Bit of a rant!

My husband has been off work this week so naturally it’s thrown my son off routine which I’m ok with to a certain degree. However, he’s completely changing routine. Example, last night he took him out of his cot while I was trying to get him down to sleep for the night because he says he wasn’t tired. I explained he is, he just takes a while to drop off. This resulted in then an hour battle because he then got overtired.
I think this is why I’ve been up every 3 hours with him tonight, which is so unusual!

Nap times are a battle and can take an hour to get him down because he’s overstimulating him because ‘he won’t sleep’ so he starts playing. Usually it would take me 10 minutes to get him down for a nap with no fuss, now it’s a lot of tears.

I’m trying to guide him to stay on routine as much as possible but he gets defensive saying I’m telling him to parent or that I ask for help then complain that I’m getting help, except I’m not getting help when my son is thrown off and I’m then having to step in to calm it all down.

I’m so tired this week, it’s been so hard. I’m not telling him how to parent at all, I’m just trying to keep us on track because it’ll be up to me to deal with the aftermath when he’s back to work. He won’t listen, he gets too defensive saying I’m pulling him apart all time or telling him how to parent his son 😩

in our community

Falling out with colleague over being pregnant again

Today I had to tell my work colleagues that I’m pregnant due to working in a kitchen where we heavy lift stuff

And a response from one of them was ‘I think your taking the piss out of us, your always off and you’ve just had a year off and now your having another’ and she also said ‘ I don’t see how this is gonna help your mental health’ bare n mind this lady never asks how I am ask how my day has been always shuts me down when trying to talk to her
Also I took 7-8 months off with my first baby am I over reacting I went home so so upset

Pp sex

Girlies I’m like 17 pp (C-section) my period has stopped and now my man looks sooo good so I’m asking how serious is the 6 weeks wait time for sex 😂😂😂

Split nights

I’m literally at breaking point I don’t know what else to do. My 13 month old has never been a good sleeper. But for the last 4 weeks has been up for 2 hours in the middle of the night with a couple more wakes before that. We’ve sleep trained him to fall asleep on his own, we’ve capped his naps, extended/lowered his wake windows and I don’t know what else we can try. I understand they go through regressions/split nights but surely 4 weeks is not it. I’m sat in bed crying, absolutely exhausted and feel like the worst mum in the world as he needs his sleep. I just wanted to know if anyone else has been through the same or has any advice?

What would you consider to be normal language levels for a 1.5 year old?

My 1.5 year old has about 15 words and I’m worried this is not enough.

Husband concerned with co sleeping

Been co sleeping with our daughter for a good few months now. My husband recently shared that he’s not comfortable with it as accidents can happen. He’s afraid we’ll roll over on her or she’ll get stuck under a blanket or pillow.
My husband and I are both bigger people, with me being 5’8 and him 5’11.
I understand his fear because accidents do happen, but I don’t see what’s wrong with co sleeping.
If we can find a safe compromise for her to co sleep with us.
I’m able to get my baby to sleep in her crib, which is bedside, for around 2 hours before she wakes up looking for me.
I’m just feeling a bit stuck.

My 1 week old will just lie in his cot awake and not try to get our attention

Is this normal? He will just lie there awake for ages but not want any comfort etc.