DD is 5mo and I am struggling to cope with her sleeping (or lack of) and what I'm supposed to do with her when she's not feeding or sleeping. People keep telling me it will pass and I know that's true, even though it's hard to believe.
I also have a 3yo godson, and obviously his parents are dealing with completely different issues to me. But whenever they talk to DH and me about their DS, his father says, "You've got all this to come." (He isn't the only person who says that, just the one I see oftenest.) I usually manage a jokey answer, but inside I'm terrified. I don't think I can do this, not go on coping for years and years and there always being something new to deal with.
And I want time to read and sew and watch TV and mess about on the computer and just be able to switch off from her sometimes. Even when DH has her I can't switch off. We've no family nearby to give me a break and though friends have offered, DD is so awful in the evenings that I daren't leave her with anyone (not least because I'm afraid they'd never offer again even if she gets better when she's older). I shouldn't have had her, I'm too lazy and selfish to be a good mother. I want to be better but I don't know what to do.
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Panicking - need reassurance
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aliphil · 15/01/2013 22:48
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