Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

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...

Please don't judge me it's took a lot to write this, i am addicted to cocaine, i'm ready for help but scared incase social services get involved, my kids are never at harm, also don't do it when i have them, their dad have them 2 days of the week then their nan who is only free weekends has them overnight.

How are you all navigating a partner who tries to help but just.. doesn’t… I have been dreading the weekends when he’s home because me and baby have our routine down great and partners help really just throws it all out the window. I have also expressed that the constant “is she hungry” “does she need X” “where is...

I can’t even begin to work everything but to sum it up I do EVERYTHING. He cooks sometimes but that’s it. I am so tired. He is always on his phone and rushing the kids to go to bed. I always take the kids out and to experience things I go with my mom or sister he never goes. It’s like he only likes the idea of havin...

So I have 5 days left of my pregnancy, I need to deep clean my house but I have no cleaning supplies since my bd puts it off to the last minute, and we need to go grocery shopping since we have a box of goldfish and milk and some pancake mix😣 and I’ve been suspicious that someone’s been coming up to our window or…

Is anyone else feeling shoved aside for Mother’s Day? Is it normal? My boyfriend is making all these plans to do stuff with his mom and sister but not me. It’s my first Mother’s Day and I would like to spend it with my boyfriend but he doesn’t want to. My dad wants to do something with me for Mother’s Day and when I...

My husband always gets annoyed when I ask him what time he’ll be home, but I feel like that’s a pretty standard question when you’re married. Do you think this is a bad question to ask?

Sometimes I just feel so worthless because I don’t contribute to our family “financially.” I do all that I can as far as our home. Our home is never dirty , there are dishes never in the sink , I slack on our laundry sometimes but always make sure our daughter and my husband’s clothes are clean, I cook dinner probab...

I need to vent I have 3 year old and 2 month old and I live in TX with my kids father, we from Louisiana and moved here March of 2024, I haven’t been working because I have no support here and he don’t put them in child care but he works. So we have been in a bad space for lil and I left to go stay by my mom in Loui...

I have been watching pop the balloon on YouTube when I’m working out or cleaning…sort of back around noise or something to watch while I’m doing something. My fiancé keeps saying rude comments about it. I already know it’s trash tv lol he acts like I’m a dumbass or something. I’m not watching it to learn, I’m watchi...

I am fed up with my other half. Baby was born 9 days ago, I've been home a week, and my mum left on Fri night. So we've basically been our new family unit for 2 days, including our 4yr old. While my mum was around, he let her take care of our daughter, cook meals, do chores etc whilst he spent most of his time on hi...

My son turned 15 months old yesterday and honestly, he is so whiny. I feel like I'm failing as a mom in so many areas. I cannot handle the crying / screaming / whining so we are still doing bottles. Most of the time, that is the only way to get him to stop whining. I still rock him to sleep every night. I used to lo...

Please someone tell me I’m not overreacting…me and my ex split in September 2023, we have a 5 and 2 year old, he’s been dating someone for the past few months and introduced the children to her last month, he never told me after he said he would, our relationship isn’t going great but still. Our youngest still co sl...

I have replaced blinds and the current set are taped up. Right before he purposely ripped one, I said get out of the window please. He was previously told that he cannot be in the blinds. I don’t have curtains and I thought he would pull them. I don’t know what to do. So frustrated.

How do you communicate to not sound like complaining or making them feel like they failed? I'm just struggling so much, because he forgets things regularly, hurts me often by not being considerate (i know it's my fault for my own feelings but sometimes he needs to remember that he has a family and can't just do wha...

LO isn’t starting till June and he’s never known anything but me. No family close by to watch him and when he’s with dad it’s no longer than half an hour/hour whilst I do stuff. What do I doo. I’m so scared for him to start

My oldest is 9 she has all 3 core symptoms of ADHD and anxiety . The way her psychiatrist. Describes it her brain goes a mile a minute with no stop or thought process. Besides from that when it come to educational learning it’s very difficult but at home everyday living skills she understands and knows very well. Th...

I have a ton of younger cousins on my mom’s side that I refer to as my sisters. We grew up most of our childhood but my dad was active duty so we moved around a lot & the last year I spent with them was 5th grade year…. After that we settled in Nevada in my sophomore year & since my mom’s family was next door in C...