vent/rant - no advice wanted

Hello! As of two weeks ago, I'm am officially one and done. I have mixed feelings about it but ultimately feel this is the best decision for us. First of all, the money. I work 4 days a week and my spouse 5 days. Even with that, it seems like it's not enough. Daycare is very expensive, we both...

Mainly joking, mainly. My husband and I have a 5 month old girl right now. She’s lovely, but I cannot fathom doing this again with a toddler running around. My husband brings up his family name ending as a joke, but I know he wants a second. He’s an amazing dad and I know he’d be great with...

I have an 8 month old baby who I love so much but physically, mentally, and financially I don’t understand how most people can have even one child, let alone 2+. My experience thus far… Pregnancy: 5 months of nausea, leg cramps and hip pain the entire time, lots of fatigue Labour: one week in...

talking about loss The comments about another don’t happen often to me thankfully. For context I had two early miscarriages and a stillbirth. That’s when I found out I had a 5% chance of carrying to full term. After that we chose to create embryos and used a gestational carrier. It took 3...

So I’ve a baby who’s 9 months old now but I also have a 20 year old too! I was always one and done with my ex, had the kid at 16 when still at school and dragged myself through medical school to make a better life for us. Achieved that and met a guy who also had kids from his ex partner. Anyway...

I’ll preface this by saying that I know children get sick in daycare - I’m an educator with nearly 12 years of experience! I’ve seen it all! But my 10 month old started at care (my place of employment) 6 weeks ago. Only 6! In that time he has had HFM, a green nose that will not go away even...

My child is reaching a year now and I’m so dissatisfied in my relationship with my SO since EVERYTHING FALLS TO ME. Weaponized incompetence doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of where we are. I have to ask him to do everything, and when I do, there is a MILLION follow up questions. Ask...

Getting to the point where women I follow on social media that were pregnant close to the same time as me are starting to announce they are pregnant with baby #2. My first thought is “pshhhh…good luck with that. No thanks”. But then my 2nd thought is “wow, it must have been a lot easier for...

Like some, I envisioned having two kids before even getting pregnant, I felt that was the norm “they’ll always have each other”. Now…even though I knew kids would be in my future (hubby really wanted kids) I would have been okay either way if we never were able to. But we were able to conceive...

I have a 22 month old. I have all the common only child worries. I know he’d be a great big brother. But here’s the thing. I know better. I know what another kid means. It means sharing my body for 9 months. It means the possibility of pre eclampsia and a c section. It means sleepless nights...

We are potty training our only (2 y/o boy). It’s been one hour, and I’ve already cleaned up poop in my house 3 times. I was not made for potty training. My son definitely agrees. All I can think is, “I am never doing this again.” Send help. 🫠

I'm a postpartum nurse, I sometimes float to pediatrics, the nursery, and l&d if they're very short staffed. I have seen so much of the good, bad and ugly of childbirth, postpartum care, and the life of children on a pedi floor. I chose to have my son on my own as a solo parent. Y'all, it's...

What the tittle says, if you could turn back in time, would you still have your child? (Knowing what you know today of course). My child is 5 y, and i'm exausted!! I'm 43 y, a stay at home mom, suffer from anxiety, and sometimes all i want to do is QUIT being a mother!!!

My six year old and I did a girl’s day the other day. She got her hair cut, we went for coffee, and then we had manicures. It was kind of a big deal - I don’t get my nails done and it was my first time in over 10 years, and was my girly’s first time ever. I was really excited - it’s something...

I just had my daughter in August and in my Facebook due date group there’s moms talking about currently being pregnant again, or ttc, or looking forward to getting pregnant again, or wishing they could and I cannot even begin to understand that thought process. I’m SO DONE. The thought of...

Background: I developed HELLP syndrome at 36+6 and had to get induced, baby was born healthy but on the smaller side and luckily didn't require NICU time. My platelets got so low that I couldn't get an epidural so I had a natural birth which I was completely unprepared for mentally. I also...

This weekend we took our almost six month old to see both of our families (a 2.5 hour trip one way). He did AMAZING! Husband and I were extremely anxious about the trip, worrying he wouldn’t sleep or nap or be miserable. He was totally chill (not saying this to brag as I suffere from terrible...