What should I expect her to eat??

With finger foods what am I actually expecting my 7.5month old to eat? We started with purées at 6 months and I am transitioning to BLW but she doesn’t actually eat the finger foods.
She has tried a few things and she is happy to put them in her mouth and occasionally suck it but not chew and swallow. If she does bite a bit off, she moves it around her mouth a little and then spits it out. Is this ok for this age? Do I just carry on offering it until she gets the hang of chewing?

She has tried toast, broccoli, omelette strips & penne pasta

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Suspicious

I was cooking dinner and realized the tortillas we had were bad so I asked my husband on his way home to pick up tortillas. When he got home he said he forgot and was making sure that the tortillas I had were in fact bad- I could tell he didn’t want to go. Anyway he left and drove off next thing I know he’s back at the door and I was like oh did you forget your wallet and he said no and grabbed his phone . Mind you he has an Apple Watch and his wallet . I just thought how odd is that he already didn’t want to go back out to the store but yet turned back around to make sure he grabbed his phone. Just seems so suspicious like was he scared id see something or go in his phone. Am I thinking too much into this?
Btw the store is literally like 4min from our house.

How do you practice self control/emotional regulation as an adult? Apparently I was never taught and I’m struggling with my 4 1/2 year old

I really don’t want to say mean things to my child, but I’m really starting to snap and k regret it so much. Someone plz help teach me how to control my words. I cannot deal with these temper tantrums and defiance, I’m so exhausted.

What do you think about giving the unemployed 30 hours free childcare?

I'm personally annoyed at this. If they are unemployed, at home, claiming benefits then they can look after their own children.
My husband and I work our arses off, paying taxes and others can just sit at home and get everything given on a plate! Paid by me, us working people! What are your thoughts?

Last min holiday- would you do it?

Mums, would you book a last-minute holiday abroad for a week with your husband and two toddlers aged 2 and 3… if you had to leave in just 3 weeks?

Have you ever done this??

Feeling unsupported about my 19-month-old starting Early Intervention. How do you “mom up” when everyone disagrees with you?

I’m feeling really overwhelmed and could use some advice from other parents.

My daughter is 19 months old. She isn’t walking yet and doesn’t say many words. During her 18-month well-child visit, I brought up my concerns to her pediatrician, who referred us to Early Intervention. After her evaluation, they recommended speech therapy, physical therapy, and developmental services. They felt she would benefit from getting extra support now instead of waiting.

When I told my husband she would be evaluated by a speech therapist, physical therapist, and teacher, his first question was whether it was free. Then he told me I should just teach her those things myself. I explained that there’s nothing wrong with getting professional help, but he said “that’s not real life” and that he never had therapy when he was growing up.

I decided to move forward with Early Intervention anyway because I’d rather get help early than wait and regret it later.

To make things worse, later that day my husband’s parents mentioned that I had talked to the pediatrician about my concerns and acted like it was a non-issue. It made me feel like I was overreacting, even though both the pediatrician and the Early Intervention team recommended services. I told my husband about her physical therapy appointment, but I still haven’t told him about the in-home Early Intervention visit because I’m honestly nervous about how he’ll react.

It feels like every parenting decision turns into a debate.

For example, my cousin invited my daughter and me to the zoo with her two young boys. My mom immediately started telling me it was too hot, that my daughter wouldn’t remember it anyway, and even said that because she throws her stuffed animals around, there’s no point in taking her to see real animals. Then she brought up how she took me to Disneyland, Hawaii, and Las Vegas when I was 6 months old and I don’t remember any of it. I’m 34 years old now, so of course I don’t remember being a baby. That doesn’t mean those experiences weren’t worthwhile.

My daughter doesn’t get out much besides doctor appointments, grocery shopping, the occasional park, and birthday parties. I want her to experience new things.

Then there are other disagreements like apple juice, bottles, and so many other parenting decisions. It feels like I’m constantly defending choices that I believe are in my daughter’s best interest.

I’m just exhausted. How do you become more confident as a mom when it feels like everyone around you questions your decisions? How do you stop second-guessing yourself when your spouse and family seem to think you’re doing too much? Has anyone else dealt with this?

26 weeks pregnant and im doing everything alone

Anyone else out there have a baby daddy/bf/partner thats so addicted to video games and screen time that they take priority over you and your future child?
2 games in particular have ruined my damn relationship! Ive expressed my concerns and hes willing to go to couples therapy but he refuses to see anything wrong in his actions, his obsessive gaming, and being out for hours at a time, at all hours of the day and night.
Im getting a c section in october and he doesnt think im gonna need that much help postpartum. Im so fucked!