4th birthday party ideas for boy?

Want something a bit different this year - we’ve done village halls & soft play. For a mix of ages 3-8. Aprox 15 kids.

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Opinions please???????

As a stay-at-home mum, I struggled with loneliness and feeling like I wasn’t contributing financially after leaving work to raise my child. I eventually found a way to make good money from home, and honestly, we’re doing even better now.

I have a friend who’s also a stay-at-home mum, and she wants me to teach her what I do. My husband, however, doesn’t want me to because he’s concerned about my safety. What do you think I should do?

Husband & an Amsterdam trip

My husband wants to go to Amsterdam with work friends, including women he works with. He cheated on me romantically 5 years ago, and although we worked through it, he refused to ever tell me who the other woman was. He’s also admitted he wouldn’t like it if I went to Amsterdam with male friends.

We’ve been to Amsterdam together several times and have previously smoked weed, eaten space cakes and taken shrooms there, as well as walking through the red light district. So I know what the nightlife can be like and I know he’ll likely be doing drugs while he’s there, rather than this just being a normal sightseeing/work friends trip.

He’ll also be missing my grandma’s 90th birthday party to go, which makes me feel even more conflicted.

Am I unreasonable for feeling really uncomfortable about him going, given our history and everything involved?

Childminder vs Nursery

My baby is 8 months and currently we do have a place at a nursery and one on hold with a childminder.

The nursery is a bit further about 20 mins from my home and can only do 3 days a week there and can’t start until mid April.

The childminder is 10 minutes from home and she has 2 other workers there with her. She has availability for all week and he can start in January.

I won’t require all week as I’m only going back for 3 days but debating whether to put him in for 4 days so I have a day to be able to do housework etc.

Have others gone with either and how have you found it?

Nursery outings

Those with babies in nursery. How often are they offered a walk or trip out whilst in nursery please? When my husband and I were choosing a nursery for us it was important they offered outings or walks as we don’t like the idea of our son indoors all the time. We were told they do however he’s been there 9 weeks and not gone out once. The 2 days he isn’t in they’re going out. I raised it the other week but I’m not sure whether to mention it again as it seems so unfair. The nursery has a small yard but only goes out for a short time each day

Experiences with Busy Bees nursery?

My sons been at a Busy Bees nursery since the beginning of August and would love to hear about other mums’ experiences. So far I’m filled with apprehension because he’s always upset when dropping him off and picking him up, whenever I’ve walked past the nursery at lunchtime (my office is next door) the kids have all been crying and I can see the nursery workers kind of just standing there and not interacting. They’ve also given me no updates on the app even though they keep saying everything’s on the app…

Baby’s first food

My 4 month old has never had anything except milk. We were planning to start her on solids from 6 months and start with veggies. Today my MIL took the baby for the day and my partner has now told me she gave the baby oranges and cherries to chew on without consulting with us first. She knew that we’ve never given the baby food. He did express that this was wrong to his mum and my MIL is lovely but a part of me feels weird about this lol I know it's not a big deal but hmm. Also can’t believe I missed my daughters first time tasting food 🥲