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You & Your Family

Becoming a parent, especially the first time, is no easy endeavor. As much as you want parenting advice, you also need good ideas for nurturing your own grown-up relationships, dealing with sleep deprivation, making the decision whether to be a stay-at-home mom or a working mom, finding new recipes, traveling with kids, getting in shape, and deciding on more kids.

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    Not sure if this is the right forum but how do you guys deal with insentive comments from family? Or family members that are pregnant (not that you’re not happy for them of course)?
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    By KiKiH2020 in June 2020 Birth Club
    I’m a FTM and I have zero family, and my SOs family has not made any effort with me or my LO, I did try for a long time with them before she was born so she would have family. It’s been a lot harder on me mentally than I thought it would. Before she was born I was fine being alone and didn’t think m
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    Do you put up with annoying  in laws or family members for the sake of your LO? Do you think it's wrong to separate your child from family because they are annoying?  
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