Father in law giving sweets to grandchildren

My father in law gave my nearly 4 year old some sweets the other day and he said “in this bag is your baby sisters share”. Her baby sister is only 6 months old so I had to reinforce to her to not give her sister otherwise she can choke. My eldest daughter doesn’t fully understand risks etc. would you be annoyed with father in law? I’m very angry even though he was probably joking. Or am I overreacting.

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Have taken Eva to the pharmacist, A&E and the GP. They all said the external one is impetigo which I agree with. For her tongue (it looked a bit different yesterday and the day before when they saw it) one said dehydration and one said thrush. Chatgpt now says Gingivostomatitis? She can’t eat anything from the pain and antibiotics and thrush medication haven’t helped. Taking her again to the GP in a few hours. 🙁

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My baby is currently 6 months old, and I’m already thinking about going back to work when he’s around 12 months.

Honestly, I don’t really want to leave him at nursery this young, but I also want to continue building my career.

For mums who started nursery around 1 year old — how did you find it? Did you feel like it affected your bond with your baby, or did you both adjust okay?

am i over reacting or ?

my bf just told me i need to go on walks because all i do is lay around and sleep... when i work full time still, manage to take the dog out when it's time and actively clean up around the house ?! i got upset bc it's like he's implying i don't do anything but sleep/ lay around but i only do on my days off... when all of it was a reminder to do his hair when he gets off work ? tb "you can go on a walk bc your body will be tired a lot some i'm not used, im playing around bc i used to burn 400+ calories a day".

Anyone working from home and raising a toddler?

I've been working full time from home since covid hit in 2020 and now have a 1 year old that I am raising. It's a challenge balancing work and being a mom/wife. But I struggle with the idea of putting my daughter in daycare. Anyone else in the same boat? If so, how are you coping? What are some tips that make things easier?

Father in law giving sweets to grandchildren

I’m really struggling with my relationship — what would you do?

I’m posting this anonymously because I’m really struggling and would genuinely value some honest advice from other mums. ❤️

I’ve been with my partner for years and we have a 3-year-old daughter together. The biggest issue in our relationship has always been his relationship with alcohol. Before having our daughter, there were some really bad incidents where drinking and going out with friends seemed to take priority over our relationship.

Things did improve after having our daughter and the incidents became less frequent, but whenever he does go out drinking, I’m filled with anxiety because I never know what state he’s going to come home in.

Mother’s Day was particularly awful. He came home extremely drunk, was sick and urinated on the sofa, despite me repeatedly asking him not to get into that state. It completely ruined the day for me.

Then this weekend it happened again. He went out drinking and ended up walking home. I noticed through his location that he had been in the same place for around 30 minutes and couldn’t get hold of him. I was so worried that I contacted the police, but ultimately ended up getting my 3-year-old out of bed and driving around looking for him because I didn’t know what else to do.

Eventually he came home, clearly having passed out or fallen asleep somewhere, and then passed out on our brand-new sofa and urinated on it. The next morning he was still intoxicated and spoke to me horribly. This all happened with our daughter around, which is something I’m finding particularly difficult to deal with.

Now, as always, he’s saying he’s sorry and that he’s going to get help and stop drinking. But I’ve heard this before. This has been going on for years, and I’m struggling to believe that anything will actually change.

What hurts me most is that I feel like he has a choice. He could go out, have a few drinks and come home safely to his family — but instead he repeatedly gets himself into a state where I’m left worrying, cleaning up the consequences and dealing with the emotional fallout.

I desperately want to keep our family together. This is the only family life my daughter has ever known, and that makes the thought of leaving incredibly painful. But I also know I can’t keep living like this, and I can already see that it’s having an impact on my daughter.

I’m feeling completely torn and honestly don’t know what I should do anymore.

If you were in my position, what would you do? Would you give him another chance if he genuinely sought help, or would years of broken promises be enough for you to walk away?

Please be kind — I’m really struggling and just looking for honest advice from people who may have been through something similar. ❤️

Father in law giving sweets to grandchildren

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Any ideas what this is?

nursery this young

am i over reacting or ?

Anyone working from home and raising a toddler?

Father in law giving sweets to grandchildren

I’m really struggling with my relationship — what would you do?