screen time?

My son (3) is starting (council i.e. "preschool") nursery next week and I've just found out they do group screen time where they sit the kids down to watch Danny Go or "dancing strawberry" (no idea). I hate the thought of this and I am particularly worried as my son is hyper sensitive to overstimulating graphics (he had a type of seizure when watching a bright cartoon once, and complains about his eyes going funny if there's any flashing lights or graphics ever). Do I have any grounds to stand on in requesting they drop this? Is this common practice in nurseries?!

I had a chat with one of the nursery staff members today during our settling in, and explained my concern. Her only response was that they only do screen time "once in a while" which hasn't reassured me.

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Should I return his father's day gift?

So, first of all, I did buy him a Father's Day gift as I normally do every year. I usually also get the kids to make him a cute card. However, this past Mother's Day, I got nothing. We went to great wolf lodge which I planned and paid for, but it was his idea since his friend and their family were going too. (He did end up giving me half the money for it after the fact) While we were there, he kept going out for smoke breaks, leaving me to tend to our 3 kids on my own so I never got a break. He also told me that they were selling mothers Day bouquets in the lobby, but he didn't feel like getting in line for them. I also feel like since then, he's been annoying me a lot and just generally not helping out around the house or with the kids. I'm kinda feeling unappreciated and that he doesn't deserve anything.

Chinese Takeaway

Hi! We're having Chinese takeaway for dinner tomorrow. I don't really like my almost 9 month old to have really unhealthy foods so will probably make her her own meal but before I do, is there anything from a Chinese that would be suitable for a baby?🩷

Baby Daddy in Question…

I thought he was over feeling frustrated with our little guy. You can’t only like him when he’s cute and smiling. There come challenges too like the cries and the sleepless nights. Parenting isn’t an easy ride once you step into it.
Anyone else’s significant other hate on your little one because the say they’re “over tired” or “frustrated when he cries” or “didn’t expect this to be what parenting was about”? He scared me in the first weeks after coming home from the hospital because of what he said. That he hated our boy. He hated his cries and didn’t know how to help him. He felt like a shitty dad. Now tells me he still has moments where he doesn’t like him at all and resents him if it’s a rough night and has to look at him the next morning when he’s chill to feel better and forgive him. He says he loves him just doesn’t always like him.
He claims he’ll like him more once he’s older and out of the baby phase but I’m just not sure because I know toddler stage will be even more demanding and hard.

How is everyone getting on with weaning?

Pic of my nearly 8 months lunch and what was left 😆 he loves his food! (Raspberries were squashed before serving!)

If your kids are not spoiled, please comment!!!

I’m having a little bit of trouble with a spoiled kid! I feel like we don’t spoil him, but he acts very entitled he’s only four! And I know he’s still learning, but I’m scared! 😅😂 if you’re comfortable answering a couple questions about your parenting style, I would really appreciate it!

For Christmas/ birthdays, do you go huge? In a regular month how many toys, snacks, fast food, etc. are you buying your kids? How much TV is allowed? How often do you let them be bored?

Any tips would be appreciated! I’m just curious if there’s something I’m doing too much of!

Starting real foods

My baby is around 4 months old so I want to start researching how to introduce foods. We want to be giving our baby lots of iron and things like bone marrow, not rice cereals. Are there any good resources to go off of? Thank you!