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Man leaves his 10, 6 and 1 year old children in a McDonald’s for 2 hours so he can go to a job interview?

Does he deserve jail time?

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Violent 2 year old

I can't cope anymore I don't know what to do and nobody is getting back in touch I've been waiting for the nursery nurse about help with behavior. I'm spending night time having clumps of hair ripper out and my face scratched up. She's violent with her sister out of no where. Her outbursts are uncontrollable. Please...

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2yo in high chair?

Okay, story time. I texted my best friend with a mini rant about how my husband gives my two year-old food to walk around with. This pmo because I don’t. If we have food, we sit at the table, which in our case is a counter with barstools because we are currently renting a smaller place. My toddler has the option t...

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Advice please!!!

My husband is away on a trip for work and he searched his room for an hour for signs of bed bugs before we got comfortable. Well the next morning he woke up to go to the bathroom and when he came back there was a bed bug literally sitting on the blanket on the bed. He immediately requested to move hotels with his jo...

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Showing some love!

I see a lot of post where husbands are just horrible and everything so I want to post something positive! Our daughter has been pretty sick the past couple of days and he took work off today to stay and help out with house chores and our daughter♥️ She’s been very glued to me while being sick making it so I can’t ge...

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Help please

How do I tell my partner I don’t love him anymore he’s is so nasty to me, but I don’t have the guts to leave him 🙈 but if I left him he would still be nasty 🙈🙈🙈

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Am I dumb ?

Honestly, please don't judge me. But why is it that I can be cleaning and my son will play by himself, but as soon as I sit down, he forgets he can play by himself?

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Food

My baby is just turned 6 months, I have no idea what is okay and isn’t ok to feed her, I buy her purées and I give her bananas, but my midwife said I should just give her what I eat, however idk what she can eat without choking without me staring at her the entire time. I gave her a boil carrot And all she did was...

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How are we teaching "no"🥲

My baby keeps trying to play with things in the house that are dangerous. Wires, fireplace, etc. Whenever I see him crawl towards it I tell him "no" and he finds it hilarious and grins/laughs at me then goes to carry on. So I say "no" again and pick him up, move him away and try to re-direct to his toys. But he beco...

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Spaghetti and meatballs

I’m planning on feeding my 6 month old the same as us, we are having spaghetti meatballs and tomato sauce. I’m aware the spaghetti needs to be cute up into small pieces but how do I serve the meatballs?

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Childcare hours

Has anyone had problems with UC paying back the 85% childcare hours? I’ve been back and forth with them and they’ve said it’ll go in on the 1st and it hasn’t gone in? HELP

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Stressed :(

I’ve been feeling a bit stressed lately by what I see on social media about what my almost one-year-old “should” be doing. When it comes to food, he still relies on four 8oz feeds a day and isn’t the best eater. I offer him three meals, and while he tries most of it, I don’t feel ready to drop any feeds. But seeing...

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Toys for 2.5 boy who loves cars and building things!!

I need some inspo I don’t know what to get my little man at this stage, what is something your little one loves or loved at this age ❤️

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Tips for working from home while taking care of a toddler?

I work from home full time, and the past 4 days our day care has cancelled on us due to not having power. They aren’t expecting to get power back until Thursday night and I am struggling so bad… I’m falling behind at work and I’m nervous my boss is going to start noticing 🥲 Please send help

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Anyone else feel cat-fished by their in-laws 🤣

Anyone else feel their in-laws aren't what you first thought?

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Dinner refusal

Hi everyone, looking for some help please. My LO was a good eater. She eats well for breakfast and lunch has cereal, toast, bananas, loads of Berries, oranges. Lunch can be cheese, yoghurts, beans, scrambled egg, rice cakes etc. But I cannot get her to eat any dinner food, potatoes, veg, meat, rice, noodles nothing....

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Birthday Party

I had my little boy’s first birthday party and invited family and friends. A friend of mine told me that she and her husband would come. I was very excited. Every time she had a birthday get together for herself I would go. I’ve gone to numerous birthday get togethers and dinners for her. The night before my son’s b...

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Struggling with food

Anyone else’s toddler just not eat anything??? I’m loosing my mind cause I’m making stuff I know he will like but won’t even try it 😩😩 I’m not sure if it’s more of a texture thing but no idea what else to do/try to get him to eat something that isn’t nuggets or pasta!

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Christmas ideas, 1.5 year old

My mum had a lovely idea to treat our family to a special Christmas experience by booking tickets to Lapland UK for us, my brother, and all the kids. However, because there were 10 of us, the booking had to be split, and unfortunately, she wasn’t able to secure tickets for me, my husband, and our little boy. Now, s...

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Potty training

Any tips on helping my three year old son to start pooping on the potty? He started peeing on the potty at 18mos! .. but he has a fear of pooping. He knows when he has to poop. Asks for a diaper and everything, so it’s not for lack of understanding. When I ask him why he just says it’s scary. I try not to force the ...

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