My husband and I have full custody of his child from a previous marriage. The ex is an emotional fruitcake who wants to be her childs best friend instead of mother. When the child visits the mother there are no rules, no sleep, and she constantly bribes the child with clothes, fast food and candy. I have raised this child for the last year, and work very hard to make sure that she is well behaved, healthy and happy, but I am finding it harder and harder to compete with the "good mom" who lets her run wild. Today was a tough day, the child has recently come back from a visit with her mom and you know how that goes, its takes forever for her to readjust and behave again, so she has been in trouble quite a few times, finally at the end of the night, her mom called and she cried saying that she wants her. I know its not her fault but I get so mad. Her mom makes her a mess and leaves us to deal with it and we look like the big bad mean guys. What would you do? We have tried to talk to her..
Dad works long hours so I can stay home. We also have a son and a baby on the way….
LOL, I wish I could kick her butt…. My husband is fighting her BIG time in court, she actually want full custody which is a joke. She thinks the child is a Baby Alive Doll…. Not a human that requires dedication and constant reinforcement to raise
you are wrong dadgonewild…..I KNOW it is not about ME. We have facilitated an amicable relationship with this women and she wants nothing to do with it. We NEVER EVER talk bad about her mom in front of her, yet the reverse IS NOT TRUE. I keep this child out of it, but her mother constantly puts her in the drama by saying terrible things about this. How can I not get involved when I dedicated myself to help raise this child with morals and values when her "real" mom failed to do so? So I stay out of teaching her to be a productive, responsible human being as well?
Good lord, my husband is the FARTHEST thing from abusive. I call her a fruitcake because she has demonstarted to ME a very unstable emotional state. She keeps changing her mind and is a compulsive liar. My husband is an awesome man who is a FANTASTIC dad and stood up to the plate when mom ditched her daughter
He DIDNT TAKE HER AWAY, she GAVE her away

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My now ex boyfriend and I have a baby on the way we spent 4 years together and I conceived my baby back in may. Im now 7 months pregnant and hes decided that he doesnt want to take part in mine or my childs life any longer. Hes resented me since the day he found out I was pregnant and wouldnt have an abortion I knew our relationship was withering away after that Im not upset over the fact he has left me Im upset over the fact that hes 41 years old immature and is depriving my child of a father. He stated that he would financially support the baby and I as long as he doesnt have to take part in our lifes he didnt but a limit as to what the financial support should be we are going to sit down and come up with an agreement so we dont have to go to family court and persue child support to be blunt about it I got enough shit to hold over his head to send him to the pen for atleast 10 years thats why hes avoiding the family courts and child support and is willing to pay me the sum I wish monthly to support our child. I dont want to take advantage of him because their isnt a sum of money out there that will replace my babys dad I would take him being a father to our child any day over a large sum of money. Heres what I sat down and though of expense wise. Im currently not working so I exspect my cellphone and college tuition to be paid until I find a job thats a mear together a month I expect that he arrange adequete transportion for the baby and I, I am 20 and dont have my license I have a fear I know I need to get over so I would appreciate 00 up front to purchase a reliable used car so I can go get my license. I also expect medical expenses to be paid of for the child a set amount of money to be put up for my childs education funds for diapars food and clothing.He also wishes I stay home to take care of the baby till it goes to school and thats where im confused I dont know know what amount isa good amount to set for me to be a stay at home mom I know its the greatest job ever but I need a source of income to get by I muchrather he pay child care expenses so I can work. whats the dollar amount I should put on each of these things a month for him food clothing diapers child care etc.
For those who think im making a mistake on not going to family court the agreement between him and i will be noterized so that if he doesnt live up to his expectations I can take him to court and show the the documents that he has agreed to support the baby and I financially. I also figure I should have a legal DNA test since he wont be named father on the birth certificate and the baby wont carry his last name I have no doubt hes the father the only reason I want a legal dna test is because without that and without having him on the birth certificate if something was to happen to him my child wouldnt be able to collect his social security or on his insurance.

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Ok, i am five months pregnant (yay) but i also have four other kids. Kyle is 13 years old and is just killing me. He is always asking me to drive him places and hes always being so mean and teenagerish (LOL)
Blake is 11 years old and always has friends over and keeping me up all night at her sleepovers and always begging me for new clothes and stuff.
Fallon is 9 years old, shes a little sweetie pie. I really cant complain much about her except for the fact that shes attached to my hip.
And lastly, my son Andrew is 6 years old. Hes also a sweetie but when things dont go his way hes a wild kid.
See i love all my kids and i want them to be happy but i need help explaining to them that im a little busy with the new baby on the way and i have to relax, but i dont want to ignore them.
Thanks so much everyone.
LOL believe me, i dont tend to Kyle like hes a king. But if i dont do what he needs he begs and begs and nags until i have to!

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I never realized until I was pregnant how similar they are! One of my three dogs is a toy monger. The best toy is a toy another dog is playing with. The other two could care less (probably because they never get a chance to play with them).

Since we have a baby on the way, how do I teach the dog which toys are not his?

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I have a baby on the way, and was wondering what kind of laundry detergent to use to wash his clothes. Some of them are used and I want to make sure they are cleaned well. Is it really necessary to use that special non fragrent dreft detergent?

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I wanted to start creating personalized Baby shower invites, thank-you’s and announcements and was wondering how much would you actually spend for those things.

When recently shopping for these items for my own baby on the way, I realized they are very expensive at the store. I love working with photoshop and just created my own for a lot less and everyone was very impressed and said I could sell them.

I am trying to figure out if the amount people would pay for them would actually be more than the amount I would have to spend on paper, ink and envelopes.

Thanks for any insight!
Oh I forgot, I was thinking about selling them in packages of 20 and 40. (20 of each item)

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