Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

I just wanted to put a message of support to all other parents out there currently navigating the terrible 2s. We are in the thick of it, with tantrums, growling, hitting out, and straight up telling me “no” to everything. This morning we had a tantrum because I gave him the breakfast he had asked for- oh how hard i...

This is my second kid but first breastfed baby. My baby is 6 weeks old and still feeding every 1-1.5 hours during the day (but gives me 3-4 hour stretches at night) and I tried stretching it to every 2 hours during the day but then she woke up more at night. She’s also gassy so she needs mylicon throughout the day t...

My spouse and I have a 2 year old, and im 37 weeks pregnant with our second. He's the primary provider, and I a stay at home mum. My dad passed the year our 2 year old was born and left me with about 1600 a month pension of his. Its my financial responsibility to pay for the household groceries and other items (fo...

LO is 5 months. I've been getting frustrated with my husband so easily, and I'm starting to feel that we're getting disconnected. He went on a bit of a downward spiral a couple of years ago where he was underperforming at work, had debt problems and was struggling to deal with grief, which accumulated to his bad ...

My little boy had his first settling in session at nursery today. He went in super happy playing started playing with some toys, come and showed me once then went off and didn’t come back. After about 15 mins of him playing I left the room to see if he would look for me. He was ok for 10 mins then couldn’t find me a...

So we're thinking of leaving baby with mother in law for a couple hours (5 hours maybe), just so we can get chores done, sort house out, do admin etc and have a baby break. Have other people done this? I have major mum guilt! He is comfortable with her and she can get him down for a nap but will be his first time at...

Hi all ☺️ a question for mums who hadn’t sent their LO to nursery, just wanted to ask how they took it when they started school? My daughter is 20 months old, we haven’t sent her to nursery yet as we are lucky my work is flexible and we have help from family to work it between us taking her to groups, classes and da...

I type this whilst getting heabutted into my side by my toddler 😩 my anxiety is peaking because this boy literally just fell off the sofa head first by choice, right next to a solid wood table 🫠 he also likes to be carried because he’s my baby and that’s always going to be true. Did he want any sort of cuddles and…

I have a 6 month old and a 3 year old and I'm sad to say I'm really not enjoying being a Mum. I can't stand my 3 year old when he is constantly whinging and saying no to everything. He is so testing. I know he's a toddler but I'm struggling so much with the constant tantrums and the sleep deprivation mixed in with i...

If you’re child recently got accepted for the child disability payment which my little one did he is the highest one and then I got a message from Universal credit saying I could be entitled to extra UC payment for carers, would you take it?? I got this and I almost feel like it’s “cheating the system” so to speak a...

Does anyone have any tips on how to soften the postpartum rage? Shortly after becoming pregnant, my husband’s drinking amped up due to his anxiety. (For context, when we first met and even all the way through our first year and a half of marriage, he didn’t drink) now he’s a really good man who on paper does all tha...

I know this is more of a me issue than anything else, but feel a bit strange. A lot of my little ones nursery friends are starting school this year & she won’t be starting until next year because of when her birthday is. Deffo do not wish the time away & I know she will be fine as she’s so confident making new frien...

I think terrible 2s have started early for us. My daughter has been soo naughty the last couple of weeks. Just pushing our buttons and I don’t know what else to do. I know she’s pushing boundaries to see what she can and can’t get away with but she doesn’t listen to anyone and laughs in your face while continuing ...

I just now had my boyfriends dad tell me that I’m a “bad mom” because I didn’t use a wipe on MY CHILDS PEE DIAPER he said if he catches an infection from the pee that it will be on me and if CPS ever asks him anything he’s basically gonna bash me anyways this man is concerned about the wrong thing there’s kids liter...

He came back from work trip, and was not interested in actually getting down. He was into cuddles and kisses but I feel like I wanted more than that, tbh I did get BV and was being treated for it but I wanted something bit more still… he just wanted to sleep next to me and feels very sleepy around me. What should I ...

I’m feeling really down and I’m not sure if I’m just being emotional and overreacting but here is the situation. My best friend from back home (I moved out of state in 2007 for college and stayed so we’ve had a long distance friendship for over 10 years) so she came out this weekend on a girls trip. She told me ahea...

My and baby’s dad have broken up baby is 1 year old I feel so depressed that I can’t work as I can’t afford any childcare I can’t better my life as I have 0 free time my 1 year old doesn’t sleep well either and is a nightmare to take anywhere in the day He doesn’t see his kid maybe 1 hour on a Saturday.. as it’s “...

Newly sahm to an almost 2 year old and each day still feels like a struggle to survive. He’s not in daycare yet and I don’t have support outside of dad, who is wonderful.

So my partner and I had issues over the weekend, and he said to my sister, "I want absolutely nothing to do with you." It's broken something in our relationship and in my relationship with my sister. There is backstory, but anyway, prior to him saying that, he pulled his arm away from me when I reached out to touch...

This morning me and my husband were talking about how to do our best to keep him safe in the pack and play because he's using the side to stand himself up. And here I go going to get water and leaving him sitting up in the pack and play thinking that I could get back to him fast enough as he tries to stand in his st...