Hi. Help please.

Ftm. My daughter is 7m old and I’m a WFH mum. Can someone tell me how to keep her busy because I’ve got her a play pen, and in the pen I’ve kept her stuffy’s and some toys but she quickly gets bored and starts to cry.

She’s crawling and pulling herself to stand, just don’t know how to keep her engaged. Any toy reccs or anything else. Thanks

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Easily offended partner is this normal ?

So our baby 11 months almost choked on a bit of food she found. My partner started to put his fingers down her throat . And I panicked in the moment and said that is not safe to put your fingers down her throat . It can make it worse .

He then got really upset. Telling me things like “you always criticise me, there is always negative feed back , clearly I can’t parent, so you can do it alone “

I’m just tired and don’t understand. If I did put my daughter in danger and he noticed I rather him educate me. I wouldn’t be upset .

He isn’t speaking to me now 😩

Anyone else’s partner also sensitive to negative feedback? What do you do? Do we just suck it up and won’t share anything

Petty

Okay, let me start by saying this is probably a stupid post but it’s annoying me so I’m going to post anyways lol.

So I’m 28 weeks pregnant and one of my lovely symptoms is extreme thirst. When I say I’ve never in my life drank so many fluids lol. I’m an ice person, I HAVE to have ice. I’ve always hated water I still do but I’m trying to make myself drink it more for obvious reasons. However, I can not stomach it at all if I don’t have ice. If it’s not ice cold I can taste every single mineral I swear 🤣 and it’ll immediately come back up. My husband is not an ice person he literally never uses ice, ever. For anything. Well he’s been pissy with me lately (I’m assuming because I do not want to have sex. I’m uncomfortable, I’m in pain, I’m depressed and stressed and he just sucks in general (as a husband not sex) so I’m not I’m just turned off completely. Anyways, our refrigerator doesn’t make ice so I have one of those counter ice makers and I keep making ice so I can have it for my water and every fucking time I go to make myself water there is NO ICE. He has this HUGE cup and he’s completely filling it up using all of my damn ice. There will be like 10 little pieces left in the bin which does nothing but melt instantly. I have to fill my cup completely and then do cold water lol. I am so damn annoyed I could literally punch him in the throat. I know he’s doing it on purpose to be petty and boyyyy I’m pissed lol. Leave my fucking ice alone 😩

Getting things done

My LO is currently 2 weeks old and was born 4 weeks early, I'm just trying to figure out how to get jobs done around the house and have her with me.
She's too small to use a baby wrap as they all suggest minimum weight is 7 pounds and she's 5 at the moment.
Just was hoping for a suggestion on what I can do, I have a car seat I can move her around in but it's quite bulky and heavy, also not the most comfortable for her

Texas Child Support

Hey ladies I need some information or advice. I currently live with my kids father. We’ve been together for almost 11 years. I have one son that isn’t his but has been in his life since 3 years old. Fast forward he doesn’t buy me anything or the kids. The only thing he gets us is McDonald’s or some candy from the store. Of course Christmas gifts and bday gifts for the boys. But we are all in the house and he is present but not present. He never takes the boys anywhere to spend time with them. He doesn’t worry about me at all. It’s been years like this. Ive been buying groceries, toiletries, clothes and take my boys places all the time spending time with them. I want to put him on child support. My address never changed on my paperwork or drivers license. He got a house from his grandma so it’s only in his name. He has made no effort to build something together. It’s all about him. He never gives me money, buys us anything, every bit of money of his goes to him besides what I mentioned. Can I still apply for child support? What will they want? My kids and I can move back in with my parents with my address that’s on my DL if they would help.

Am I crazy?

We have had issues with my boundaries not being respected when it comes to other women and betrayal with other women. I stayed and things have been better but it's hard. I'm not the type to tell him he can't use his eye balls and notice other pretty women but at what point can I speak up? We just had a massive fight because he's been staring at other women a lot on vacation. I haven't said anything at all but as we are at the gas station getting ready to leave I'm talking to him and he isn't listening.. I realize it's because he's staring at some girl near us. I don't say anything and go to walk away and grab what I need, he then runs over my foot with our double stroller because he thought I kept moving and he was leaning to stare at this girls ass as she walked by... He then follows me for about 15 min acting stupid and saying what's wrong over and over. I yelled at him after him asking me for the tenth time because he knew what the issue was. He then tries to tell me I'm crazy, I exaggerate everything, etc.
I don't know how much longer I can take the bs. I know everyone has different boundaries, but I have made mine clear from the beginning of our relationship. Idk what to do anymore but I'm tired of having to fight constantly to feel respected and heard. I'm drained.

How do you manage your stress and stay healthy?

Im feeling so run down and low...i have a nearly 2 year old boy who is lovely but of course extremely hard work..i don't have a village or nursery so I don't get any time to myself to rest. Bedtime is usually 9-10pm by the time he settles...and then I get sleep around 11pm, up twice during the night with him and then up for the day at 7am.
I am a high sleep needs type so this is just not enough sleep for me...
My partner has been trying to do the nights more and letting me stay in the spare room as I keep getting viruses I can't shift, and struggling with fatigue.
Google says i need to get more sleep and manage stress. This is so hard with a toddler going into his tantrum era...a lot of time at home is spent trying to manage his moods and whinging and whining.
Im of course not the first parent to have a full on toddler so....how are you guys managing?
Any holistic approaches?

Hi. Help please.Ftm. My daughter is 7m old and I’m a WFH mum. Can someone tell me how to keep her busy because I’ve got her a play pen, and in the pen I’ve kept her stuffy’s and some toys but she quickly gets bored and starts to cry.

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