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Am I in the wrong?

Hello everyone so I just needed to have like a mini rant but at the same time I needed to ask if I’m in the wrong so currently due to financial situation we don’t live together but we are still together but we basically share custody at the same time so he does not tell me when he plans on bringing our son who is u...

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Am I going crazy?

I need some opinions on a situation that happened last night between my husband and I… We ordered some dinner for take out from a local quick serve greek place and he said no need for dessert and I told him I was going to order a few pieces of Baklava because they were buy one get one free and he says “ oh in that...

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My husband threw a drawer and broke it while angry.

I am by no means the perfect spouse. My husband has a busy job and weekends he has been spending renovating our basement. We have gotten to the point where he is doing the baseboard. 2 of the 3 rooms in our basement look pretty much flawless, but the last room has some huge gaps. Normally I keep my mouth shut, but m...

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People pushing it

So, I went for dinner tonight with my in laws and my son was so upset. My sil was trying to console him however as I’m mum, I wanted him back as he was inconsolable (teething, colic and reflux baby 🥲❤️) Anyway, she then passed him back but wanted to take him a walk. I wasn’t comfortable but said yes because she…

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Annoyed with husband

I’m just so annoyed with my husband and need to let it out. I understand my husband works hard and deserves to enjoy time to himself. But he does not help a lot with our baby. All he wants to do is play his stupid video games and talk to his gamer friends. While I’m alone and taking care of our baby who is going thr...

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Changing Table - Guilt

I guess perhaps looking for someone to be straight with me here as my Mum is telling me it’s fine/ not to worry and maybe just trying to reassure me. Changed my 6 week old for the first time in a public toilet today. Without thinking, I changed him without putting the changing bag change mat under him for more cus...

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Dads

It's hard for me to sit back and let dad discipline, I just have other beliefs when it's comes to spanking a child .My baby is 11 months and he got his first pop by dad Am I wrong to feel this way ?

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Please help advise needed

My MIL calls me to check on our baby and her son , etc .. I get calls 2-4 times per week.. I have basically become the point of contact for her son and her granddaughter and any information she needs… I want my MIL to call her son and ask him for any questions she has. I don’t feel like it should be me all the time....

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Theft/stealing

My boyfriend of 2 years is constantly stealing, and I think since he's gotten with me and my daughter he's used it as even more of a chance to steal from retail stores. Idk, I constantly tell him that I don't like doing this, it's bad, I have a daughter that doesn't need to witness that. But it's still, anytime we g...

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Leaving baby with in laws!

My partner and I have a wedding this month and are meant to be leaving our six month old baby for the day/night with his parents. However I am very anxious about this as they drink quite a bit (they’ve said one of them won’t drink when they have her) and they honestly just haven’t been around her enough for me to fe...

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Just need to rant, I feel like a really shitty mother

My son is very active and energetic, he always crawls everywhere and climbs everything in the house. This evening we were hanging out in the living room as usual and he tried to climb on a plastic box full of records, fell and scratched his eye lid pretty badly. He was bleeding and I got super scared. I also faint w...

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Nesting at 28 weeks

Anyone else itching to get everything done right now?? I want to start baby boys nursery and buy all the stuff for it (bearing in mind he wont be using it for a while obviously) and i want everything gutted and cleaned out... Waiting on MIL move out as we are going to be staying here and her bedroom will be the nurs...

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Relationship breakdowns

How do I cope alone I’m terrified, my partner of 5 years has left me today because he can’t be bothered anymore. I’m at my whitts end I feel like I’m constantly giving my everything and getting not a thing back. Even more so now with baby on the way

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How much does your LO understand?

So when my LO had his 12 month check up his personal social skills weren’t great. So one of the questions where can your baby give you a toy they’re holding when you ask them. He’s now 14 months (born at 36 weeks). He still doesn’t quite understand me when I ask him for example his spoon or fork so I can put some mo...

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Asking too much

Am I asking too much of my partner, we have a 2 month old and a toddler, my partner is now back at work but I just like a little bit of help as I feel I pretty much do everything, the one thing that gets me is he can just go up to bed or will fall asleep on the sofa but I need to wait for the baby to go to sleep, I ...

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Practicing patience

Y’all being a mom is hardddddd work us women need more credit than we get.. I’m hear crying starving needing to pee with a nasty headache but don’t want to get up because my baby boy was cryin for 10 straight minutes and I don’t know why but I finally calmed him down and now he’s knocked out on my chest I haven’t sl...

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