Advice on baby daddy?

Im 8weeks+6 and my ex (the baby's dad) is being difficult. Like he said he was coming to my booking appointment the other day but then cancelled a few hours before hand and keeps speaking to me like shit. I have my first scan next month and I dont know whether to tell him and offer for him to come along or just to get rid of him because its stressing me out. Does anyone have any advice?

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Keep him updated however don't have any expectations. Set boundaries if he talks to you in a belittling manner let him know that if he speaks to you like that again you will stop communicating with him for (however long) and follow through.

Emotionally you are going through a lot. Prioritize yourself, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Men expect peace while providing chaos. Choose yourself and your baby 💞👑

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We only let my parents watch our 1 year old. Today, while my husband was at work, I went to my mom's house and took a shower while my parents took my baby to the grocery shop. For the last few weeks, I've been struggling with my mental health, and my hygiene hasn't been great because of that. My husband kicked off and said that I'm disrespecting our relationship and boundaries and that he'll be staying in a hotel until I leave the apartment.

We've had issues like this before, but im tired of him not understanding that I just need a minute sometimes

Am I being inconsiderate?

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Hi everyone, just wondered if I’m being sensitive here.

I absolutely love my 10 week old and every minute spent with him, I absolutely love motherhood and even the crying and screaming doesn’t stress me. For that reason I do 24/7 baby care and the times my partner has him - I want him back!

My partner has started getting angry at me when he gets home from work if I’ve not done his dinner, or done the recycling or other household chores. Tonight for example, I’d messaged him saying I’ve got a freezer meal out for him - when he got back he said he wasn’t hungry. Fine. Then proceeds to get angry because his dinner wasn’t on the table…confused. Apparently all I’ve done today was hug the baby and go to a cafe (true…but I also walked the dog, emptied the dishwasher, did washing, sterilised 10 bottles and fed and changed our baby 20 times!). He thinks I’m just lazing around the house. He says I should just let the baby cry while I do the chores. No.

He’s got angry at me several times now and I’m struggling to get dinner ready and do everything else with the baby. He said “our mums did it why can’t you”. Both our mums were stay at home parents so I guess he’s right.

How do you do it?! I just can’t seem to get everything done, I’m failing massively. I go back to work in June next year so have some time to work it out. I feel under such pressure to be a perfect housewife for my maternity leave, but I do think he’s being a bit unfair saying I do nothing. He wants me to do everything around the house so any tips welcome on how the hell I do that with a 10 week old and a massive dog.

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Letting my grandmother move in with us was the worst decision ever. My husband works nights and is supposed to take our daughter when he wakes up in the morning so I can have a break for a couple hours but now every time he wakes up she finds something she needs him to do so I'm left taking care of a screaming child 24/7 all alone cause by the time he finishes what she needs it's time for him to go to work. I never get a break and it's making it impossible for me to enjoy being a mom cause I'm basically being a single parent while still being married. I'm exhausted and tired of being all alone

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Do I have a right to be angry or am i over reacting?

Evening park trip with the kids and partner (4 kids 10 and under). The 3 year old is non verbal and a fear of dogs. My partner is about 10ft away in the van dorectly facing where we are and watching. A dog off a lead runs full speed towards us she is hysterical before the dog gets close. My son starts screaming i grab them all behind me at the sane time im pushing this dog away who keepc comimg back. At one point i had to swing my daughter by her arm quickly away to stop the dog touching her as he went for her. The man who owns the dog just slowky walked over n slowly got his dog, didnt seem to care and said absolutely nothing and then I look at my partner n say what the actual fuck? Why are you just sitting there? He said what do you want me to do. Both children who were crying and screaming are autistic too and one non verbal and no understanding. My non verbal child already struggles in social situations and jumpy this is now going to make her even more scared to be outside. The man could also see his dog running towards us a mile off n did nothing to try call his dog back or stop it.

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What y’all think.. Is he ungrateful or Am I not understanding ??

Ladies have yall had to deal with things from your significant other that you had no part of. Well let me tell yall what I’ve been going through.
When my dude gets very upset he start breaking shit. I’ve told him numerous of times that he needs to see someone about his anger issues cause it’s really a damn problem then after the shit broken he wants to have an attitude that the shit broken, like it’s my fault. Mine yall he has broken 6 phones and all being very expensive (3 Samsung notes and 3 iPhones), 2 65 in. TVs, a brand new computer desk and the gaming desk. This all since we’ve been together and out of everything this year he recently broke two iphones both his, the gaming chair and table ( which I brought for his bday last year $1200), & tv (Samsung $800)… then my dumb ass turned around and bought it again after he broke it along with steering wheel ($300). He brought his own tv. So mine yall I didn’t buy him another phone since he wanna keep breaking shit. So he been without a phone for a few months and we talked whenever he was around WiFi from our daughter play phone. He was mad about him not being able to contact me and everybody have iPads and tablets and him not having one. So me being me, I ordered him a nice Samsung A9 tablet but he was so ungrateful because Amazon sent the wrong case and wanted what he wanted. Then tried to break it cause the case he wanted was on back order. Then got pissed cause he still don’t have a phone. I’m like well I shouldn’t have gotten the tablet if you gone be like this. Went to metro to see if we can find a new phone cause the places that fixed phones said that his phone can be fix but he gone always have issues with it and it best to get a new one. While there got him a tablet case and no phone due to the one he wanted wasn’t in stock waiting on shipment to come. Went home to see if I can order him one thru Tmobile on my account he didn’t want that. Eventually he found what he wanted at Verizon but still had an attitude cause he had to wait til Monday that just left and it was ordered last week Thursday. He tells me I’m idc if he has things and blah blah blah I’m so over this. Am I not being understanding and accommodating or his being very selfish and ungrateful? I told him moving forward I won’t be doing shit else he’s worse than the children breaking shit then getting mad. I won’t be replacing anything else cause everything I buy he continuously destroys with no remorse so fuck going out my way to please and do for him. I replace more shit with him than the kids. I still have gotten my son a new complete setup but did his twice. Nope not no more. I’m focusing on rebuilding for my kids and fuck trying to make sure he’s good.

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Safety/trafficking/scouting

I had a situation at the park and I’m not sure if I’m overreacting
There was a 5 yr girl that migrated to me and my 1.5 yr old. we were playing in a pile of leafs. She had a camera around her and really tiny outfit that most adults wouldn’t wear. No judgement just hard not to notice. The girl sorta circled us then came and sat in the puddle of leafs we were in outside of park a bit of a distance but in eye sight of her mom.
After sitting with us for a short period of time playing with leafs, when we started walking away from park she stared taking pictures. Very close to his face. Maybe 5 to ten. Then a picture of his eyes and lips she said it out loud taking it. “Eyes and lips”
The Mom was foreign She was on her phone the whole time! Didn’t look up once for 20 mins she was with a 2 yr old on swings
they were leaving and I asked her what the time was stuttered and
appeared nervous now that I think back to it.
And i didn’t see if the left when they got in there car. so they could have easily followed me to see where I live.

Am I tripping or is that weird?
I thought this little girl is just being creative with camera then I started to think about it more and more and am becoming more and more bothered.

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