east falls wiss walk

looking to get together with other moms (my son is almost 1 yo) for a weekly walk. lmk if interested

in our community

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 😭🤣

Im thinking of giving up my parental rights. What should I do

Ive been thinking just today that im really wondering wtf I was thinking about having a kid. I have major depression and I lay in bed all day. Im schizoaffective with ptsd. I never knew being a mom would be this hard plus my son is autistic. I have been handling all his issues and so far hes done a 180 but when hes at home hes a monster. He throws his toys on the floor and on the wall... they make a big bang noise... he doesnt listen to me. Hes also like a little tornado. I cant keep my house clean. He will go in drawers and rip everything out of them. Personally id like to live kid free. I thought I was up for the role but I have big issues that ive been struggling with for years. What can I do. I dont want to give up ny son but I do because I dont think I can handle this AND hes autistic. Any advice? Thanks

Is my husband being unhelpful or am I hormonal?

I’m 40 weeks tomorrow. My husband wanted to get some beer yesterday but decided not to in case we needed to go to the hospital. Today I was meant to have sweep but they couldn’t do it because my cervix wasn’t open. So he said he was going to get some beer because baby isn’t definitely coming today. He got himself a pizza for dinner and nothing for me and didn’t greet me when he came home, just went straight to bed.
My issue is 1. How do you know that? 2. He’s pampering himself, meanwhile I’m now having bad cramps and miserable! And 3. The midwife said for me to relax and for him to help with oxytocin and he’s being super unhelpful! I now don’t want to be around him because he’s bad vibes and I’m not feeling very oxytocin-full at all!

If you’re at a close friend / relative’s house do you ask if you can eat their foods or snacks or do you just help yourself ?

I’m trying to be better at eating nutritious
meals so I meal prep my meals and snacks. Went to get my snack to see it’s all gone 😒 I’m always the type of person to ask if it’s okay to eat something first if it does not belong to me (even my husband). Like I know Greek yogurt and nuts are his go to snack at night. I’m not gonna eat them all/ the last of it because I know he won’t have anymore - especially without asking!! I’ll add that he probably wouldn’t make a big fuss about this if I did but I still would not.

Pincer food ideas please

I will admit I haven’t been the best with finger foods, in the early days she was very enthusiastic and would literally bite a bit and then ram the rest in her mouth. We did a first aid course, I spoke to health visitors, brought a life vac but nothing could settle the feeling of uncomfortableness so we stopped and focused on textured purées and she eats lots of different flavours and meals.

However her pincer grip has come on so much and she will pick up small bits from her tray. What sort of foods do you serve them for the pincer grip? Like rice? Is there any good apps or books for meal ideas to serve pincer food?

In Laws and People pleasing

I’m 39 weeks so hoping to have baby soon, and feeling a lot more emotional/sensitive in the last 2 weeks, which has resulted in some low moods for me.

My sister lives 5 minutes away and will be taking time off work to support me until September, she’s also a second mum to me and the only person I trust with my life, my husband also views her as a big sister/central in our immediate family unit so they have a great relationship.

My husbands sister has asked if she, her 2 year old and husband can spend a week with us when the baby is born. They’ve said first week of July. We aren’t close at all although she has been lovely to us and bought gifts etc BUT the thought of being postpartum with a toddler and her husband in the house while I’m bleeding etc is really upsetting me.

If it was just her I’d feel a lot more open to it. But her husband is with her 24/7.

My husband has told her we’ll wait to see how labour goes, but he wants me to be comfortable and thinks 1 week is too much.

For context, they have the option to stay at her brother in law’s house which is 10 minutes from ours but want to stay with us.

My husband will only be off for 2 weeks and they’ll come when he’s back at work (he works from home) and the thought of having to spend all day with them is overwhelming me.

I feel really bad and like I’m maybe being unreasonable and unfair saying they can’t stay over despite having an open door policy with my own sister and her husband (who I have known since I was 8 years old!) and this is making my mood low.

Am I being unreasonable? I feel like a horrible person and I can tell they are disappointed.