When does the messiness stop?

Started weaning for a few weeks now and baby prefers feeding himself. After each meal he is cover in food. The bib and high chair too. When does it get manageable? Feel like I can't go out now.

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Potty training

How do I teach my 2 year old boy to pee outside? He’s goes on the potty at home but how do I teach him to pee outside?

I have nowhere to go I'm financially dependent on him. I moved from a different country and got married to this a*****. He is so effing lazy. Comes from work and goes to the bed straight for the nap. Wakes up makes me serve his dinner, won't even make his plate. Eats. Plays some game and then goes back to bed. Snores loudly the whole night waking up the baby since we only live in a one bedroom apartment. When I tell him he disturbs the baby, he says that he snores because he is tired and can't control it. On the weekends. He comes home between his break for lunch. On the weekends he only plays games since it's his rest day and I have to serve him fresh lunch and dinner. Now he is saying that we should plan the next baby. I so fucking tired. I can't even work because I have to take care of the baby.

Is it just me or?

So this has really been irritating the f out me lately like anytime my bd goes somewhere and i ask him to charge his phone he don’t anwser then let it die. Like are you serious. If it was me he would TRIP TF OUT. But lord forbid I get mad cause u didn’t charge ur phone while ur over at ur friends house. like im 20 weeks prego with your daughter and have our 9 month old too. we need to be able to communicate. like he just let it die and then i dont hear from him til he charges it. I get so mad cause like wtf. Just so irritating. Anyone else deal with this or similar?

Literally the worst day possible

I swear I’m genuinely at the point of crying 😭 I’m doing everything I can as a low-income single mom and every time I feel like I’m finally getting my shit together, something else happens.

I finally leave my ex, he chooses his family over me and my son, three months ago he takes back the stroller and car seat because “he bought them.” Meanwhile he hasn’t contributed anything else. His mom literally called CPS 16 hours after I gave birth, they dealt with me for two months and then basically told me I was doing amazing, so I’m just like… cool well the stroller I just bought the straps broke. Walmart. Doesn’t want to refund me or let me buy a new one. Awesome.

Then this morning I get told my maternity benefits, child benefits AND income support are all being put on hold for three months unless I somehow produce 47,000 pieces of paperwork. I’m already scared to buy groceries because I don’t even know what money I actually have.

Maybe I’m just I’m cursed because today I sliced my finger, sprained my ankle, slammed my hand in the freezer, hit my head on a cupboard, stubbed my toe AND face-planted. Like??? 😭 I’m not even a super spiritual person but I’m starting to think I need an exorcism.

So I’m like wtf okaylet’s go to the library and get out of the house. We get there and I have to wait for THREE different groups of people to use the elevator with my baby and stroller because apparently walking 20 feet is impossible (they were all teenagers, laughing around goofing with their friends like the douchebag wannabe hoodlum type but you can tell not from the hood but wannabe I don’t know why kids are weird lol then it was too older ladies who were like you can wait for the next one the elevator fits five people and a stroller like it’s a big elevator. I was like oh goddamn, whatever )Then my bus/train tickets almost don’t work and my card isn’t working online.
This isn’t even half of what’s been happening just the tip of the iceberg

At this point I don’t need a miracle. I just need ONE NORMAL freaking week how about you 😭😂

Positive nursery stories..

Please can I have some positive stories of your child starting nursery?! It seems like all I hear is negative things about babies starting nursery. For example, babies refusing to eat and come home hungry, not settling for naps, the nursery not keeping the app updated accurately, drop offs being horrendous - this isn’t specific to my nursery but just experiences in general! My baby starts in a few weeks and he will be 10 months. We are going through a bit of a clingy phase so I’m worried, feeling anxious and tbh all the feels cos it’s heartbreaking the thought of handing him over!

Overwhelmed

feel completely broken tonight, and honestly, this isn’t just about today. I feel like this all the time.

I’m exhausted, in pain with my period, the baby is teething and has been crying all day. After my husband came home, I still did the shopping, put everything away, cleaned, cooked, washed the dishes, took the rubbish out and fed the baby. I only asked him to hold the baby for a few minutes while I finished the dishes, and he didn't do it ("he was tired").

I ended up breaking down, crying and throwing the TV remotes on the floor out of pure frustration. I’ve been crying for hours and he hasn’t even asked me what’s wrong.

I don’t need him to do everything for me. I just want affection. A long hug, a kiss with no expectations, some sweet words, a “How are you?” or “Come here, you’ve had a hard day.”

Instead, I feel like he only comes close when he wants something from me. And because this happens all the time, I’m starting to feel so much resentment that I can barely stand being around him.

I keep wondering if I’m asking for too much, but honestly, I just want to feel loved and seen by my own partner. 💔 And in the other side the girls i thought were my best friends, they haven't texted me in 10 months. I used to call them "sister". But after pregnancy i saw the tru face of everyone.

I don't know myself anymore.