Weekend getaway

I want to plan a weekend getaway with my husband and 5 months old baby.
Somewhere within England where we can travel via train,
I am a first time mum and I haven’t been on a vacation before or done anything like it in the past.
I need recommendations on affordable places we can visit and stay, estimated cost and any general tips.

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9 month old not eating

Hello!

Our little one was doing so well with food, loved his purees in all flavours and did bits of self feeding. All of a sudden he’s not taking any meals, won’t even let you go near him with a spoon and chucks any food we give him as finger food to the floor without even trying near his mouth.

We know if we gave him a sweet puree he’d most likely take it. But don’t want him to get used to this and only eat fruit flavours? What do we do? If he doesn’t have what we offer in terms of savoury just leave him or do we give in and give him what he likes so at least tries to have some solids?

Days out for me and little boy

Hi guys looking for some ideas, me and my little boy live in Leominster and we are constantly stuck in the house as my partner has to work most days and we are getting very bored is there anything me and my almost 15 month old little boy can do in the area or around Hereford with in walking distance or train please

Is there something wrong with me?

My partner is great, he's emotionally mature, understanding, provides as much as he can and he's quite sweet and sentimental. We definitely have a "golden retriever/black cat" dynamic because I am quite blunt, sassy, direct and nonchalant. We've been together for a year and met when I was pregnant (my son's sperm donor has not been in the picture since I ended it at 10 weeks pregnant). I never really expected a relationship to happen when we met but it did and he's got an amazing relationship with my son and sees him as his own. I've struggled with PPD and PPA severely since having my son and he's been there trying his best to help me get through it - like everyone says to me that he's a great man and to keep him etc and I agree, I love him a lot and can't actually see my future without him.

The issue is my actions are not mirroring how I feel in my opinion. I feel like get frustrated with him so easily. We don't live together and because of his work schedule sometimes he's around so much and sometimes I just don't see him. He always says he's going to try to be around more and I think I just keep getting disappointed by him. And he really tries to help when he's here by washing dishes and bottles and cleaning up but a lot of the times the bottles still have dried milk left at the bottom when I go to use them and stuff and it's so frustrating because I keep having to repeat myself - it seems like the time we spend together is me complaining about him offering to do things and then doing it half assed and I feel really bad.

Sometimes when he calls I just don't want to talk because I'm always tired looking after the bubba or he calls me late at night or when I'm trying to sleep and I just find it annoying - I try to be understanding about his work schedule but sometimes I find myself getting annoyed by it and that fact that he doesn't know how to say no to his boss and ends up working ridiculous hours.

We also have little clashes about superficial things like grooming and the clothes that he wears and sometimes hygiene - just stuff like wearing work clothes outside of work and just generally looking presentable when we go to see family or something (but I was raised by a mum who wore heels to the supermarket so that's probably just me 😂) but sometimes I find myself wondering what it would be like to be with someone else who understands these values that I have and I feel bad. I just feel like I love him but just not as much as he loves me ? Maybe I just don't appreciate him enough? Or is it also to do with postpartum hormones ?

Sorry for the rant 😂

Does a working father not have to be a dad

Long Rant: So personally, I feel like a father has matching DNA 🧬 and a Dad actually spends time raising a child. So with that being said, does going to work everyday exempt a man from physically doing things for the children? Like, he doesn't attempt to get up when the baby cries. If I mention that the baby's hungry or needs his diaper changed, he doesn't budge. He'll tell me to pass him the baby if he's really screaming on me (gotta take it personal), then I'm expected to make the bottle or get the diaper and handle business. Like he doesn't show any effort. At least attempt and let me tell you I'll handle it, because you worked all day. Like I don't get an hour to myself ever! I wanna get to the point where I don't even expect him to do anything. I'm really on my own when it comes to physically caring for Our child. Is this how men really be?

Poison control on speed dial

I'm trying to not feel like a bad mom. I have had to call poison control 5 times this month. I had left the baby's amoxicillin in the drawer of the changing table so I could easily give him his medicine. While going to the bathroom my daughter the April baby came in saying she drank the juice all proud apparently in my sleep deprived state I didn't get the lid on all the way and she chugged it. After poison control and a hospital visit later she turned out just fine.then she proceeded to find vitamins I forgot were in my beside table a steroid cream given for a rash she had a few months back. Then after a thorough sweet of the house and making sure everything was baby proofed or so I thought she pushed a giant box to the kitchen counter climbed up (while mind you I'm changing little man's poopy diaper) opened the cabinet climbed it like a monkey just to grab my lactation pills and bite into one. And then tonight the cherry on top I'm cleaning highchairs and need more paper towels and she sprays the Lysol directly into her eyes. Is anyone else's toddlers doubling down on trying to kill themselves

ground turkey and sweet potatoes

has any other moms seen this diet on tik tok or reels?
my husband and I are trying it out and it’s been a week and we both already feel so much better!
wondering if any other moms want to try this too and we can keep each other on track and accountable 🫶