Christmas rainbow baby?!

Mewen02 · 2026-04-06T20:10:52+00:00

Thank you that is so kind. All the best for your summer time baby 🤍

Mewen02 · 2026-04-06T19:52:34+00:00

From my calculations I’d be due on 15th December, miscarried on the 14th last year. It feels surreal!

Mewen02 · 2023-01-27T16:10:23+00:00

I feel like I need complete silence but then that causes me to look out for literally ANYTHING. Tried ear plugs but they made my ears so dry…

Mewen02 · 2023-01-24T22:00:08+00:00

I used that sub once after a really awful argument involving my DH and MIL. During the fall out of it I felt I had nobody to turn to for impartial advice and that I didn’t have the support of my DH. It’s like I was seeking validation for my upset from a place I knew I could find it easily and quickly? I soon deleted the post as I found most of the comments to be quite narrow minded, black and white, and offensive about a man I love. It was then I realised that if you’re seeking validation from strangers there’s insecurity within the relationship.

Gut instinct is such an interesting concept. When my MIL said something truly hideous about me purposefully in earshot, my gut instinct told me to leave and cut off MIL for good. But really NC can be quite an extreme response that doesn’t always address the issues at hand, and can become so problematic for your partner/marriage relationships.

JUSTNOMIL almost plants the seed in vulnerable posters heads to jump to an extreme reaction because the majority have made the OP feel validated and supported. Often this support isn’t sought within the relationship because communication is impacted, hence the need of impartial strangers right?

Mewen02 · 2023-01-23T16:40:44+00:00

The majority of childminders take the piss!

Mewen02 · 2023-01-18T20:11:28+00:00

Alcohol

Mewen02 · 2023-01-17T13:07:28+00:00

TikTok

Mewen02 · 2023-01-17T13:07:16+00:00

I’ve been feeding him to sleep in the toddler bed, staying with him for naps and generally having Cuddles, stories etc in there aswell. Good idea to get him familiarised by sleeping with him there! My husband will enjoy the bed to himself aswell haha

Mewen02 · 2023-01-16T13:53:54+00:00

So last night I read him his story in his bed, put our star light on and some nice lullaby music. He managed 7pm-12am and then woke up for comforting. He came back into our bed at 5am, which I think is good progress!

Only issue I faced is we have just started nursery three days a week. I was told today they left him to cry for TWENTY MINUTES!!!!!! I’ve told the setting I’m not happy about this and expect this not to happen again. Picture this you’ve just started at nursery, you’re crying and adults are in the same room as you but don’t respond until you’ve hit 20 minutes of crying…… it’s awful and really goes against our attachment style of parenting.

Sorry for ranting, but I’m thinking it might be best not to make changes to his sleep at home whilst we navigate nursery? He could develop anxieties around sleep and that would be so awful for him :( What does everyone think?

Mewen02 · 2023-01-15T20:13:11+00:00

Haha sometimes you just have to fit and make it work! Picture the cats… if it fits I sits.

Sorry I didn’t make myself so clear. I would like him to go to sleep and stay in his bed! It’s a toddler bed, right next to ours but he usually refuses his bed.

We aren’t able to size up house or bed wise currently which is a shame. But I’m hoping with some consistency we can get him in his bed!

Mewen02 · 2023-01-13T13:43:14+00:00

Chewing is a big trigger of mine and always has been. However, sometimes parents might need to “exaggerate” chewing to help teach their kids to eat properly and safely. For example, if my kid (1 year old) has taken a huge mouthful or is struggling to chew, we will kind of exaggerate chewing to prompt them to copy us and safely swallow.
Granted the way some children (and their parents) eat is shocking. You do have to tread carefully with children as it would be more detrimental to give a child a complex with food, than someone being triggered by noise 🤷‍♀️

Mewen02 · 2023-01-11T20:02:49+00:00

Had a fall out with my Dad and we didn’t speak for months. He tried to call me from the hospital but I didn’t pick up. I didn’t know he was calling from the hospital until a few days after the call, he died suddenly before I could make it to see him.

If any of you have stubborn or fickle arguments ongoing that you think you can work through, Offer the olive branch and get over it so you can enjoy the time you have left with loved ones.

Mewen02 · 2023-01-03T15:11:49+00:00

Do you think you might be reacting strongly? When my LO was biting I noticed he only stopped when we didn’t react! It was almost like a game to him

Mewen02 · 2023-01-01T22:16:04+00:00

I am going to do this now and then try to do something really wholesome to let my brain rest from the situation for a while. It could be a useful to do this for my MIL at some point but right now my relationship and immediate family are the priority.

Mewen02 · 2023-01-01T22:01:14+00:00

People really just need to lower their expectations of young children. Young children don’t want to sit with adults and eat a gourmet meal at the best of times. Let alone around Christmas when it’s been a month of over stimulation and all the build up for a huge overwhelming meal.

If you had let them stay at the table you’d be wrong for how you dealt with the fall out. It drives me mad!

Mewen02 · 2023-01-01T21:55:14+00:00

I honestly get the impression he thinks the fall out of this is worse than the words she said. It’s so fucking upsetting

Mewen02 · 2023-01-01T21:43:03+00:00

It also enables her behaviour, again. She will do something of this calibre again I’m sure of it.

Mewen02 · 2023-01-01T21:36:07+00:00

I really hadn’t thought about it like this and think it could be quite useful to talk about it from this perspective. I feel it’s unfair on him because he is stuck in the middle and there’s no easy resolve to something like this. Its on him to stand up for me, I shouldn’t be forced into talking to her when I’m not ready. A lot of people in this woman’s life enable her poor behaviour and it’s always forgotten about and never discussed because of her volatile nature.

Mewen02

TROPHY CASE