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Ladies, I think am a horrible host. Should I?

My MIL is staying with us for a few months. I told her multiple times that the fridge is full, feel free to grab anything whenever she wants. She just sits in her room and waits for us to call her for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She does not interact much with the kids due to the language barrier. I just feel so an...

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Dinner

Last nights dinner, did peel skin of sausages before eating (17 months)

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need to stop being a lazy mum

guys i am a pure lazy mum / person like idk what it is but it’s like i’m never wanna play with my daughter all i wanna do is sit around on my phone her on the ipad ( which i do hate but i’m just lazy) like i can’t explain it i try to focus on playing with her but my mind just goes i need to watch this i need t...

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Would this annoy you?

I have lovely in-laws but whenever they visit or we visit them all my partner and them do is talk about people from their old neighbourhood where they used to live and reminisce on old times… I’ve been with him 6 years and heard ALL the stories over and over plus all the updates on these people I don’t know! Even wh...

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Lazy parenting

I always wake up with our son in the morning. Even if I try to get his dad to get him he refuses to wake up. Last night I also got up in the night and spent 30 mins settling our son back to sleep (he normally sleeps through). So when he woke up this morning, crying and very upset, I shoved his dad until he woke up a...

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Husbands friend

My husband sees his friend on the day I work every week. He goes for lunch with our toddler to the pub with his friends every week . He also expects me to go out for dinner with them often but the problem is they don't like me. I can tell and I keep saying to him i don't want to be forced to go because it's so awkwa...

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School and behaviour

Hi everyone any help appreciated since going back school and going going back into a bigger class reception class my little girl is struggling, she’s having good days but then bad days she will just either push or hit if someone annoys her or takes somethings the teachers have made this a bigger deal and wanna refer...

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Victim

Why do MILs play victim!!! My son turned 1 a couple of days ago. Very little effort has been made all his life and we haven’t heard much from them. But to say ‘I didn’t know I was invited to come over’ when we mentioned I briefly prior to going away that they can come over today to see him. Do I stop playing th...

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Ignoring a child

Heya So I need help with something , I’m trying to find out how to word something . I’ve read about this recently due to the situation I’m in but now I can’t think what it was called . Basically , I want to know what it’s called when a adult is angry with another adult so they chose to ignore the adult their ang...

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Is this normal?

TMI but is it normal to be struggling to make it to the bathroom in time and peeing in your underwear at 4 days post partum? We welcome our baby girl on the afternoon of the 1st October🥰

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Screen time

How does everyone go about screen time? My little one is 2 months old and family at home put her in front of the tv and she loves it when she’s awake Are there any activities I can do instead of putting her in front of the tv during her wake windows?

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When they think they know how to parent better than you... 🎫🎫

This used to be an issue I suffered with... I've got kids from different Dad's, and I can say I'm not a huge fan of in laws 🤣 in laws are easier to deal with when they aren't your in laws anymore... weird or a coincidence, idk... they kinda have no choice but to be nice, though... 😅 Anyhow, I repeatedly had this…

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Potty training! 🌸

Hey, so my baby is 11 months old and we started potty training 2 weeks ago and I was just curious if you have some advice or any more tips? Especially how we should handle this outside 🤭 I appreciate anything! 🥰🩷

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What age did parents potty train their child

What age did people potty train their child,

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Christmas present ideas

Hey October mams. What are you getting your little ones for Christmas. I feel my boy is getting bored of his toys now and they aren’t engaging him. Any ideas would be great. We have sorted his birthday pressies out. On to Christmas now 🤣

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Activities 17 m old

Hey mums, I am having some problems keeping my 17 month old entertained lol! He just not interested in any of his toys! (There is lots of these btw) I’m just wondering if any mums have any activities I could put together for him to keep him busy..

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