Toddler & Child

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I want to divorce him but…

Hey mamas, I don’t know how to explain this without sounding like a psycho but I am terrified of divorcing him. I have been sick and tired of him, we have a 2 year old. He doesn’t even care if we exist, he is never home. Only comes home for 2-3 days a month. But lately he has been home more often because his job has...

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I think my relationship is done

I’m 7 weeks pp, and with the ‘joys’ of motherhood, living with family and having a partner who I feel disconnected with, I’m thinking of ending my relationship. What’s everyone’s experiences like. For context, me and my partner were happy in love, we had an amazing pregnancy but we’re both miserable now. It’s litera...

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What happened?

So my partner catches up with work friends once a year. This is the 3rd year. First year I wasn't invited, 2nd year I wasn't initially invited but 2 days before I asked if he was taking our son and that's when he told me I was invited. This year, he mentioned the date and location 2 weeks ago. It is today. So on ...

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BLW

do you guys let your baby just snack out sometimes lol cheese puffs, chocolate cake & tomatoes 😂

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Would you be upset?

So I'm a SAHM and have a 3 year old. He is currently a handful, and I've been severely struggling. I went out last night, and my partner stayed with our son. He ended up wreaking havoc and broke our TV. Continued being a handful this morning. I joked to my partner, "Do I get a medal for dealing with this every da...

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We work the same number of hours at jobs that are equally strenuous. Should the person who makes more money do less work in the home?

Help me settle this

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Do you mop your floors with boiling water and cleaner?

My sister just called me extra for doing it.

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baby suddenly fussy and arching back (advice please)

my boy is 7.5 months and the past 5-6 weeks he hasn’t been sleeping well. NOW the past week or so he is squealing crying, grunting and arching his back, will not eat, sleep and is super difficult to settle. he has been on puree/solids since he was 5 months old and hasn’t tried new foods recently. does anyone rela...

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Advice on having a second!

Hi Everyone! I've been thinking more and more about having another baby, my little boy is 8 months and I want him to have time on his own before we have another. I also had a VERY traumatic pregnancy and labour which ended in an emergency C-section and was told to wait 3 years before trying for a second. I'm a stay ...

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Need advice. I'm not sure if I m to sensative

I m a mother with 2 beautiful kids, and I have a friend who my firstborn is similar ages to her son. However, the thing is, every time she sees my son, she compares him to her son in Inregard to sharing , words ,toilet training ,his behaviours and she always looks at him strangely. She has been trying so hard to fal...

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Easter ideas without chocolate or sugar?

Hi everyone my partner thinks 18mo is too young for any easter chocolate so wondering if anyone has any ideas what we can give him? Last year he was just starting solids so we did an egg hunt with boiled actual eggs and he didn't even eat them 😅 Now he can eat eggs but he absolutely hates them 😅 he likes yoghurt,…

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What to give to gain weight

My baby is 10 months old, At her appointment she weigh 8.19kg doctor is concerned and again appointment at 27may, What should i give her to eat to gain weight? She likes food mostly. please thankyou

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Holiday

Hi I'm taking my 6 month old on holiday in just over a month to Greece was hoping for some advice on what's important to take or some tips for travelling ect thanks

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Is it pretty normal for 2 year old to stop eating as well as they did before?

Not necessarily picky eating but my son just doesn’t seem to have the desire to eat. I’ll offer say a hotdog for lunch which he used to love and now he says no. Last night was the first night in a while that he actually did really good on eating dinner and we had pasta but I offered pasta for lunch and he said no 🤷

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Toddler keeps having fevers on and off and is grumpy no other symptoms her temp rn is 100.4 is it just teething?

She has a tooth that looks like it’s trying to come through the gums and she keeps trying to eat our wooden gate I’m going insane trying to figure out what it is it’s the third day The temp is usually in 99s F but now it’s 100.4

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Preschool

SAHM are you sending your little one to preschool this fall? I’m on the fence as a SAHM and with her only being 2.5 years old.

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