I know. I hate everything he stands for, still, every time I see him, I just wanna hold him and tell him everything will be ok.

Sorry, I’m on his side. I think this behavior is very dismissive of anyone who’s with you at the time. What I would suggest is that you do a lot less of it.

14 HOURS? I bet they didn’t let her pump either. Her boobs had to have been agonizingly sore.

Thank you. I really appreciate first-hand information because — ‘media’:/

Yes! I knew I was missing a thing. The toddler sibling is a huge problem, especially if you are traveling alone with kids.

First off, the kid’s hungry when the kid is hungry. You can rationalize with an infant: if you can wait until we’re on the plane you can have all the nom nom you want...

I breastfed in public often, but breastfeeding rooms do serve a purpose. Often they’re the cleanest place in the surrounding area. Also, when you have other young kids in tow you appreciate a space to contain them while you feed the little one. A particularly awesome breastfeeding room I went in once even had toys and…

True facts. I got pretty comfortable breastfeeding as needed in public but could never ever contemplate pumping in public. No idea why, my brain just goes straight to a “nope. hard pass.”

Yes, but they’re also used for pumping, which is an activity that most women would still prefer to do in private.

To add on to all of the “you can’t control him” advice, which is great, you also need to face the fact that he may never quit and you need to decide for yourself if that is a deal breaker. My best friend married a guy who smokes (tobacco and pot) every day. Her passive dislike has turned to loathing over the course of…

Not to mention: “Why don’t you just go with the poor woman to help her care for her baby every day?” Because DCF is notoriously over-funded and under-burdened, right?

An intellectual disabiliy is different than a physical disability such as blindness, though.

Unpopular opinion: I think calling child services was the right choice. I have a relative with a similar IQ who was the single parent of his daughter, and she turned out alive...but not great. She did not have the kind of advocate a child with a typically-abled parent would. Kids need more than to be fed, clothed, and…

Not a single mom, but my mom was. My dad also had a drinking problem, was shitty with money, etc etc, and mom decided that splitting up was the right thing to do. It 100% was. Children sense when their parents are unhappy, and my mom couldn’t have been happy with my dad. We are very close to the point of being best…

I’m the daughter of a single mom and incredibly grateful for and respectful of the choices she’s made. Your kid(s) will know you love them and are doing your best to do the right thing

It sounds like you’re doing what’s right for you and your baby. I think the biggest thing to let go of the idea that you should feel guilty for “not making it work and giving your baby a home with a mom and dad.” Being a single parent is hard, but it doesn’t sound like you have much of a co-parent now anyhow, and…

I grew up with a single mother in a similar situation. It really really sucks that you’re going through this, but personally, I’m so glad my parents never stayed together. I was about 3 months when they got divorced, and my mom did the right thing (she tried everything to make it work, as well). I still had a…

Not a single parent. But, both of my sisters started off as single parents in relationships that were not healthy. They both left, are both married to amazing men who raise their step kids as bio kids, and they are both happy. And both of them have a good relationship with their exes on the other side. So, if you go…

I am a single mom of a now 14 year old and have been for 3 years. It’s hard to dispense advice because everyone’s situation is so unique. But! If I had to do it all over again:

I’m not a single parent so I can’t offer advice specifically for that. But as a mother I can say that doing what is best for you is what’s best for your child in the long run. Raising a kid with parents who are separated but managing the coparenting thing is so much better than staying together and miserable. And your…