How are single mums working? And if they are putting their children into daycare, isn’t the money they’re making just going into daycare? What’s the point then?
I want to work a few days a week but not if I’ll just have to put all or most of that money into daycare 😪
Single mums, what are you doing and how?
PS. I don’t have family or friends who can take care of my baby while I work.
Looking for recommendations for my daughter’s birthday present. She turns 1 this November!
I can’t find a number to contact a particular IKEA store but on their website, it says that the product I want is in stock.
It’s a 35 minute drive there and that’s the closest one to me that has it in stock. I don’t wanna drive all the way there if their online stock info is incorrect.
Anyone have any experience with this?
I bought a phone tripod about 2 weeks ago. Today, I was about to set it up for the first time and 1 of the 3 legs just came off. It’s not a screw on or anything like that so it’s broken now.
Can I get an exchange without the receipt??
This might sound so stupid but I just care so deeply that I actually think about this kind of stuff.
My baby just started to crawl and so she follows me around from room to room in our apartment. Obviously because I’m a lot faster than her, when I’m done in one room, I just walk to the next while she’s still in the other room and wait for her to come to me. Sometimes I carry her out with me, and sometimes I walk slow and wait for her, but other times I just want to get to where I’m going to get something done, so I go.
I don’t want to ever make her feel like her presence isn’t honoured or that I don’t hold space for her. I just want to know if I should be taking her with me/walking slow every time or if it’s ok that I sometimes walk off to get something else done.
Or is a mix of both ok? I know babies absorb everything especially in the first 3 years, so I just want her to feel as seen and as loved as possible.
This might sound so stupid but I just care so deeply that I actually think about this kind of stuff.
My baby just started to crawl and so she follows me around from room to room in our apartment. Obviously because I’m a lot faster than her, when I’m done in one room, I just walk to the next while she’s still in the other room and wait for her to come to me. Sometimes I carry her out with me, and sometimes I walk slow and wait for her, but other times I just want to get to where I’m going to get something done, so I go.
I don’t want to ever make her feel like her presence isn’t honoured or that I don’t hold space for her. I just want to know if I should be taking her with me/walking slow every time or if it’s ok that I sometimes walk off to get something else done.
Or is a mix of both ok? I know babies absorb everything especially in the first 3 years, so I just want her to feel as seen and as loved as possible.
My baby is 7.5 months old and we are getting the hang of solids, slowly but surely. I usually feed her at home, on my lap or in her high chair, but I’m wondering, when is the right time to start packing food for outings, like going to the shops or park? Right now, it’s a whole process for us: I prepare the food, put an old top on my baby that I don’t mind getting dirty, put her bib on, get her water bottle, and put her in the high chair.
But when going out, I don’t know what that’s meant to look like since she’s free to make a huge mess at home. How do you feed your baby while you’re out? In the stroller? Do you put a bib on? What do you do about the mess if you’re at the shops etc? Do you only spoon feed while out? Or maybe just do pouches? We aren’t doing purées, only baby led weaning/ whole soft foods and yoghurt pouches.
If a baby is expected to be eating 3 full meals by the time they are 1, but they are hardly having solids up until they turn 1, how are they going to magically, suddenly start eating 3 meals a day once they turn 1? Is anyone else confused by this or is it just me?
I’m planning on transitioning my baby into her own bed (in the same room as me) but I feel like it may possibly be the worst timing for it. She just turned 7 months old so she’s developed separation anxiety from becoming aware that I still exist when I’m not in her sight. She’s also been sleeping on or next to me since birth and loves to be cuddled most of the time when sleeping, so I’m not feeling too hopeful about the transition, but I really want to make it work.
Has anyone transitioned their baby around the same time? Do you have any helpful tips? How did you succeed?
Thank you in advance.
hi, i’m a first time single mum of a 7 month old and recently we’ve hit a new stage that has really been getting to me mentally. my baby and i have co-slept since day 1 and it has been fine so far. she’d usually wake up before me and roll around in bed and play til i wake up, but recently, every morning, she wakes up before me and starts climbing all over me, scratching me, pinching me, stepping on me, head butting me in the face and mouth, and it’s not because she’s trying to hurt me but because she’s trying to stand up. she’s been trying to stand up all the time as of recently, which is great, but when i have to wake up to pain every morning and being used as a punching bag, it really affects me mentally and i just don’t know what to do about it anymore. i wake up crying and angry every morning now.
i’m so fucking upset and i feel so assaulted, even though she isn’t doing it on purpose. it’s so much for 1 person to handle going through that every morning. we currently live in a studio apartment with only 1 bed so we can’t sleep separately until we move eventually.
what am i supposed to do about this? how do i set boundaries? how do i protect myself but also make sure she isn’t upset? i feel so helpless when i’m literally just laying in bed and it feels like i’m being attacked but i don’t want to get up yet and i don’t have the choice to go sleep in another room.
mamas, when did you start getting long acrylic nails again after having your baby?
hi, so you know how sometimes when you say no to a toddler or don’t respond to them right away because you’re doing something and they throw a tantrum? at what age can you actually start doing this and letting them have their tantrum for a little bit without it being neglect/abuse?
for context, i’m a single first time mum who is healing from abuse and learning what it means to have a healthy relationship with my daughter as i’ve never been modelled what that’s like. i’m still learning what the difference is between healthy discipline/boundaries and abuse/neglect because all i’ve ever experienced was the latter, so everything feels dangerous or wrong to me. my baby is about to be 7 months next week and i just want to know what is appropriate for her age when it comes to sometimes letting her be upset or unhappy if i’m attending to something else or telling her no, without hurting her.
i feel so powerless and weak most of the time because i want to be authoritative in a healthy, mum way and be able to say no or enforce boundaries, but i’m always scared to hurt her the way i was hurt, even though i know that i am not my abusers.
thank you in advance.
my 6 month old has a cold and her nose has been congested and blocked on and off for the past few days. she isn’t able to sleep when it’s congested so i need some tips on what i can do to help her. i’ve done the saline spray + suction but the suction isn’t helping with the congestion that’s further up her nose. i can hear how much mucus is in there while she tries to breathe but i can’t reach it all with suction.
any tips or advice on what i can do to help her?
thank you in advance
i feel so confused and stressed out.
some mums have told me to always add an extra layer than what i’m wearing when i’m dressing my baby (but like an extra layer of what? a singlet? an extra top? a jacket? each one of those provides a different level of warmth so how do you even know what extra layer to add???), and other mums have told me to just dress her the same as what i’m wearing/ feeling comfortable in.
my baby runs hot so whenever i dress her in an extra layer, 99% of the time, she feels super hot and/or starts to sweat, but then i worry that if i dress her in the same as me, that she’d be too cold and get sick (twice now i underdressed her and she ended up with a cold). i’ve heard that they overheat quickly but i’ve also heard they get cold quickly and i’m just really confused.
she’s 6 months old now and i still stress about this and change her a million times a day. someone please tell me wtf to do 😫😢
What happens if I cancel (or reduce to third party only) my car insurance if a condition of my car loan contract is to have it fully comprehensively insured?
I’m struggling to pay the premium already and my rent is increasing at the end of this month so I’m trying to cut down on expenses. Any advice would be appreciated.
I’m in Sydney, Australia.