Potty training help - FTM

Hey guys! I’m trying to potty train my daughter, day on i put her on the toilet every 20 mins and she wee’d everytime, next day every 30 mins and today trying every hour which she is managing to hold. But if I ask her if she needs to wee, she’s still saying no? But will wee if I put her there? What is the next step? I’m completely in the dark x

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Upset

I’m really upset right now and I need someone to tell me if I’m overreacting. We have been spread so thin lately with money as my child’s father has been awaiting his new job to start. I work hard everyday, make sure bills are paid and make sure my son eats with hardly $1 left when it’s all said and done. My son wanted pizza today and although I made one I realize we had ran out of shredded mozzarella. As a quick fix I put a cheese slice on my homemade pizza to make it work. Next thing I know I’m being griped at and told I need to “think before I act” because sliced cheese looks disgusting. I honestly did what I could….. that hurt me so bad. It may not be that deep to some but what an asshole to come say that to me when you’ve been unable to contribute for months.

Am I Overreacting?

so my father in law came around today he constantly tries to give us parenting advice when he wasn’t around for at least 10 years.. clearly, he has no idea what he’s on about so after about a 20 minute rant on how to parent, we were talking about how im getting induced on tuesday and he asked me if i was excited to have my “old body finally back” to which i replied with “sorry?” and he said “most women are excited to get their body back, we’ll not exactly as they’ve gained weight and have definitely changed, so are you excited??” to which i just looked at my fiancé and uncomfortably laughed it off as i wouldn’t even expect my own mother to say something like that..

then as he was leaving he was talking to my fiancé and he said “women take over everything, you just have to sit back and let them do it or there will be a problem” it wasn’t aimed at me i don’t think but i do think what he has said is awfully rude.

he’s quite a large man and has diabetes, i never comment on it, he’s mentioned loosing weight and i’ve never said “and how are you going to feel being slimmer” it’s just odd to me how you could say that to anyone.

i don’t want him around me during postpartum now as it’s clear what type of human being he is, god knows what he’s commenting on next!!
i’m also mad at my fiancé for not saying anything whilst i was clearly uncomfortable with his fathers comment.

School shoes

My little girl start school in September and i am not sure where the best to get her school shoes

If you have to choose would you:

1- buy w cheap pair, but you know you will have to buy a couple more during the year
2- buy expensive, but it will last a good amount of time before you need to buy another pair

Just needed to write this out…

I don’t think my husband quite understands how I’m feeling.
I am four months postpartum with our second (our eldest is 3.5) and we’ve just not had a great day week of sleep for anyone…

There’s been alot happening with wakes up with both kids, sickness, clingyness and parental preference (swapping constantly) as well as hospital visits with our youngest due to UTI and kidney reflux which we are managing with the hospital.

Last night broke me…I think i got a total of 2 hours sleep across the whole night, my husband took both girls to his parents for the day so I could rest which I did…but I’ve woken up from a nap just still feeling drained…I can’t explain it, it’s just like no amount of sleep will fix how depleted I feel…

I’m so tired…

Friendship Differences

Hi ladies 🤍💖

I’m a stay at home mum to 3 kids, and I have a friend who has a 9 month old. We don’t often talk parenting, and connected through this app more as just individuals outside of being mums. However as people do, as a parent I tend to align myself with other parents who believe the same things as I do when raising kids. We have recently started talking parenting and I’ve found out that since her baby was tiny she just sits him in front of the TV all day. I’m not against TV, my older children watch it, however I personally don’t think babies should watch it all day, it just doesn’t align with my parenting at all. Each to their own, however it’s made me want to distance our friendship as I feel like we aren’t as each others person as I thought we were. Do you think it’s wrong to do this? Is there a way I could approach distancing myself where she won’t feel like I’m judging her?

I’m doing mentally well for the first time in ages and I really only want to surround myself with people who are my sort of people ☺️

MIL and newborn

I came to see MIL cuddling and rocking to sleep my 5 week old son. I’ve been having a difficult time in my breastfeeding journey and trying to nurse him whenever possible as opposed to giving him bottles of formula. I feel my need for privacy and alone time with son is not being respected. She’s here to stay for an entire week under the guise of helping us while she secretly gets to hold my son and take over mommy duties and feed him formula. I’m low on sleep and really trying to tank it on my own with a half-present husband who did nothing but play video games after work and late into the night. He also doesn’t pick up after himself nor does he communicate boundaries properly with his mother. I told him clearly that I didn’t want people around at this time. He seems to not care and only wants to do what he wants to do. I’m considering ending breastfeeding and being a hands off parent. Like not caring about my son and walking out on them eventually. Thoughts? 💭