Would you take your 2/3 week old to a family birthday event?

My husband’s uncle is having a big birthday trip (2-3hrs drive away) for two nights, there will be between 20-40 people, maybe more, and young kids who attend day care (nothing wrong with this but I’m just cautious of the germs around a newborn). I’m heavily leaning towards not going as I’ll probably still be recovering, and together with the drive, germs and numerous family members who don’t give a shit about boundaries feels like a no no. Curious as to what you would do?

in our community

When to intervene?

There is a family lives two doors down from us and they have 3 kids, a boy, a girl and a baby. The girl cries a lot and it often sounds like she’s being neglected by her own parents. Like she would just let her cry. It happens a lot from evening to nighttime, and it would last between 5-10+ minutes. I once heard them from our garden when the little girl was crying and her mum was banging loudly on something a few times and shouted at her. I know they’re Muslim because she’s got the hijab on. It’s always just the little girl crying in distress.

Almost every night.

I do hear her laughing, but it’s so rare.

What do you think I should do?

I live in the UK btw. I thought about knocking to check on her but I don’t know if it’s safe to do? I have met the dad in the playground before with his older son and he sounded like he loves his son and his wife. It’s just the mum? Idk.

Do you think a kid should have juice as the “special occasion drink” or pop?

I saw a TikTok the other day where a mum was sharing her rules as a ‘strict’ parent.

her kids ONLY drink water, unless it’s a special occasion/meal, then they’re allowed juice. NEVER pop.

( her children get sugar through other things like fruit, snacks, etc. )

I know most mums allow their kids to drink water AND juice, then pop is what they’re only allowed during a special occasion/meal.

Im currently carrying my first child, so not just there yet. However, I plan on doing only water.

What are your rules?

weaning struggles 💔

Hiii i am a first time mum and my daughter is 7 months old. She has been weaning perfectly, loves food, loves being messy, loves shoving everything in her mouth at once but recently it’s like she’s not interested in it. Is she bored of what i’m feeding her? Am i doing something wrong? any answers or advice would be amazing please as i feel like this is effecting her weight gain also 😕

Iron rich plates

My 12 month old has low iron. Anyone have any iron rich plates/meals that you recommend? Anything from breakfast, lunch, or dinner is appreciated. Thank you. 🙏

Advice (unfaithful?) - what would you think/do?

Ladies, I'd like some advice on what you would do/think..so I've been in a long-term relationship with my partner, but I have noticed over the last few years that he's become more secretive with his second phone.

So much so that whenever I come into the room, he always put the phone straight to the homepage for me to not see what he was doing. I thought it was a one off but I've realised its actually become a pattern.

Earlier in our relationship, he told me the password to this phone and didn't mind me going into it (even though I only ever went on it in his presence), but the change in his behaviour with this phone came along the same time as when he changed the password.

I've tried to confront him about it but he always finds an excuse, and never tries to reassure me of his loyalty.

When I ask him about it, he says that I'm the one who's forgotten the password and that he hasn't changed it but is adamant about me not seeing or accessing the phone.

Am I wrong to assume he's been unfaithful, entertaining someone he doesn’t want me to know about?

(And for a slight context, a few years ago, he actually told me he set up a dating profile on the same phone to help a friend who isn't good at talking to women).

Montessori and Waldorf

I got a wild hair today and now I want to throw away ALL the kids’ toys and completely switch to Montessori/Waldorf-style play 😂😂

Like… suddenly I’m looking at every loud, plastic, battery-operated toy in this house thinking, “Do we REALLY need this?” 😂

I just want simple, open-ended, beautiful toys that encourage imagination, independence, creativity, and actually grow with them. So apparently I’ve entered my “let me reorganize the entire playroom and rethink our whole approach to play” era. 🤣

Please tell me I’m not the only mom who gets these random wild hairs!!