Meal times!

How are we coping with meal times?! 😩 Especially those that do it single handedly (my partner is a chef so spends evenings at work) I'm really struggling to juggle trying to keep my 12.5 month old out of trouble/happy whilst I'm cooking dinner and it just all ends up in shambles, i don't like cooking at the best of times but even less when I've either got my little boy tugging at my legs or if i put him in his high chair with toys, he just ends up screaming after 5 mins🤦‍♀️ i don't even know what I'm looking for to be honest just need to know I'm not the only one thats struggling with this part of parenting 😮‍💨 pic of how dinner went tonight for fun 😭🤣

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Tbh my partner cooks dinner most days, but when I do, I usually just opt for something super simple so it doesn't take me more than 5-10 minutes to prep (say, pasta with some simple tomato/pesto sauce, maybe steamed side veg, and some salad), cause if it's more than that, I know my lo is going to end up either getting into some trouble where I can't see her or just start gettting impatient around the kitchen. I don't dislike cooking per se, but I've always been a bit impatient with it, so I usually cook like that anyway! But if you're stuck for inspiration, I believe Jamie Oliver published a book of 15 minute recipes.
Alternatively, you could do prep when your partner is home and just cook in the evening to cut time in the kitchen when you're alone.

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Chicken nuggets in the air fryer is my meal for my little guy. 1 min oatmeal in the morning and milk to fill up the other spaces in his tummy!!

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It does get better. I always used to cook extra... so the next lunch time or whatever we would have the leftovers. And anything even more extra would go in little pots for my little one in the freezer for really bad days where I just need to get her fed and I just want to go bed 😂
Also cans of soup... with veggies or meat cause everything is already chopped up small, mixed with rice. It was very easy and my little one liked it and still got a nutricious meal

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Meal prepping really helps us. We also got a toddler tower and plop her in there and she has "jobs" to do.

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My son in theory eats what we're having, only lately he turns his nose up at most of the things we offer him, cries and often scoops it out of the bowl or plate onto the floor. I''ve been deliberately trying to cook things I think he'll like or has taken well before and he still rejects it. I'm losing my mind, it's so disheartening trying your best and they just cry at you! Also because he isn't eating enough for dinner he's up loads in the night and breast milk really isn't filling enough for long enough! So I'm very tired as well!

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I try and have pre prepped meals in the freezer for her then we cook for us once she’s in bed! Make spare for her to warm up

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Cook on their nap and put them in a playpen to reheat the food.
Cook with them, give them mushrooms/ banana and a butter knife etc.

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Should I leave him or should I work things out ?

So I just wanted to come on here and sort of vent and get a non biased opinion. Me and my partner live with my parents to save some extra money to hopefully move out by the end of the year. My partner has been out of a job for 3 months, I gave him the benefit of the doubt the first 2 months but now i’m noticing he’s not really putting in the effort to look for a job. I work full time and on top of that, getting child care for our daughter, for him to be home ALL DAY play video games, smoke, shit, eat, sleep and repeat. It’s getting harder are the days go by, i have been coming home at 9 to find the room the same way it was when i left or find clothes piled up in a corner just to get it out of the way. I’m not asking him to cook me dinner or make me lunch. I just want help around the house and it seems like even the bare minimum is asking for alot. I’m debating alot if it’s best we stay together or separate. the reason that’s making me want to leave him is the fact he called his parents to tell him my parents are abusing him!! (by making him to chores around the house BTW) He’s not working, yet thinks doing house work/yard work is abusing him? making him a “slave” to my parents .. like bro ur not working, u don’t look after our daughter, u don’t actively look for work.. WHAT EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE?! Mind you, homeboy BEGGED and CRIED to my parents to let him move in with us because his parents were doing the same thing and “abusing” him by making him clean after “everyone” and they would actually physically abuse him. Now.. he’s claiming he’s forgiving his parents and now hates my parents for “abusing him” by making him do house work. I’m just so mad yall .. this has been happening for 3 months and my parents gave him until the end of june to find a job or he’s out.. i tried fighting and standing up for him but Im ready to give up.. should i or not? /:

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Husband back to work

My husband goes back to work tomorrow and I'm terrified. He's been amazing this past two weeks, he's looked after the house work, cooking and nappies while I've been focusing on breastfeeding and recovering from my emergency c section but tomorrow I will be completely alone with baby for the first time while dealing with baby blues. (I've made MW and GP aware and they're referring me to get some help with this). Ho did you guys deal with your first times solo parenting while partners went back to work?

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What should i do?

A long story short,
Me and my bf have a 2 year old. Throughout my pregnancy my bf wasn’t super supportive, once i had our son he was so good for a couple weeks, and since then he has basically left most of it to me. Night feeds, cleaning, food shop, I pay the bills because he is in debt, he does his hobby on either a Saturday or Sunday and an evening or two during the week.. which involves alcohol and drugs.
I do the cooking, washing up, wash his clothes, obviously look after our son.
He will sometimes do the bedtime routine and cook maybe 2/4 times a month.

Anyway, my family think i’d be best without him but somehow i cannot seem to let go. I’m scared I’ll regret it.

Would you stay or leave? And any advice would be appreciated, thank you

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Baby food

My son is 13 months what fresh food can I cook him for dinner

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Hi Can i see your 7 months old baby’s plate please ???

Mama is out of ideas

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