Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

My son is 3 weeks old, this is my first & the first time my mum has become a grandmother. She is popping round every day sometimes for hours on end ‘helping’ . I appreciate the support & during the first I asked for it but I’m back on my feet & want my own space to just be a mum & get used to my life now. When she c...

My little girl is a sweetheart and so much fun. She processes her feelings and emotions very well and articulates how she feels very maturely. However, she recently started saying ‘I’m feeling sad’ and when asked why, she’ll say ‘because Mommy/Daddy hit me’. We have never ever hit her at all and she’ll say it when w...

Ok so I know this will be a mixed bag but be honest do you like spending time with your MIL?

I got a chap at the door yesterday about an incident that happened in nursery between Tuesday and Wednesday this week they said that it was reported to the care inspector that a member of staff picked my child up with the arm turned him 180 around to take him to get his bum done the police said the managers view on ...

I recently became a single mum, me and my kids dad broke up in december and he moved out in february. I love my friends to pieces and they do all come and help from time to time. But ever since he moved out my kids dad hasn’t found a place that can accommodate the poor little boy. (he’s moved back in with his mum an...

Im fed up had enough. Bd and his new gf are really making me feel like ive had enough with all the crap they are creating. Im really trying to not let it eat me alive but i feel like im at the end of my tether.. ive literally had enough now.

Hi all, Just wanted to reach out and vent for some support really. I love my partner to pieces and we are recently engaged. We have an 11 month old son together and it’s been a whirlwind of a year… However, my partner often doesn’t give me a break from my son and I’ve been out of the house alone 3 times in 11 mon...

I have given this man 100s and 100s of chances tried 2 breaks until I finally broke up with him it’s been almost 8 months and he won’t move out. During those 8 months he was supposed to be working on himself for me and his son. I tried trusting him and listening to him but he wouldn’t let me on his phone. I then saw...

So I’ve become friends with two other mums and everything was going fine for a while. Then I’ve gradually noticed little things like planning play dates with the kids always on the days I was working. We then decided to go on a vacation with the kids, I mentioned what time I would be arriving (later than them as I c...

For context, my sister and FIL both said they get cold sores from time to time but both have been kissing our LO on her cheeks/around her face and has freaked out my OH. We’ve asked them to stop and both have been angry. FIL lost it and threw stuff and shouted nastiness. And my sister was rude about husbands anxiety...

Do we stop her from seeing him?

Its not worth being in a relationship with someone like this. He has a porn addiction and doesn’t even realize it and it affected our relationship the whole time. It doesnt feel right to me. Its crazy to me because we had great sex everyday. The first time, i caught him stalking his coworkers (multiple girls) biki...

Does anyone use a water filter? I've just gone down a Google rabbit hole about heavy metals and flouride in water, and how it can be harmful... Now I feel I need to give filtered water instead of plain tap water. Any recommendations???

It’s really hard when you have a partner that genuinely believes he’s helping enough but can’t feed, bathe, wash our child’s hair, stop him from crying (HAS TO BE ME), teach him basic skills. It’s all me and I’m going through ppa and ppd so I try my best to be consistent but I can’t keep up with it all. I feel like ...

So my partner, sister and I are on holiday visiting my cousin. We were all invited by this cousin to visit her and her fiance. Mynother cousin (her sister), my aunt and my uncle are also holidaying with us. Anyway, we'd all gone out for the morning and on our way back to my cousins house. My partner asked my sister...

As a single mom of a 4, 5, 6 yo I try my BEST to give my children what I think they need. We still attend church, do activities in the community, sports, etc. I've noticed random people I barely talk to or even know just like to give / do random shit without even ASKING first. Candy/Food, giving my children a drink...

Why do most of men don’t understand how draining being a SAHM is? Like they wonder why are we always tired even though we don’t work an actual job where we get paid. Being a SAHM is just the same as working but with no pay. Idk if anyone feels this same way or am I tripping?

For context, we had used my husband’s step father’s name for my son’s middle name when he was born because he had been involved in my husband’s upbringing. When he had found out we had given our son his name, he said we shouldn’t have done that. Ever since my son was born (Nov 2023), he has not been involved in gett...

My son will be 12 months on the 31st of May. We have been planning his birthday party. However I am skeptical of inviting his dad’s side of the family. Over the few years I have been with my boyfriend, my family and I have dealt with a LOT of disrespect from his family. Not only that, during the pregnancy, birth, ...

I shouted at my son. Just got overwhelmed. 2 little ones. Just me doing it all day & night. Their dads come to stay with us for a couple nights and it’s all “I want daddy I don’t like you” over and over making me feel shit. Idk what to do anymore. He’ll tell me go away, don’t like you. Such a terrible mum. But non e...