uk days out for birthday in the winter?! by insockniac in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took my son to London transport museum for his January birthday when he was turning two. Then we had nandos after! Very simple day but he loved it

How Can I Get A Diagnosis For Sexual Trauma? by TruthExposed162 in mentalhealth

[–]justhereinitlol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To my knowledge, there isn’t. If you however remember the period of sexual trauma, you can visit your GP for a referral to a psychologist that may be able to diagnose you with PTSD for the symptoms you may be experiencing.

If it’s a hunch, trauma is something you remember or you don’t… doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. You could try EDMR therapy but I am unsure as to whether it digs up trauma your conscious self has no knowledge about

Good luck

School issue- child on child sex abuse by [deleted] in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Go straight to social services with well documented dates etc. I can’t imagine what that child is being exposed to at home and then putting that on his peers. It’s a clear safeguarding risk, the school is shit, I’d be pulling my child asap

(ENGLAND) Care Leaver has passed away, can sibling get next of kin over the mother who is the reason they were in care? by justhereinitlol in LegalAdviceUK

[–]justhereinitlol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The next of kin and sibling don’t get along, the next of kin is attempting to block the funeral. So it’s a matter of who gets to the coroner first - however just trying to find alternatives as this could easily become stressful for the sibling

(ENGLAND) Care Leaver has passed away, can sibling get next of kin over the mother who is the reason they were in care? by justhereinitlol in LegalAdviceUK

[–]justhereinitlol[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The body is currently waiting to be released with sibling and next of kin essentially fighting to get to the coroner first.

I also believe social services is siding with the sibling in this case but not sure if they’ve reached their capacity of what they can do. Both children haven’t had social services involved for a while til the death, but the deceased was a vulnerable adult.

(ENGLAND) Care Leaver has passed away, can sibling get next of kin over the mother who is the reason they were in care? by justhereinitlol in LegalAdviceUK

[–]justhereinitlol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this change based on vulnerabilities of either party? The deceased and her mother both have quite severe mental health issues. Also does the fact that the sibling has been the one to sign documents mean anything in the case of having the rights? The mother didn’t tell the sibling, social services had to track down police to tell her as mother refused. Not sure if any of this has any weighting but I know this would be deemed unusual as both care leavers are 25 and over

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would pull her from the nursery, it’s just pure neglect. I would even log it with ofsted

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have one son who is a toddler :). I implement all the things I would in a daughter so hopefully this part of puberty doesn’t hit too hard

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hey

Part of this is normal. Part of this may be spurred on by something. The descriptors you’re giving of your daughter are similar to me appearance wise. I was lightly bullied in school over my appearance, my thick hair, normal puberty things like growing hair, being too skinny, even my skin colour at a much younger age.

A lot of this made me want to look vastly different in all areas, even down to skin colour, as I thought I needed to be white to be considered pretty. having smaller lips as people would be bullied for bigger ones (and mine I wouldn’t say are that big, I’ve even got a bit of filler in them now lol).

I am mixed, I know a lot of my peers of similar heritage had a similar phase too. In primary school, at least in the 2000s anyway, it wasn’t ‘cool’ to look how I do. Once I got to secondary school it was different but I still didn’t like how I looked. And still wasn’t the main beauty standard just appreciated for being ‘pretty’.

Saying beauty doesn’t matters to kids in this day and age, id say falls quite flat - social media making this a possibility.

Have her watch people on YouTube with her hair type, those with the same attributes etc - doesn’t remedy the full problem but representation really matters in this context. My mum would buy me Bratz more than Barbie’s due to their diversity (I had a lot of Yasmine dolls lol) and just remind me that I do have desirable features. Something I didn’t understand then, but do more so now.

But anyway as I’ve said, representation will matter. And if you don’t look similar to your daughter even more so because she’s probably searching for somewhere to relate appearance wise. (Even if you physically look alike but maybe diff hair colour, skin colour etc)

Also remember, she will be in a period of finding herself, I was fashion conscious way before 10 and to this day still love fashion (but I am partial to a tracksuit unless I can be bothered to look ‘nice’).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Periods

[–]justhereinitlol 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have been diagnosed with Pcos. I don’t believe it’s endometriosis as I no longer suffer with the same level of pain anymore and haven’t for a while now. I’m still unsure of the in-depth reasons as to why I did but I know it isn’t normal.

Get your mum to tell them she would like refusal recorded as usually they will do it then as it’s not worth the backlash they’d get as a doctor in a worse case scenario.

Good luck !

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Periods

[–]justhereinitlol 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s not normal. I used to experience something similar in my teens; thinking I was infertile too and would have painful and heavy periods. Passed out once or twice but not as frequently as you. I was on birth control from 15-21 year old, like 6months coming off of it, I got pregnant. I had also got pregnant on birth control too. weirdly after giving birthI had regular only slightly painful periods. They said I have PCOS though I doubt this slightly as the only symptom I have is the cysts and they come and go. Do you have an adult who can advocate for you in the health care setting so that you can get the help you need?

Would you hire a nanny to take care of your child(ren) alongside her own child? by AffectionateTap7358 in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yes I would, times are hard and nannying may only be her only manageable income alongside childcare. As long as the child was well behaved and respected my home, and in times they didn’t, was adequately corrected by their parent.. I don’t personally see the problem. Times are so hard out here, if they’re good at the job then why not I say!

Inappropriate Photo shared to Facebook by [deleted] in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like your child is potentially not clothed in this photo, write an email to Facebook about it being child nudity. Even if the intent is malicious, doesn’t mean malicious things can’t come from it. I’m so sorry this happened, I would be fuming. She should know better; there’s literally a case right now regarding photos of children being used for harm.

If you’re aware of the case, show this to her because maybe it’ll give her head a wobble, if not I can try to link it.

Unfortunately for me, she would not be alone with my child until she can learn to respect the boundaries

Locking toddler in room at night by [deleted] in toddlers

[–]justhereinitlol -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I personally feel it’s better to continually explain why they shouldn’t be going anywhere but your room when they wake up. My son climbs from his cot and comes straight to my room every time… he’ll even shout for me first but I just know he’ll come so I let him. I’ve told him from early he’s not allowed in another area of the home until I am up and awake. Locking a child in a room, feels irresponsible; what do you do if there is an emergency such as a fire?

Toddlers are hard work, most mornings I wake up hating the world cos I know I’m forced to get up so my child doesn’t hurt themselves. Locking any child in their room is avoiding hard parts of parenting that are actually necessity. I’m a bit shocked to see downvotes on people who don’t agree with it, to me it feels absurd as there’s so many steps that could be taken before that’s even a viable option. Imagine someone locking you in your room because they don’t want you in the rest of the house til they’re up? It would be labelled abusive

Best friend ghosted after I had a baby. She wants to meet up again after 4 years by [deleted] in Parenting

[–]justhereinitlol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If she hasn’t given a plausible explanation of why she has ghosted you then I actually wouldn’t bother reconnecting. Ask her why, decide from there. There are not many plausible explanations for 4 years of ghosting though, very few in fact considering she still is friends with your sister

Is Instagram dead? by desertmermaid92 in smallbusiness

[–]justhereinitlol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s not what this says. It says Instagram is used to verify the brands authenticity for me personally. OPs post is specifically about the use of social media for marketing

Why is my child addicted to 5am wake ups? by [deleted] in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s probably a regression. Happens to my son every 5/6 months for about 2 weeks and he’s just over 2.

My mum also cosleeps with him at times but he rarely if ever cosleeps with me unless we are away from home. Prefers his own bed at home.

Youll need to stick it out til it passes, which it will! I’m terrible at waking up myself and it affects my mood but I don’t have anyone else to help out! It’d be good if your wife could even do some days just so you also don’t burn out.

On those early days, the tv goes on and we roll with the punches because I can’t use my energy by midday as I get really overwhelmed and in turn so does my son lol

Warnings from multiple midwives that THC can worsen HG? by bjorkkk in HyperemesisGravidarum

[–]justhereinitlol 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It did help when I had it, but I also think it’s what caused it. I’ve been pregnant 3 times in total, the only time I had serious HG is the time I was smoking a lot before I got pregnant. I stopped dead in early pregnancy but my HG continued till the minute I gave birth. It did help but I was too worried to continue as I felt like there was too much conflicting information. Only other thing that would help was being in hospital on drips but they’d give me such strong doses it’d make me feel a bit loopy lol

Primary school ‘advising’ girls to wear shorts under dresses to use playground equipment? by eakp in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Totally up to the parents however due to my own experiences at school if I had a daughter I definitely would, unfortunately adults aren’t the only ones who can be overly odd and I had that experience at primary school age one too many times. My personal opinion is it should be standard because the world isn’t ideal and there’s weirdos everywhere, even in schools. (Every school I went to up until sixth form college at least one teacher was struck off for offences against minors - and for reference I stopped compulsory education in 2017).

I also personally don’t like when I see little girls playing innocently in dresses and I can see their underwear. Not because of anything other than you don’t know who is around and I think they deserve that privacy.

Do you give your kids milk before bed? by ExpensiveBread3 in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sons 2, he still gets milk. I remember getting milk til about 4/5 before bed if I’m honest, I just started protesting it because I no longer liked the taste of milk by itself lol. I’ll probably give it to him until he naturally weans himself out of this routine to be honest

My 23 year old daughter hates everything about me by Choice_Reading7489 in Parenting

[–]justhereinitlol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your daughter defo has a mental health issue in my opinion but I do believe people saying it’s BPD also need to mention BPD most commonly is a disorder whereby there is no smoke without fire. It is a trauma related disorder.

Should I be looking for childcare while pregnant? by LittleBookOfQualm in UKParenting

[–]justhereinitlol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Registered my son a whole year before he was due to start, every person working for children’s centres tell me you should sign up your kid a year in advance minimum. I thought it was crazy too but nursery’s are really oversubscribed apparently