I’m only asking as I have been told by 2 different family members
1. Empty after every use for hygiene purposes
2. Let it sit for a while as the child will think if you get rid of it immediately that you are not proud and are effectively flushing there achievement down the drain.
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My daughter gets excited to flush her wee down the toilet🤣

Gets emptied immediately I’m not having that sitting there and risk the chance accidentally kicking it and knocking it everywhere 😂 my little one gets excited to flush it down the toilet, we make a big deal of it when he’s done one and then we clean it together. They need to learn to flush straight after themselves anyway.
The other day me and my partner was talking so I didn’t immediately empty it but turned round and my son was emptying it anyway 😂
My fiance (yes we were engaged) eft me last night. He ended our 6 year relationship and told me he doesn't love me anymore and can't stay with me just for the sake of baby.
I haven't slept all night I'm heartbroken and devastated and feel so blindsided as we wasn't even arguing at the time.
I feel sick with anxiety about the future and what this will look like for me and 15 month old. We're not married so I don't think I have many rights. I worried about my finances and losing our home etc.
Not to mention the loss of what I thought was my forever love.
It was out the blue but said he's hasn't been happy for months.
I'm broken. I genuinely thought we were in a good place.
I don't know what to do, I can't stop crying and I just want to get happy and 100% for my son

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Anyone else getting the overwhelming feeling like they just cant do it. I’m nearly 3 weeks in and I’m exhausting and feeling unwell.
I was in the hospital last few days due to an infection and feeling faint.
I felt better and went home, woken up this morning just feeling like shit again and rundown and hot.
Every time I ask my partner for some helps it is met with a “sigh” and he goes “I’m tired too and I’m working”
When I came back home house was still messy.
I have such back pain, extremely sore nipples, feverish but don’t have a fever and just so unwell.
At night baby is on myside I feed her and change her. Me and partner argue becuase he says he does everything and is running around but I don’t see it that way.
I’m feeling more disconnected to my baby and just cry a lot cause I’m in so much pain and exhaustion. The slight thought of regret having a baby is coming to mind and I feel so bad.
Anyone have any advice?
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Im 10 months pp ftm and I am sooo overwhelmed with the stress of it all. I love my baby so much but I have such long days until my husband gets home so I manage everything alone, take care of the home, baby, dog, myself (lol barley) the mental load is exhausting. I feel like I need a break but there is no off button. I am so so overwhelmed then I feel guilty for feeling this way :( motherhood is so hard
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Am loosing it
I will be resuming back to work soon
Myself and my partner works full time
I work day shift and he does night shift
Now my partner is saying , he won’t be able to look after the baby while I am work cos he needs the day to himself to catch up with his sleep
He is insisting we take her to a daycare during the pay and that we must spilt the cost of daycare 50/50
I think that is being selfish 🤦🏻♀️
It is reasonable or I am just overthinking ?
Mums how do you plan with your partner on childcare while at work
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Hey guys. My little one is 1 year and 3 days now. Having him was physically and mentally straining for me. Infections, dangerously low iron and folic levels and an all around mental roller-coaster. But I love him with all my being.
For a few months now ive been incredibly broody. Every time I look at my boy I am hit with an overwhelming want for another baby.
Financially its not really an option and admittedly im scared of the same things happening to me if im to have another. But I keep catching myself checking for ovulation windows and period timelines on my app that I use. Like im a robot being controlled loll.
My partner though is completely against having another one just now. "Let's wait until hes 5 like we talked about to see if we could do it again"
Hes not wrong. At all. But OMG I cant help it right now. Is anyone else having this issue? Because I just feel alone in my feelings right now and it feels like a room full of people just avoiding me completely

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I just bought my 2 year old Tom’s toothpaste with fluoride in it. Is it ok if I use it and he doesn’t know how to spit yet? I barely used for the first time today. Also does anyone know what that spray is called that you use when baby falls asleep and can’t brush their teeth in the night
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