My 14 year old is very much into video games. My husband is wanting to play with him The new gta game. His reasoning is that he will prob be exposed to the game with friends and would rather explain it to him. While I can see that is a possibility. I feel like I’m serving a very violent game on a platter for him with lots of sexually explicit material. We have seen media with him that was a bit more mature and we have had conversations about what is wrong or happening in some scenarios. Allowing him to play that game though is a tough sell for me. Even if he might see it with friends. It’s almost like we are telling him that the way they depict women and language is ok. Not sure what to do. Would love some advice we are not agreeing on this. Thanks!

My father and I are both combat veteran U.S. Marines, and I don’t talk about any of that and it’s not really part of my life.

Now my 6yo daughter’s kindergarten is having a “Veterans’ Breakfast,” which my father will want to attend because he’s one of those really proud guys with Marine Corps colors and emblems on everything he owns and wears.

I’m kind of at a loss how to explain to her what a veteran is without explaining what the military is, which basically leads to “there’s this thing called war, people do awful things to each other, people kill each other, I’ve killed people who were trying to kill me, they killed my friends though,” etc.

When I was growing up, it was always treated like a pre-destined thing that I’m going to join the military, what I wanted had very little to do with anything. In fact, I chose to join the toughest branch for the toughest and most dangerous job, specifically so I could do one enlistment and get out and never have to hear about it from another family member ever again.

I have deliberately not told my kids about it except things like “I once had a job where I lived outside all the time” and “I once had a job where I traveled on a ship and went all over the world.” I asked my daughter what she knows about soldiers and she said “nothing.”

I’m sure my kids have probably seen some tv violence etc. because their mother has no problem watching horror shows and stuff with the kids around, but I also tell them regularly that anything you see on a screen isn’t real, and/or a screen can show you anything, real or fake.

How much do I tell a 6yo about the bad that’s real?

I am expecting a baby, and among all the challenges I could think of, screens worry me the most.

I was born and raised in the 90s, we had one tv and one pc at home. My parents, siblings and I had to share screens. During my childhood, I read a lot, I drew, I wrote, I played in the yard, I created new games and explored new hobbies when I felt bored. I watched cartoons and educational tv material for around 2 hours/day, and I played some video games with my siblings during weekends. I could say that I had good times and created various memories with myself as a kid.

Yet things changed when I became a teenager. I abandoned many of my hobbies when we got an internet connection at home, as this new toy was much more flashy. Though I still shared our only pc with my siblings, so my screen time was thankfully limited. I got my first Nokia phone when I got into college, and my first smartphone after I graduated. And since getting my smartphone, I've been struggling with an addiction that has been normalized.. I struggle with keeping my phone away. I now take it one day at a time, my notifications are all off, I limit my social media time as possible, especially noticing how it effects my mood, attention, self esteem, and much more. I succeed and fail, but I keep trying, and I've been more conscious about it since I got pregnant. I truly realise how the internet is designed to be addictive, and how you cannot live a healthy rich life without self control and internet restrictions. I would love to be present around my children, and I don't want them to see me on my phone a lot.

Now the issue is, I live in a community where I rarely see kids without their phones/ipads anymore. It's scary. Little ones in family gatherings -as young as 1.5 & 2 years old- play youtube songs on loop and zone in to the screen for hours. They don't speak, don't attempt to speak, they just throw tantrums when the device is out of battery. Older kids are also playing online games on their devices all the time, have all kinds of social media accounts, although both of these platforms are full of creeps, and their only ambition is becoming social media influencers. What happened to normal childhood? And am I right in being scared for my future kids?

My concern is that I don't want my kids to be isolated, left out, and completely unaware of the trends, I still want them to build healthy relationships and have fun with their peers. But what if all the peers do is this nonsense? I would like my kids to read books, discuss them with their friends, watch good quality shows, attend plays and experiment with sports, learn some hobbies until they find a passion, cook and sing with me.. It's sad and confusing that kids around me don't do these simple things anymore because of how attached they are to cheap and addictive technology.

Is 2026 too late for me to raise kids with limited screen time, for them to have a richer experience and healthier cognitive functions as children? Is it doable? If so, how can I prepare for this? And what about social media, could parents these days allow social media only when their kids are 18 years old or so?

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All month kids have been not listening, really loud and stressful mornings (we have neighbors below us and they do NOT like us), constant arguing with each other, complaining over every single tiny thing ("he stuck his toinge at me!" "She touched me!" "He put one single drop if water on me and now I have to change my whole outfit!")

They've been super disrespectful with saying no to everything, not following rules, calling the adults names under thier breath or if they do so loudly and get caught, they'll say they were talking to themselves. We live 15 minutes walking from school and they're still constantly late. They constantly disrespect thier older siblings items and spaces. Like 2 days ago they broke 21yr old daughters DVD case for the movie 'Kubo' that she was going to return to the library today.

They even just been...bad. I'm exhausted. Mentally and physically tired and drained. I feel WEAK. And it's 80% because of them.

I don't know if I want to take them trick or treating this year for the first time ever (because it's the first month of us being in our own place/apartment and in a safe neighborhood too. 21yr daughter and 16yr son convinced me to take all of them trick or treating)

I keep telling them (5 1/2fm, 7m, 8m) I'm gonna return tbier costumes. That they won't go if they keep acting up. 16 really wants to go trick ir treating and he really wants the kids to go too. But the little ones have just been menances and I'm not sure how to discipline them in a brand new apartment where we have nothing in the rooms yet. I tried doing the wall but that doesn't seem to work. I don't want to hit them. They don't have a ton for me to take away and and I don't even know where I would put it 'away'

21 helps a lot with them and she's also exhausted with the stressful mornings and the constant noise and arguing and yelling. She's made them delicious breakfasts all week and suddenly they hate everything. 16 wanted to go to a family halloween event yesterday and we ended up not going cause the little kids made us all very late.

Tldr; 3 little kids have been acting all month and I don't think they should trick or treating first the first time ever but big kid really wants me to take him and also little kids

I'm an awful role model, I swear a lot, used to be "not-sober" , get away with at least one misdemeanor a day.. but I think I have a pretty good handle on how to teach my son what life's all about because he trusts and loves me. that being said, how do I present myself at confrences? being involved is very important to me and I want to come across as a good parent. I baked cookies but then thought about how different things are from when I was a kid and thought maybe I shouldn't even bother bringing them. I'm nervous if you cant tell

My 18mo boy has gotten very good at using the potty independently- he knows when he needs to go, can go by himself, will even dump it into the toilet and flush the big potty when he is done. However, this is only successful if he is naked from waist down. We cloth diaper and I think he use used to the feeling of wet cloth so the usual switch to undies isnt a feeling cue to his brain when he goes in them. I have tried just undies, just pants, undies and pants, regular undies, the padded training undies, all of it. He still has accidents if he is wearing anything. It is getting colder so I would prefer he have something on but want to continue with pottying, at least at home and working on it while we are out. Any tips for success while clothed?

My 4.5 year old is very stubborn and opinionated. She will not take No for an answer. Every no turns into a crying spell which I didn’t mind that much. But now she hits us or throws stuff. I try to be very patient with her. I calm her down and tell her it’s bad to hit or throw stuff. She promises she won’t do it again. But with in no time she is back to that behaviour. On top of that she does not follow instructions. We have to ask her multiple times to brush her teeth or dress up or sit at the table to eat. She continues doing her own thing while intentionally ignoring us.

I feel exhausted and honestly worried about how she will turn out as she grows up. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle this.

I just found out I’m pregnant with twins and I have a one year old girl. Are there any moms who’ve had twins? How do you cope with that and handle that? We don’t have any family with us so it’s hard and I’m absolutely terrified. I’m happy that we’re going to be bringing two precious babies into our family, but part of me is also sad that my other baby girl won’t be getting as much attention from me. She’s such a mama’s girl and I don’t want her to feel some type of way or to feel like I love her less. How do I show all my babies the love they deserve and need?

Trip revolving around preteen girl

I have a little sister that is 7 (I’m 30). She was obviously my “first” baby, but I’ve had 2 boys in the last 3 years. I want to take her to do something fun & centered around her. What are some things your preteen girl enjoys? Im not against turning it into a 1 night trip but something we could make a day out of would be great.

I want something different than your typical “eat lunch & get our nails done”

I've heard/read a few times throughout my life that "a challenging toddler will become a challenging teen/an easy toddler will be an easy teen."

In your experience, how true is this??

Our 5-year-old started kindergarten in August and things are not going well. Academically he is doing well. He’s made friends and likes his teacher and school overall. His behavior is becoming a problem though. At a parent-teacher conference a couple of weeks ago we were told that he’s doing great but needs to focus on listening and not talking over the teacher.

He’s in an after-school program and it has been going terribly. He does have some good days, but his behavior has been a major issue from day one. There were a couple of kids who were physically bullying him when he first started and he would retaliate by pushing and hitting them. We had many talks with him about how he needs to tell an adult when this happens so they can handle the situation. I talked to staff at the after-school program and let them know that he was getting picked on. They told him that they were sorry it was happening, and that they would help but he needed to let them know. This basically went in one ear and out the other, and he ended up getting a one-day suspension from the after-school program due to this and some other bad behavior. He saw how upset his mom and I were and we had a serious discussion with him. He seemed to take it to heart.

After that, for several weeks, when he got bullied by these kids he would tell an adult and they would help. The bullying eventually stopped and he did have a few incidents but nothing physical and more like not listening, not keeping his hands to himself, and potty talk. The staff told us that when there’s an issue they talk to him and he seems to understand what he’s doing wrong. Whenever he gets in trouble he faces consequences at home (time out, no TV for the night, etc.).

Last week he had a nuclear meltdown at bedtime, which is a rare occurrence. It started with not wanting to go to bed and eventually escalated to him screaming, hitting us, throwing things, and crying uncontrollably until he nearly made himself throw up. He has an old tablet with some ABC Mouse educational games that he is allowed to use from time to time, MAYBE once a month. He had been using his tablet that day for a couple hours so that was involved in the meltdown. That is put up indefinitely. After he calmed down we had a talk with him, and I had told him that I didn’t want to hear a single thing about his behavior the rest of the week.

The next day I went to pick him up and I found out he was suspended again for a day. He was pushing other kids on the way to the after-school program. He was asked to stop and seemed to understand but kept doing it. He also splashed water on the bathroom floor and on the other kids, and ended up pinching someone which left a mark. He was grounded for a full week, sent to his room, and his mother and I both had very long individual talks with him, then talked to him together. He was told that he needs to apologize to the kids involved with the incident, the adults (when his suspension is over). At the end of the night I told him that I didn’t want to hear about another bad day this week. He’s in Scouts and I told him that if he gets in trouble again he isn’t going to the event they are having this weekend (trip to a local wilderness center).

The day after that, at school, a girl stepped on his fingers and rather than tell the teacher he hit her. He apologized to the girl, the teacher talked to him, and she informed us of the situation. We had another talk with him, more days were added to the grounding, and he was told that he was staying home from the Scouts event this past weekend. That triggered another meltdown, although he came around to accepting the consequences.

Fast forward to today. He got into it with one of the bullies and they started swinging at each other. Both of them ended up suspended for 2 days.

My wife and I are at our wits end with this. We are stressed, I’m sad, and she can’t stop crying. She blames herself, thinks she is failing as a parent. We have talked with him until our jaws hurt and we just can’t seem to get through to him. The grounding and consequences aren’t working. He tells us that he can’t help getting in trouble, that he doesn’t mean to be bad. He always promises that he’s going to have a better day the next day and then something happens. I have gotten to the point where I dread picking him up from the after-school program because I am expecting to hear that he’s gotten into trouble or is getting suspended again.

Something has changed in him since he started kindergarten. I’m not sure if it’s adjusting to public school, as he was raised in Mennonite daycare/preschool from the day he was born. He did get into trouble at preschool but nothing like this, and no more than the other kids there. At preschool there also weren’t as many consequences, each day was a new beginning, so I’m sure that plays into it. I’m not sure if he’s learning/copying bad behavior from other students.

He’s in a program with the school counselor for kids who have a hard time adjusting to kindergarten, where students can learn as a group to manage their feelings and come up with better coping skills. I am also going to have a talk with the after-school program about his behavior and see if they have resources for us to look into. I am also considering looking into a child counselor to see if it would help.

Can anyone relate? Does anyone have advice?

Hi! So we are doing an experience based birthday for our kid, and I don't want to do a goodie bag/take away gift. My reasoning is that the experience itself is the gift. If I were throwing it at a park or our house, I could see doing them, but not where we are going? After talking with extended family, they basically said it was very rude not to thank guests with a gift of their own.

If you were an attendee at a party hosted at places like the movies, a small theme park, or Sky Zone (just to name a few), would you be disappointed to not get a gift? Thank you!

I am so disappointed in my son. For the second year in a row he chose to skip an important charity event that supported ALS research.

My son (13) and my daughter (11) have two best friends of the same age who lost their dad to ALS about 3 years ago. The two kids started their own fundraiser to fund ALS research. This fundraiser happens annually in the fall for 4 weekends in Sundays. This is a huge community event, 200+ people come and there is music, food trucks, snacks, and it’s a super fun time where all the kids friends come.

For the second year, the first event happened on my ex-husbands weekend. This year, my daughter asked me to pick her up and give her a ride so she could attend since her dad was still asleep from the night before. She knew how important this was to her best friend. I asked my daughter on the way to tell my son I was coming, and she told me he wasn’t planning to. When I got there, I called him and asked him to come out, he said he was staying home with his cousin who had slept over. I offered his cousin to come, and he asked his cousin if he wanted to go, his cousin said no, and my son told me he was staying home. I told him it was a bad choice and left of course all of his friends were there having a blast, and almost all of them asked where he was. I didn’t know what to say, so I kind of just mumbled something about at his dad’s house.

Last year when he skipped (for the same reason) we had a LONG talk about why this was so important. I have no idea how to navigate talking to him this year. He will be going next weekend, since it’s my custody weekend but he’s coming back to my house tonight and I’m so mad at him I can’t even sleep. He’s normally such a good kid. Thoughtful, kind and a natural leader. In fact, he was captain of the football team with the boy whose dad passed a couple years in a row now. And this is his own best friend. And he chose not to show up to the fundraiser his friend created in memory of his father. Additionally, he’s not one to ever pass up time with friends. So him not attending is so out of character. Last year we talked about it, I was mad but came at it with the Ted lasso ‘be curious not judgemental’ and gave him grace he was with his cousin and at his dads. But now two years in a row after I explained to him how important this was? I don’t even know what to say.

I’m thinking I’ll send him up to his room when he gets home to write something about character and what it takes to be a friend. He already knows this, it’s so important to me we talk about it all the time. He needs to process it himself I think. Is that a fair way to handle this?

Edit: I hear what is being said and I’m going to rethink the conversation starting with an apology for snapping at him. I’ll ask why he skipped, and try to understand without assuming.

I have a 2 year old and an almost one year old. My mil is constantly telling me that I need parenting lessons to deal with my kids.

Today I took them to a Halloween event where they were hanging out candy and decided to give my oldest a few small pieces. She was having fun and she asked for it. I said F it why not. It’s not like I’m giving her the entire bucket. So of course the sugar rush kicked in. All she is doing is running circles around me and her sister. Mil chimes in that I shouldn’t have given her candy and that I need parenting classes on how to handle her. Well Linda she is perfectly okay and if she gets too rowdy I’ll leave with her. Let her be a kid!

This is also the same woman that gave her an ENTIRE cake while she was 6 months old saying that she needed it after I had told her no.

Mil tells me I need parenting classes for literally everything! My toddler is having a tantrum? Parenting classes. She’s stimming? Parenting classes. She is saying only no or only eating one food? Parenting classes.

I finally snapped and told her to mind her own business that I will raise my children as I see fit. It was a couple pieces of candy and she will be fine!

Omg! I love him to bits, and I am thankful he is finally using his words, singing, counting, etc., but from morning to night, it's NON-STOP LOL.

I try to tell him to "ssssh" sometimes, just to give my brain a break, but that results in screaming. Omg his scream is insane. It literally hurts my ears, I think that's why my ears have been ringing lately.

He only ever does it at home thankfully, not once in public (yet, never say never!) but holy schmoly. It's like a pterodactyl. I always try to correct his behavior when he screams, and he's slowly getting it, but not fast enough for my eardrums

Does anyone else have a 2.5 year old who will not stop talking at home? I know there's absolutely nothing that can be done about it, but I want to feel like I am not alone 😆

How old is too old to trick or treat? The last time I went trick or treating was in 7th grade in a friends neighborhood, and then once just for fun in high school friends and I stopped at teachers houses in the surrounding neighborhoods. We only went to see three teachers because we thought the teachers would appreciate the visit.

My kids stopped being interested in trick or treating before sixth grade. I never mentioned it to them, they just weren’t interested. Now my one has a friend who trick or treats in high school. Suddenly there is renewed interest in it and I personally haven’t had any kids older than early middle school come to my door (mostly girls) so I’m wondering what other parents are thinking as far as trick or treating age goes!

Edit: thank you for all the comments! Helped me see things a little differently!

I posted a while back asking how people do work with young babies in terms of like working from home... I got a lot of clap back presumably from I don't know workaholics saying that it's impossible and your work life is going to suffer. And then I got a lot of clap back from the mother Earth hippies saying that yes I could do it but I'd be neglecting my child to ensure the work is done and that basically both sides the debate said you cannot do both.

I'm just here to say that it actually is possible.

I wfh three days a week with my baby because I didn't want them to go into daycare too early. I was planning to transition them to day care a little bit later.

I found I was absolutely able to do work and look after a baby and keep them entertained and happy. The key thing was probably that it was a lot easier when they were younger for sure.

I end up stopping when he was nine months old and putting him into daycare.

I have found now that they are 10 months that today is quite challenging... He is quite attention seeking right now although I am actually getting reports reviewed so work is happening!

As a timesheeter I just want to say suck it to the naysayers because I'm equally productive working at home with a young child as I was in the office.

I did find though for me and this particular baby that did tap out around the nine month mark though.

Overall it was quite hard work because I did feel like I was balancing work, baby, in general home life on my own but that was also some of my husband having a really intense year contributing to that.

So here's a post for the people in the middle who aren't company men or mother Earthers.

This is a post to the reality of the modern day mum. Is possible if you want to delay daycare a little bit longer.

edit: it's hilarious how much hate there is for a lot of uneducated assumptions. have half of you never had 3 under 5? because that's intense. someone is always not getting your immediate attention. just goes to show how much woman don't support other woman try to boss it at life. is it hard work? absolutely. this has been the most tiring year if my life. but we have a financial reality we needed to balance with the fact I felt like daycare too early wasn't great for bubs. he's better off being with me for sure.

Hi, all!

I know this has likely been asked a hundred (maybe a thousand) times before, and I am so sorry. I just like reading newer responses. I checked the rules so I am hoping I am good.

Partner and I have been discussing having a second child for a while now. We both grew up with siblings, and really enjoyed the experience in varying ways. Whenever we had our first, we were very vehemently "one and done" because of how awful my pregnancy, birth experience, and postpartum was -- but, now that a considerable amount of time has passed, we're thinking about it again.

It wouldn't be right now, or for a while, but I wanted to come here and ask - what was it like going from one child to two? Recommend or do not recommend? I am terrified yet deeply desire being able to do this - to parent two kids, raise siblings - somehow simultaneously - is this normal? Our first child would be anywhere from three to five - so parents with that age gap, I would love to hear about it. No rudeness, please - I am just looking for insight from people who have gone through it :)

My child has just turned 5, generally she’s great and well behaved but when we go out with another child she is more unruly. I will talk to her before we leave the car and set some reasonable expectations; hold my hand when near cars, stop when I say stop, don’t run around / run away from me. Yet today we go to a museum, on the way she refuses to hold my hand and won’t stop when I say stop. In the museum she’s running in the cafe when people have hot drinks and food. Later on in a shop she’s running away out of sight. Obviously I can say behave or we go home but after a £10 train ticket and £30 entry fee, I’m hardly going to leave and cut short a play date. As I say, generally she’s great and would normally hold my hand etc. I wouldn’t say the other child is leading her astray as which; they’re both playing up as much as each other.

What would you do? Should I one day cut short a play date and deal with an all day huff? Is there such a thing as a Topsy and Tim book where Topsy goes missing for 8 hours because she ran away from her Mum in a busy city Centre and nobody could find her?!

I procrastinated and now have one week to make my daughter‘s tree for her Lorax costume (Google it if you don’t mind) Anyone have any crafty but somewhat simplistic ideas? Thanks from a “I’ll hand make your Halloween costume it’ll be so fun!“ mom rhat needs to follow through 😅

I only have 2 kids, ages 1 and 4, but it feels like I have a thousand kids. The 1 year old needs a lot of supervision and the 4 year old wants my attention every moment that his eyes are open. I feel like I'm letting him down because I have to spend a lot of time making sure baby doesn't die and can't give him the quality attention he wants.

Someone is ALWAYS asking me something, or needs something, or wants me to look at something, or wants me to entertain them. I was originally hoping for 3 kids but at this rate I feel like my brain might explode if I had one more thing vying for my attention.

Are people who can handle more than 2 kids truly just a different breed? When does it get easier??

Hi everyone! Kind of a vent - but also looking for advice on how others in a similar phase of life handle this topic. Now that my oldest is in grade school I’m facing a new dilemma that I’ve never had to worry about before. I’ve always prided myself on the fact that we ALWAYS show up for kids when invited to a birthday party unless we have something else going on. I’m trying to raise “we show up for others” humans in a world where so many people don’t prioritize others, and hearing stories about kids who were so excited for their parties but then had barely anyone show up really gets to me.

With that said, I’m overwhelmed. Since school started in we’ve been invited to and attended 4 classmate birthday parties. We also have had 3 of our adult friends’ kids birthday parties, 2 of my daughter’s friends from preschool, and 3 neighbor kids who are around the same age. In the past 6 weeks alone we’ve had 8 birthday parties, and 2 more coming up over the next 2 weekends. Since Friday after school we’ve received 2 MORE invites. I’m burnt out and feel like every single weekend is accounted for with birthday parties, and I think I have to adjust the mindset that I’ve always had about showing up but it’s making me feel SO guilty.

I guess I’m just looking for input from others who share my mindset, because the “you don’t owe anyone your presence” type of advice is the exact opposite of how my conscience works, and is not valid advice in my mind lol. I’m always honored to be included and want to continue treating invites that way, but I have to draw a line somewhere and I don’t know where to draw it - because all of these people are important to us in different ways. I’m so grateful that our circle has grown since having kids but I’m really missing the days when my oldest was a baby/toddler and our circle was much smaller. Where do you draw the line when it gets to be WAY too much?

My 1st grader's teacher has sent out a birthday party invite on behalf of a parent. It's a pool party at an indoor water park, in NOVEMBER. My kid didn't want to go there even in summer as the water feels cold to her. Also, the last pool party she went to, she was like "why is every birthday a pool party?" 😂

Fall has made its entry in Texas making mornings bearable. A party at a kids' park between 10-noon would have been fine honestly.

I am so over attending birthday parties this time. I haven't even told my kid about the invite (because the kid isn't that close a friend of hers). However, if it slips out there's a birthday invite, she'll want to go. Sigh

Okay, weve seen so many of these posts, but I need to rant. My kids are in fifth and second grade of public school, and over the years I've had so many notes (some specifically to me, many for the classroom, and every year new ones for the school) from the school and teachers regarding lunches that the list has grown completely bizarre and contradictory. From standard allergens to wtfs. Teachers especially, could you tell me WHY? And what are we supposed to be feeding our kids?

No peanuts/peanut products

No nuts/nut products

No seeds/seed products

No citrus

No wheat/wheat products

No berries

No eggs

No processed meats

Nothing with a smell

Nothing processed/packaged

No sugar

Nothing that takes more than 5-10 minutes to eat (the kids eat on a timer)

And today, my kid came home with a note saying that I sent too many snacks and a proper meal would be better. A proper meal that can be eaten in 5 minutes?!

Ughhh! I'm standing in my kitchen af 11:30 at night with no idea what to prepare.

My son is 3 next month and we have a 5 week old. We a

Have found that his behaviour was starting to deteriorate during the end of my pregnancy. However since baby girl arrived his behaviour is out of control.

He will throw things around and when we take them off him (calmly, and explaining that it is not safe) he just moves onto the next toy and throws this. He also hits and kicks me and his dad, pulls my hair and scratches or hits us with his toys. He has now started to hurt his sister and has once shook her moses basket as she was sleeping in it. He has accidently kicked her whilst kicking me and then once he realised what he did he smacked her. He has also splashed water in her face when we were bathing her, he also often says he wants to smack her. He also slams doors and bangs on them next to her when he knows baby is asleep and when we move him away he just runs back and obviously when I'm home alone with them both it's extremely hard to keep him away whilst making sure she is safe and happy.

We try and stay as calm as possible when he does all of this but sometimes we do raise our voice because it is exhausting 😫 We have found no matter what we do nothing seems to be working and his behaviour is just getting worse.

We dedicate at least 20 minutes a day to do whatever he wants together without the baby, as whenever we research what to do this is the first thing it says. Feel like this has made no difference to his behaviour though.

Has anyone else had a similar experience and if so how long did it last?! Or do people think I need to speak to someone? I have spoken to health visitors and they say it's normal but this seems extreme now 😫