Feeling insecure 4 months into 2 under 2🫨

Partner got his hair transplant 2 months ago and started going gym again.
I can’t lie he looks hotter than ever before meanwhile I feel like absolute shit.
He’s tries to help but it’s not enough.

He would never be happy with me leaving them with him to go do something for myself like my hair or just some time with my friends yet his life remains the same, in fact he’s thriving.

Only thing I’m happy with is he does on Sundays he lets me have a 1 hour lay in while he deals with toddler and baby.

No I don’t have a village just him.

Am I overreacting?

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Honestly I wouldn’t care if he’s happy or not to have the children they’re his kids too! You deserve time for yourself to feel human and have a life outside of your children.


How we look and feel about ourselves really does affect our mental health and that affects how we show up for our families. He needs to work with you so that you can both feel good and fulfilled

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He can go to the gym but you don’t get to leave them with him?! Wild!! They’re equally your kids and you should have time too!

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Is he working and you are home with the kids? If so, this dynamic tends to happen where his type of helping may be more of leading financially to “help” then after work he tends to you and his kids. I wouldn’t get discouraged. Force and implement together time for him to spend as much time with the kids as possible, this way it’s not just about you going to the gym, if you want to lay in bed for fun that should be important for the both of you. lol

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Ftm to my son who is 6 weeks old, my partner has just gone back to working nights meaning I have to do them on my own, they’ve mostly been ok a few tough nights but we’ve got through it, my family have always been really supportive but recently they’ve been offering to ‘come and take him in the morning to go on a walk so I can have a break’ and I appreciate the offer but it’s making me feel really uncomfortable, I’m loving motherhood and don’t feel like I need to have a break I love being with my son. I’d be happy for them to come here and see him and watch him if I needed to sleep if I’d had an awful night but I feel uncomfortable with them taking him out without me especially as he’s ebf, I just don’t know what to say I feel bad turning down the help and support

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What would you do in this situation?

I was at soft play with my 2 year old yesterday. Bear in mind I’m 20 weeks pregnant so chasing her around is becoming a mission.

We climbed up to the top level and there was a massive slide with 4 lanes, my little girl got there first before I manoeuvred myself through the floor gap. I see a kid at the bottom of the slide just walking around, he looked around 18 months old, no parent in sight.

Well before I could tell my girl to wait, she slides down and as she’s sliding he walks directly in front of the end of her lane (initially he wasn’t in front of her lane but the one over) and she takes him out completely. He fell backwards and hit his head on the plastic.

I climb back down and grab my girl and we go to make sure he’s okay. His mum picked him up and he was sobbing (understandably). I told the mum that my girl took him out accidentally and I apologised.

I don’t know if that was the right thing to do or not, the woman didn’t seem too impressed with me and the whole situation was really awkward. If she had watched her child in the first place it wouldn’t have happened 😩

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Going on a nursery tour tomorrow, what questions did you all ask? I went on one today and was bombarded with that much information I couldn't think of anything to ask them

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Screen free moms: how do you feel about working so hard to keep your kids screen free and then they go to school just for everything to be on computers and screens

This is just a random thought i had, i have no judgement for the choice to go completely screen free or not, im back and forth with it all the time. I was just thinking about how in school education has gotten so technology forward and kids don’t hardly do anything in pencil and paper anymore. Does that bother any parents or is it just kinda an issue what it is situation. I don’t have school age kids yet but I was just curious as to what other parents think about it all.

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Hey just wondered what everyone is doing with their 3 month old to get out of the house?
I feel like we’re stuck in everyday and it’s making me feel so rough!
We get out on walks etc but just wondered if there was anything I can do with him a bit more exciting?
Thankyou!👶🏻🩵

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Am I behind?

I really struggled with the thought of my little boy eating solids, the thought of chocking has been heavy on me. He’s also suspected CMPA so it’s been hard to find things he can have and not as easy as just giving him some of ours.

I have been trying more this past week but I’m cautious that he’s 8.5 months old and I’m worried I’ve missed the boat and he’s going struggle…

He’s been having beans on toast, beans with mash, egg beans and toast, dairy free yoghurt with fresh mashed fruit, broccoli, blended mince with mash, shredded roast chicken…

He still gags a lot which I also find uncomfortable but I know that’s just part of it.

Just looking for reassurance I’m doing a good job I guess?

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