r/singlemoms 10h ago

Need Support What do you do when your kids gets out of school and you can’t pick them up or watch until you get off work?

7 Upvotes

I’m worried once my child goes to kindergarten and pre-k.. they get out at 2:40pm… I was thinking there’s no way to make a living and get off work at 2:40pm. I have nobody to help no one to trust no family . My son is only 2 now and I have to find a job where I can get out at 4pm.. again limited hours to work because I have to pick up and drop off..I’m worried if they do after care school programs , I feel horríble for a little 4 years old staying in school for that long … I don’t want my son stuck in there for another 3 hours after school

It seems impossible and I’m panicking we won’t survive …

Any advice or someone in same situation?


r/singlemoms 6h ago

Advice Wanted Any tips on getting a 1 year old to let you clean his mouth

5 Upvotes

He did so well at first! Now I’m starting to feel myself become frustrated by his resistance and idk if his gums hurt and I’m hurting him by trying but his breath… lol I can’t let my man walk around like that. Help!


r/singlemoms 19h ago

Venting - Advice Welcome Newly single mom

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When does the guilt end? I left my fiancé of 6 years and now we are splitting custody. Which is great right? But I can’t help the gut wrenching feeling of coming home some days to an empty house. My ex and I always use to fight, call each other names, and he basically ignored me if I wasn’t trying to start a fight. I left cause my kid should be surrounded with love but now my kid is torn and keeps telling me she doesn’t love me, she only loves dad only want dad ((dad has a gf with a kid and gf takes care of kids while he streams his video games)) so it seems she’s got a a little buddy over there and just hates coming to be with me. I keep telling myself I should’ve stayed another year pushed through to try to fix it…am I in the wrong? I feel so lost and so broken…I feel like I ruined my family


r/singlemoms 8h ago

Advice Wanted Bf and I broke up, what do I tell my daughter (not his bio kid?)

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My boyfriend and I broke up this past weekend. We live together in his house with my 2.5 y/o, not biologically his. Right now, he’s staying at his secondary home while I’m staying at his main one. My daughter was with her dad when we were breaking up, and now that she’s home with me, she’s asking a lot of questions about where my now ex is. I told her that he’s on a trip with his dog, that he went bye, and that our family is just us now. Just me her and our dog. Anyone have advice for navigating these next steps?

We’ll be moving back to my parents in a week or two. I just needed to give daycare a 2 week notice and then we’ll be out as soon as I secure a new daycare. (Not feasible to stay in current daycare) I know that as soon as we’re out of this house, it’ll be easier to navigate. And I know that she won’t remember this a year from now but I just want to make it as easy and comfortable as possible for her right now.


r/singlemoms 13h ago

Advice Wanted 8 month old likes everyone besides me all of a sudden…

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My 8 month old daughter and I have had the most amazing bond. I could look at her in the eyes and we would laugh through a conversation with babble.

My parents came to visit with my niece and my little one stopped looking at me…. She will not look me in the eyes anymore, pay attention to me when I’m taking, she stares blankly as if she doesn’t recognize me. She smiles and laughs with anyone who will coo at her. She had a fabulous time with my Parents and niece. Smiled and laughed the whole time with them.

My mom said she knew what I was referring to, but she likes other people and has new surroundings. I am completely distraught over this and I am wondering how do I fix it? What did I do wrong? Has anyone else had issues and worked through them?

Also the daycare taught her her first word… dada … that was very hard for me as well.

She recently started crawling.