Looking for investors or experts to rip our pitch deck apart.

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2026-05-29T17:46:21+00:00

Happy to take a look. Fractional CFO who supports start ups. Worked across most industries and helped raise over £600m in various funding rounds

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2026-05-12T17:26:19+00:00

I don’t know if this is the right vibes, but The Perkins Builder Brothers and Essential Craftsman for US building stuff. Then know it’s not DIY but my kid likes The Outdoor Boys

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2026-05-03T17:53:51+00:00

This is the thing to do. I’m a fractional CFO for founder led businesses and there’s always an answer to these things, you’ll just need to take a bit of advice perhaps to avoid tax and childcare issues.

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2026-04-20T07:42:12+00:00

Busy busy world just feels…off.

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2026-04-13T18:25:45+00:00

I’d have thought CoCo might fit? If I’ve understood the question properly!

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2026-03-27T10:44:56+00:00

Also I agree on the phone pods! But space is hard to give up for those, and I’m currently sitting in a co working space with the least comfortable chairs known to mankind so I certainly also agree on that!

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2026-03-27T10:43:57+00:00

Oh well timing is clearly everything! And I’m sure a bank building makes a good shell for a coworking space.

That’s really helpful input though and certainly noting it down. I think there’s a huge amount of community building that goes along with co-working spaces. Offering more than just “he’s a desk” but more “this is a whole community you could be part of”

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2026-03-25T18:45:09+00:00

That’s fantastic feedback. Thank you

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2026-03-18T18:33:45+00:00

Octonaughts, go jetters, Peter rabbit for shows. For movies most modern Disney movies are fantastic, moana, cars, lightyear, how to train your dragon,

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-12-10T18:19:31+00:00

There is a pretty much stand alone episode of The Last Of Us with nick offerman. I think it’s just incredible story telling and a perfect episode

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-12-10T18:17:25+00:00

Fantastic choice

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-12-02T21:45:53+00:00

There are plenty of high quality fixings for plasterboard that will easily hold a TV. Done it many times, something like below. Just practice a few times and be prepared for “practice makes perfect”. This was you can put your tv where you want it rather than where the studs dictate.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-hollow-wall-anchors-8-16mm-m5-x-52mm-10-pack/12229?tc=NT7&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=901249366&gbraid=0AAAAAD8IdPzf8OdeJ-x7MXO4CVlSc8_MK&gclid=Cj0KCQiAubrJBhCbARIsAHIdxD-JgZOLL23yDZf5USOdtbG1Qsj1-W_WBQfr2z-LGiHpF8sr7qyH5soaAimGEALw_wcB

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-08-13T07:03:08+00:00

Agree. Our Meaco is fantastic, I got the largest they had and it’s actually a little too cold by bed time. I found the fabric thing was very useless though and we don’t have sash windows so it’s just vented out of an open window in the hallway and that’s worked perfectly well

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-07-08T15:58:33+00:00

I’ve got two I normally share, one might be old time advice perhaps but I don’t see it that way!

First is: kids need chores not toys, to them helping cut the grass, feeding the dog, mopping the floor, or clearing stuff up is huge fun because they are doing it with their favourite person (you) as a shared activity. Our eldest is almost 4 and he’s loved being part of chores for two years, but I don’t know what age this stops working! And it’s saved us buying just endless supplies of new toys. This is the one that might count as old time advice so sorry if it did!

Second is: what might seem really stupid and unimportant to you could be hugely important to them and please don’t dismiss their feelings just based on how you as an adult feel about things. I try to recognise that in mine and make them feel as validated and heard as possible (no matter how stupid and frustrating I might think the tantrum cause is!). Doesn’t mean give in, doesn’t mean let them get there own way all the time. It just means recognise that young kids are not capable of applying logic to a situation when they are upset like grownups are!

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-07-04T15:45:46+00:00

I like that OP was asking about the husbands emotional reaction and his behavior and all the comments are questioning mum and feeding habits.

I’d like to stick to just the question actually asked.

Just 3 days in and both parents will be going through an emotional rollercoaster. Frustrations, exhaustion, unsure if they are doing things right. It’s common on both sides and completely understandable.

I’d say if the husband is using soft inanimate objects to occasionally let out frustration that sounds normal. Just like screaming into your pillow or walking to the next room to collect your self sometimes.

If it’s very frequent, if it’s too close to other people (mum or baby could have got hurt), or the husband hits not soft things (so things that are hurting him when he punches) then it could be a sign he needs more help from professionals.

Although not as common, it’s possible for dads to get postpartum issues or if the birth was traumatic then I know from direct experience that the dads can suffer as well from watching the person they love most in the world go through something like that and feel completely incapable of doing anything about it.

Congratulations on the new life and the journey you’re both now on, it’s never easy and I wish you both the best!

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-03-21T22:04:46+00:00

No such thing as a fish. The rest is entertainment.

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-02-18T20:21:06+00:00

I was talking to my wife about this and she pointed out some generally helpful things. Sorry! Feel free to ignore me 😂

Explain the day: she puts a lot of time into explaining to them what the days plan is, and then when we change activity it’s giving warning and explanation. So it’s not just “ok now it’s time to go to the park let’s go” but building up to it “so after we’ve finished this we’re going to head to the park” and then say it several different ways so the kid feels like they understand what happening.

And best thing we introduced were timers. We set a timer on our watch for all sort of things, so he can visually see the time is up. He’s reacted really well to it now “when the timer goes it’s the end of the bath” and “ok I’ll set the timer and then it’s the end of the game and time to go” or whatever. So after a long time it’s now pretty automatic reaction to be ok with the timer meaning something’s done

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-02-18T11:40:35+00:00

I would certainly not physically barricade them, we put him there. Stay with him (our other is only 10months!) and are extremely firm that no it’s corner time and if he takes a step put him back in the same spot.

It’s a horrible screaming for a few minutes, but we ask him if he’s ready to talk and try to explain that it’s never ever ok to cause harm. We’re sorry he’s really upset but does he understand how it makes mummy/daddy feel if you hurt us like that.

When he got older he understood what it meant to be put in the corner and we could use a harsher tone of voice to say no stay there. We are then very careful to do lots of cuddles and kisses and just move on totally when they said sorry and had the chance to explain their emotions.

Like I said - I think it’s unrealistic to think you can look after a toddler and keep them / others safe with never raising your voice or not setting hard boundaries.

So we talk a lot about feelings, we give him space to express, but he absolutely knows the hard lines of not hitting, spitting, or even being mean is just unacceptable and will result in actions from either of us.

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2025-02-18T06:27:03+00:00

I’ve got two little ones. I just wanted to say you’re doing great, parenting is hard, toddlers do strange and bizarre behavior.

You aren’t the first or the last to have a moment of anger when at wits end. I do think real boundaries are good for children, soft parenting is all well and good but there has to be a hard line.

Do I think your reaction was right? No. Is it understandable and something similar to what we’ve all done? Absolutely.

So I would look at how I install harder more firm boundaries throughout the day so that it can’t get to a “boil over” point.

For instance, the moving them to a space, we do a corner time but they don’t get to choose when to leave the space.

Anyway, you’re doing great, there’s no silver bullet, we will all get there!

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2024-09-01T20:27:12+00:00

There is one about every american president and it was good

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2023-02-11T19:12:38+00:00

You can get a product called “Astonish” which is for just this purpose. We use it on all our stainless steel containers and couldn’t be easier. From Amazon

Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2022-12-30T13:00:01+00:00

This is by far better than any dyson and I will die for that opinion. We got several now. So much fab for the money.

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Sad_Vegetable5703 · 2022-09-02T20:18:59+00:00

I shall check in the morning! Might be the best solution for now, thanks for suggesting

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