Community Posts, Tips & Support on Parenting

Following on from my last post - my son had stopped drinking from Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning called 111 saw an OOH doctor who kept insisting my son isn’t limp & floppy so he’s fine and to give water instead. My instinct kicked in that this is wrong advice yet as we do put our trust in the ‘professionals’ I f...

My little boy is 9 months old and has an ear infection ive been up with him for 2 days straight i feel absolutely exhausted im working nights starting from today am i a bad mum if i let his granny take him today a few hours before i go to work? I really need a break but i obviously dont want to leave him :( the scre...

My husband popped over to his mum last night to drop a few things off for storage. They were chatting and my husband was walking about how well our little one is doing, to her asking him if he has any regrets having our baby.... I'm like shocked as to why she felt the need to ask that when my husband was sharing ...

Is it normal to feel uncomfortable when my husband's family hold my baby? Whenever his parents or siblings visit I feel intense anxiety, it's as if my skin is crawling when they hold her. I can't maintain a conversation because of how eagle eyed I am watching my baby in their arms. I dread visits. I do feel that...

My little one had a settle session today. I went in with him because it was the first one. Honestly I was shocked by the chaos. There were 8 babies in there and 3 adults. The babies were either crying or whinging or being ignored. The adults weren’t really playing with them if they were ok, they were just left. Duri...

Does anyone else feel bad when their husband takes over during the night so you can sleep? Not that he makes me feel bad, he’s openly expressed that he is very happy to take over so I get some rest on top of the fact that I’m still recovering from Postpartum Hemorrhaging. But even still, every time I wake him up I f...

I'm really struggling at the moment, things are becoming really difficult with my boy with not knowing what he wants recently and I feel he isn't hitting any milestones yet, my relationship is at the verge of breaking point and I'm terrified of having to start over again with my boy on my own, I'll be moving back to...

So it’s 5am and I’m staying at a friends house while I’m waiting to go to a shelter in a couple hours tell me why her brother just came and bought me some waters and was like he’s gonna come check back in later I’m like oh thank you cause I was literally JUST thinking about asking for some water to make my baby’s bo...

I’m getting a tad annoyed with the in-laws They never ever check up on my son!! , it was always me checking up on my partners side of the family now at first it was sort of two way past couple months it’s stopped!!! , they come over when it suits them they ask there and then , then when explain I do need more no...

I am pregnant with #2 and struggling a bit, there’s lots to get done in the house and could do with some more breaks to rest but mainly I’m worried about when #2 arrives. I am having a c section and have said to my family and my husbands family we could do with some help. They’ve been very non committal, talking abo...

Has any just lose love for a partner or think the things they do are terrible. I feel since having a child he has become lazy. He will just watch tv whiles I sort the house and everything else then when I say can you do something as i have done everything he says all you have done is cleaned and washed up wow. Like ...

Admittedly I have never been good at cleaning. I can do the basics daily (vacuum, tidy, wipe down surfaces etc) but deep cleaning I do find tedious. I have returned to work part time around a month ago and I’ve fallen so behind on cleaning. My house feels so disgusting and cluttered to me all the time. I hate the ...

Go to comments for the messages need advice I’m stuck at end after our conversation this morning and him not caring about me having withdrawal from not being able to get my medicine on time this weekend I understand it was his birthday Thursday and I did plan on coming to his house Saturday but I got sick from not ...

Feel like our relationship is falling apart we have no time for ourself out boy is 4 months we are both sleep deprived he’s working I’m home be keeps saying when will he get a break when I get a break???? Saying I don’t care for his feelings no more I am struggling being a mum it’s not easy he thinks it is clearly! ...

Me and husband agreed no porn in the house and every so often I find a porn collection movies on flash drives he said he had alot before we got together but this morning I woke up had a suspicion that whatever was on his computer that he deleted he backed it up some where and I found the flash drive on the floor by ...

We had a really busy weekend, and by we I mean me because my husband did very little. I also started my period over the weekend, and despite my husband not working over the weekend, I still did all the baby wake ups during the night and woke up with him in the morning. I asked my husband if he could take baby this...

I don't have friends to really vent to so please no judgement. I'm currently in a very stressful situation. I'm 4 months postpartum, and I have a 3 and 4 yrs old as well. I've been a sahm since my 4yr old was born. I had savings myself (prior meeting my SO) that starting to deplete. My SO had switched jobs twice now...

Why does my bd think I’m gonna come to his and his moms house (has a bunch of roaches) with the baby after I leave my mom.. I thought I made it clear I was going to my dads. He thinks bc he gets another fan and moves the clothes out the corner that’ll solve the sanitary problem. When it won’t. I’ll be recovering whi...

Hi everyone, I’m just wondering if anyone else is struggling with anxiety/fear surrounding their baby? My son is 6 months old, I was fine at the beginning but about 8 weeks in, baby would start screaming in the evenings - the sound still rings in my ears tbh. We’ve got over that and put him to bed awake now, but I l...

I want to let this out and see if it is me or it’s him. SD is 14.5 and is extremely disrespectful, lies does everything you can imagine but I love her to pieces she’s been with me nearly 4 years now no bio mum in the picture(her choice) she will not listen to me and make everything difficult that causes bother betwe...