Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

I am honestly at breaking point with my partner at the moment, he literally does nothing to help me out when it comes to our daughter or even around the house, I have to basically beg him to do anything and even then he acts like it’s a chore or deliberately does something else as he knows I’ll just say forget it an...

My partener of 10 years went to work one day and text me saying he doesnt want to be with me anymore. Hes basically choosing work over me and our daughter. How do I cope. I don't want to lose him. Im devastated

I 100% knew it was going to be hard going back to work and settling into nursery but my toddler has just finished his 3rd settle session (Tuesday night was his first night away from us, he stayed with his grandma because I had a shift at 5am) and literally had a breakdown, a fit almost, his body was tensed up and co...

I am absolutely at the end of my tether with my four year old and i feel like i am responding in the wrong way but i am literally getting nowhere with gentle parenting. Probably 80% of the time she wees her pants when she needs the toilet, whether its a few drops (which i dont mind but still its SO often) or a full...

We're not having a great time with our little one at nursery - it's been three weeks now and she is still v upset when she's there, not eating/drinking and I've had to pick her up early every time so far. She goes three days a week. Just wondered if anyone else has had this or going through it. Everyone is telling m...

My son is 3.5 months old and I’m considering going back to work. I love my son with all my heart but am finding it extremely hard being home. He has clubs ect which get me out of the house but sometimes I’m just sick of doing the same things all the time. We go for walks, swimming, baby massage and I have a mums fi...

There is a childminder I come across often when running errands. I find her in the supermarket, shopping mall, having a coffee with friends, all these while minding the children. She is usually with 2-3 children at a time and always in the stroller. Somehow it doesn't sit well. I would prefer it if my children were...

I know that there is a lot of things that Boomer parents did wrong and millennials want to fix it and parent differently but I still feel like there is an element of "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I was talking to my boss who is a new grandma and she was saying how strange it finds it that parents these days s...

Not child related, but I’m in desperate need of a new vacuum cleaner. Can anyone recommend a good one?

Am I the Ahole I suffer from anxiety and had a baby 7months ago been with my partner nearly 8 years I was ment to be attending a group this morning to help with my anxiety my partner was ment to be helping I spoken to him several times in the last few days about how anxious I am so he agreed to come help me at 8.1...

My 14 month old sleeps through the night on his own so not sure if this is the right group but from the second he wakes up until his nap time he screams & screams no matter what you do he’s clean fed had milk ect, he won’t watch tv or play with toys he wants me to stand in the kitchen holding him wich is the only th...

Hey mamas…I have a question about what dads or partners are doing to help you out with baby? My husband is an amazing dad but thinks I’m asking too much of him! Maybe I am so just wanted to see what other people are doing. TIA🙏

My LO is 2 months now and only seems to be super fussy and unhappy when I'm alone with him. My husband went back to work at 3 weeks so it's been primarily me taking care of my LO day and night. I'm very fortunate that my family is around often so one of them often joins me in taking care of him. The problem is, wh...

Hi! Is there someone in here that feels their privacy is being violated every time in-laws are involved? I know they're "family" but it's just that my peace is being gone every single time. How do you do it? For the record, i dont have a relationship with them. I cut my communication before giving birth. I remained ...

My fiancé really keeps saying if I don’t want to continue to be overstimulated and doing everything for the baby by myself I should put her up for adoption. Let’s not even take into account I have 3 children from my previous marriage that I have been raising on my own. Our child together is his first biological chil...

Looking for some advice from other new mummas.. I had baby a week ago today via c section and was completely surprised when I was in the recovery room and my partner advised me his dad was waiting outside in the car park, desperate to come in. He was asking to come in before we had even been given the clear from r...

I want to be clear, this is not to bash my husband and is not weaponized incompetence, he’s just a human with ADHD. I just can’t 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ in front of him because it feels mean. Today is our 5yo’s birthday and my husband posted a happy birthday message on social media with a reel of pictures…

So my toddler is about to be 3 next month and she is in an imaginative stage. I’m a SAHM and she wants to pretend play and because I’m so exhausted all the time (and honestly depressed af) I cannot work up the energy to be imaginative. I do take the time out but it’s really hard and I mostly say I can’t rn. Every ti...

My boyfriend is very emotionally abusive and verbally abusive to me I can’t have friends especially not guys I can hardly see my family I can’t go out with my family I can’t help my parents at work I can’t see my only friend that’s a girl and I can’t go out with her Because he always threatens that if I leave he’s g...

Hey mama idk what to do we have tried taking my daughters toys away from her for being bad but this the second time she has gotten a referral from school for doing something bad at school and she also keeps peeing her pants does any mama know what I can do to help her not be bad so much and we token away tv time and...