Who am i?

Hey ladies, I'm currently 2 months pp. Ive completely lost myself. I use to be a catering manager who was always on the go. I took pride in my looks, I had an hour glass figure with long think blonde hair. I would always have my make up and hair on point and took pride in my job. Once I got pregnant I was always tired and working 50 hours a week some times running on 3 hours of sleep, I just stopped caring. I didn't do my make up, I stopped doing my hair. Now im 2 months pp and a stay at home mom. I gave up my job to raise my daughter. Don't get me wrong, I chose to stay home and im so thankful I spend every precious minute with her. I was looking through old photos and i miss her. I know ill never get that girl back and i think thats the only thing thats really been hard about this. I dont know who I am anymore. I use to be care free to look in the mirror and think "shes the shit" now, im just a 27 pounds heavier girl who hasn't shaved her legs in a hot minute and went a whole week with out brushing her hair. How do we find our self again or how do we learn to love this version of ourselves.

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At what age is baby ready for sit down restaurants?

My birthday was in the middle of my pregnancy so I couldn't do my typical birthday dinner at my favorite sit down restaurant and we planned to do it after I had baby. He's 7 weeks tomorrow and I feel like it's still too early to go bc he'd be in his car seat most of the time, which tbh he doesn't mind, he loves his car seat but i don't like him to be in there for too long.

Scared to leave baby with partner?

Is anyone else scared to leave their baby with their partner for long periods of time? My partner is so supportive and he is absolutely amazing with our little one however he is still very colicky and I know my husband doesn’t have the same level of patience as me and will loose his temper. He would never ever become aggressive towards the baby but his stress levels would rise to the max then I feel guilty. Sometimes I could deal with it all day then he gets like this after an hour of being with the baby when he finishes work so then I feel guilty needing that moment??

Help, baby foods

Hi! FTM, my son is 4 months old, I want to start him on SOME baby food before his dad starts getting him on his own so it’s not completely dependent on bottles because his dad doesn’t even know how to make a bottle… I was going to start him around 5 months to give him a month on some foods before his dad starts getting him for multiple days, any tips, advice or suggestions to ease the transition? He is allergic to dairy and have a very sensitive stomach (another reason why I wanted to start giving him some because I’m not sure that his dad wouldn’t just give him all kinds of things behind my back ands cause problems with his stomach…)

What gives a more positive first vibe (UK ish)

30 hours funded childcare for non working parents/a household with a non working parent

Or

45 hour funded childcare for working twin parents specifically for the 'extra twin' the first one would just get the standard 30 hours funded.

Just pondering based on the other poll.

Calendar App

I’m looking at getting an online calendar, preferably an app to share childcare arrangements with everyone involved in my daughter’s care.

Has anyone got any recommendations?

My 2 year old doesn’t know how to play with other little children around the same age!!

My 2 year old is used to older children and plays happily with them however we’ve just come back from a little caravan holiday and whilst we were there she was playing on the park whilst another little girl was also playing rather than trying to interact she would come over to me and her dad and tell us the little girl wanted to play with her but wouldn’t actually play and would just stand there awkwardly and run away from the other child. How do I help this?