A mom writes in asking for advice about having a baby shower while the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic is restricting gatherings. She wants to know if it would be wrong to create a Facebook event and attach her registry so people can help her, even though they can’t have a party.
A mom writes in asking for advice about having another child. She says she and her husband have five children, three of whom are his from a previous relationship. She wants one more of their own, and she says money is not an issue. Her husband, however, refuses to entertain the idea.
A 5-year-old daughter of first responders becomes the youngest person and first child to die of coronavirus in Michigan.
A wife created a point system to encourage her husband to stay busy and help with housework. The plan backfired after he found a loophole.
A mom writes in asking for advice about her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter. She says her daughter will not stop nursing, and she has tried everything. She is ready to be done and is now turning to the community for advice on how to get her daughter to wean.
A young mother spent days in the hospital as her baby fought for his life. She was forced to wait alone before finally going into labor. After her baby passed, she grieved in solitude.
A mom writes in asking for advice about a custody situation. She says that, as a result of quarantine and social distancing, she has quit her job as an essential worker to be home with her son. Her ex — the father of her son — and his girlfriend are still working their “essential” jobs, and she wants to know if she can keep her child away from them.
Divorce is tricky for so many reasons, and these days, things are even tougher than before.
Self-quarantine and isolation have a lot of drawbacks. And there’s no doubt about it: being at home all day with your family can certainly strain relationships.
“I knew, with everything going on and the type of conditions that she had, it was only a matter of time that she would get it, and I knew she would be too weak to fight it off.”
