Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

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...

Ive always pictured and wanted two kids but since we’ve had our 18m/o my husband and I snap at each other a lot more - normally due to tiredness and this comes and goes in phases it’s not all the time - but I get really emotional when this happens and feel like our marriage is falling apart (he’s very relaxed so is...

just a very pregnant momma with a very rambunctious 3 year old. I know they call it the terrible two’s / terrible three’s for a reason, but please tell me it gets better 😭 I swear all my son does is find the most ways to be chaotic intentionally, and I mean he’s so thorough 😮‍💨 he starts to hit me, I redirect it to…

In the last 8 months he has been fired from 3 jobs. 1 for a verbal argument 2 because my husband said the guy didn’t like him and the 3rd because of performance. Hes an electrician. I don’t know what to do anymore. I have to pick up the slack everytime. And I can’t just make money appear but I have been making it wo...

Ive always pictured and wanted two kids but since we’ve had our 18m/o my husband and I snap at each other a lot more - normally due to tiredness and this comes and goes in phases it’s not all the time - but I get really emotional when this happens and feel like our marriage is falling apart (he’s very relaxed so is...

The last week especially feel like I've been hit with a train. Sciatica pain started, fatigue is quite severe, yet I am sleeping like crap at night, and I occassionally get a Charlie horse cramp that makes my leg sore for days after. On top of that, my toddler has seemingly started teething (maybe 2 year molars?l an...

It's been a few years I've felt like we are friends, & maybe doing it for our kid/ economy etc. It's how he talks to me on a daily basis & I just feel like he isn't Inlove with me which.. is fine.. but I can't pretend anymore. He comes to our bedroom bc I can't do this anymore, his family is all here for his bir...

Anyone else with a toddler and baby feeling destroyed!?! 😪🫠 I am close to a breakdown most days but hold it together for my boys. Right now my biggest struggle is my 6 month is teething BAD 😭 He doesn't sleep 😭 naps are crap and nighttime sleep is shit too. Tonight he woke 50 mins after bedtime, I then resettled…

Anyone else feeling guilty letting your child play by himself? My daughter is one and she plays by herself a lot not all day though but she enjoys playing alone and sometimes a part of me feels bad wondering if I should’ve played with her more :/

If there is anyone out there who has a partner with ADHD, (or even if you have ADHD yourself) how are you getting by when the symptoms can be so difficult to deal with? My partner has severe ADHD and it often becomes impossible for us as a family to carry out the simplest of daily tasks without things blowing up in ...

Anyone experience this? Any tips 😒

I love being a stay at home mom but i also dread it at times. I literally stay home all day. I’m in my 20s and i don’t know if that plays a part. We may go do something one Saturday out the month, two saturdays on a good month. I be feeling like my life is just wasting away. I don’t work, I don’t go anywhere like th...

Hubby and I got in this argument bc he wants to go out with friends to go bowling (we have a 5 month old) he has always been more of an extrovert and I don't really care to be out with people. I romanticize being at home with my man and now our baby. He says I'm selfish for making a stink about him wanting to go bow...

My son 3 year old is VERY attached to me , he’s never stayed anywhere else and the only family I have is my mum and dad , I have NO friends , I take him to play centres and stuff but he doesn’t play with the other kids he’ll only go with me. Hes never liked big crowds or new people even as a baby , I think he’s just...

Hi I don't even know what advice I'm looking for, maybe just to vent. My partner has been increasingly horrible to me since we found out I'm pregnant. Screaming at me, using degrading words, nit picking at everything I do. Having a go at me in front of his friend and in front of my daughter. I've been away for week ...

Shes 15, was sneaking out, drinking & smoking. Shes would slam & lock her door & turn up her TV or music as loud as it can go. Even caught her smoking in her room. She would throw & break things in her room & we just got sick of her shit. So we basically took away all her took away her things. She wanted to slam & l...

Hi, I’m 4 weeks postpartum on Monday and I just got into an argument with my husband because he’s super messy. He will take food out of the fridge or the drawers and leave them out for me to put back in, he will leave clothes and stuff on the floor, etc. I have been doing the dishes and stuff and tidying up whenever...

So i’ve never been one to fully limit screen time until my daughter hit 19 months. We went completely cold turkey 4 weeks ago on Sunday on tv (she doesn’t have any other form of screen) because her tantrums were horrific and she wanted her dummy so much more when watching it. We kept it to low stimulating shows etc ...

My son is 10 months and lately whenever he sees me he cries for me. As long as I'm out of sight he's fine but if he hears or sees me he will go off. With my husband and in laws he doesn't get as upset but with me he refuses to be out of my hands. Has anyone else experienced this? I work from home and need to fin...