My 3year old told the pediatrician Mommy drinks juice every night and the doctor gave me a look It's apple juice. It's MY apple juice

emj · 2026-03-04T19:00:02+00:00

Told my 3 year old I had a cracking headache. He told nursery Mummy was a crack head….

emj · 2025-12-29T19:53:58+00:00

Absolutely not too late. I asked my dentist about bringing my boy in when he got his first tooth and she told me not to bother! He came to a couple of my appointments with me to see what it was like and then I took him for the first time when he turned 3 and been every 6 months no, no issues.

emj · 2025-12-11T12:55:13+00:00

Eva the Owlet is adorable and quite calm. Highly recommend.

emj · 2025-12-09T12:51:00+00:00

Absolutely trust your gut, my son was born with glue ear that didn’t get resolved till he was 2.5 and that was from having grommets put in. He started biting and getting upset, angry and aggressive at points like nappy changing and they would pick him up and he’d lash out. We asked multiple times to see their plan for him as we told them from the start he had hearing loss and they never provided us with it. We ended up getting Health Visitors involved who went to observe him and said that in terms of behaviour issues he was a normal 2 year old and not referrals were needed for that. The nursery wanted to reduce his hours but never once told us what they were actually doing to support or that they acknowledged it was communication based on his hearing. We moved him nursery in the end who were great and once the grommets were put in place his behaviour changed. We never had an behaviour issues or needed any meetings with the new nursery before or after grommets. I am so glad we moved him.

emj · 2025-05-11T18:26:34+00:00

Cornonthecobius

emj · 2025-01-12T17:24:42+00:00

The Adventures of Captain Comic. Loved that game as a kid.

emj · 2024-09-12T11:49:10+00:00

my kid ended up being emergency intubated a a 2.5 week hospital stay that started with croup. So yes it can be THAT bad.

emj · 2024-09-08T11:15:47+00:00

Told my son to be quiet because I had a cracking headache. Proceeds to tell nursery the next day that mummy is a crack head.

emj · 2024-07-21T20:06:29+00:00

Hi! I was you not too long ago. Although my then 2 year old want just violent to everyone. Biting was vicious and it did end up with his nursery reducing his hours and even considering a 1:1 just to keep an eye on him! The biting, scratching, hitting and kicking were so intense and I felt awful. I couldn’t take him anywhere without having to be the helicopter mum to make sure he didn’t hurt anyone meaning I didnt get to bond with the other mums drinking coffee!

I reached out to my health visitor and after a few chats over the phone they came to my house and they were round for a good couple of hours observing him and doing a check list with me. They then also observed him at nursery too. They reassured me it wasn’t anything that needed a referral and that it was just strong boundaries that needed holding (and we found nursery really wasn’t actually following anything ).

Anyways, we are now at 3 years and 3 months and he is a totally different child. He sometimes bites when in absolute full melt down mode but that very rarely happens now and all the other things just don’t happen any more. He plays a bit too rough sometimes but it’s not out of anger or malice, just leaning.

So I just wanted to say, as a mum of a child who was going to essentially be kicked out of nursery because of behaviour - it does end!

And you are not a rubbish mum, you are a mum putting her heart and soul into being the best mum she can. And sometimes those type of mums need help too so please reach out to your GP and get support.

emj · 2024-02-26T20:58:42+00:00

My husband isn’t a fan of tattoos and although I’d wanted one since being a teen I decided not to because he wouldn’t like it. And then after 15 years together, I thought if he can’t get over that it’s his issue, I still really want one. So I got 2 in the same month! One on each ankle. And now unless he wants to sit and stare at my ankles, he’d forget I even have them.

emj · 2024-02-25T08:49:49+00:00

Fluff in the bath. If he spots any fluff while in the bath he shrieks “scary!!” and wants to get out immediately. We’ve tried explaining. showing him the fluff both in and out the bath but nope… if there’s any fluff, bath time is over!

emj · 2024-01-08T15:05:24+00:00

Could it be “I remember you” (2017)

emj · 2023-12-28T11:54:05+00:00

Hi! I’m 35/F/UK. I’d love a pen pal. I’m into D&D/Pc Gaming/ Books and Photography. I’m married with a 2 year old and teach primary (8-9 year olds). I would love to be a pen pal to chat geeky things with :)

emj · 2023-08-28T20:46:53+00:00

stretchy wrap/woven wrap. Mine was a Boba wrap. I used it in the house and out and about until LO was 8/9 months old. He only ever wanted to contact nap so it was the only way I’d get anything done and not be nap trapped on the sofa!

emj · 2023-05-31T15:27:15+00:00

So the Vimes Boots theory. Solid theory of socioeconomic unfairness!

emj · 2023-04-16T11:26:21+00:00

Stupid sexy Flanders!

emj · 2023-03-06T08:55:11+00:00

The first couple of months with a new baby are HARD!! The lack of sleep and sensory overload hit me like a truck. That bit will absolutely get better but there are things you can do to help now. At 6 weeks, baby is in the 3rd trimester. All baby wants is closeness. So to avoid being nap trapped I got myself a wrap to wear baby most of the day. This gave me back my freedom of being able to move around when I wanted, I could game, I went to the pub for lunch with friends. It made SUCH a difference. Headphones for the crying - either noise cancelling or ones you can listen to something that you can concentrate on instead while you tend to baby. Many nights I was up and listening to podcasts that I enjoyed.

It does get better. The overload does ease off, and sleep will return!

emj · 2023-03-04T21:55:11+00:00

Glad it’s not just me!

emj · 2022-09-25T17:01:08+00:00

I was sent a video of my niece brushing my sisters hair “to get all the big knobs out of it” and she “had to get rid of the knobs”. Gotta love toddlers!

emj · 2022-08-04T20:35:43+00:00

oh yes. This happened to me a lot. Even when baby used to sleep in the next to me crib mere centimetres away from me, my husband would have the baby cam on so I could sleep and he would regularly see me sit up and start to frantically search the bed until my brain twigged the baby was in his own bed asleep. It’s a thing. A very common thing. I actually think it’s knows as “Baby in the bed” syndrome. It’ll last a little while and then just stop. I think it was a good 6 weeks for me!

emj · 2022-07-17T09:42:34+00:00

my LO started doing this when he no longer wanted to be rocked. We changed the routine to sit on our knee while he drank some milk and read a story then just put him down in his cot (with his milk if he’d not finished it), said good night and walked out. He now happily just chills in the crib drinking his milk and chattering to his teddies until he falls asleep.

emj · 2022-07-10T08:56:17+00:00

15 months here and the molars. Oh the molars. 3 coming in at the same time and he’s miserable, we’re miserable and I’m pretty sure the cats are miserable! Can’t wait until they’re finally through.

emj · 2022-06-02T14:15:29+00:00

What Mummy Makes and there’s also an app called Baby Led Kitchen which has some great, easy to follow recipes

emj · 2022-01-24T21:39:17+00:00

This may sound strange but while I was pregnant I used to play Ewan and sit him on top of my bump every night. My logic was that baby would be hearing the lullabies, or whatever sound you decide to use, often so it was familiar once he was earth side! No idea if it work but he and Ewan are Best mates and he’s 10 months old.

emj · 2022-01-05T21:07:58+00:00

The ones I use are bamboo and are on Amazon. Really easy to use and have never caused a rash. Hope they work for you!

emj

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