I am not a natural mother, in fact I find it really hard and think I'm pretty crap at it most of the time.
DC1 was a high maintenance baby, I had bad PND, my family have helped a lot with DC1.
DC1 is now 3 and still highly strung and prone to tantrums. They can lie and manipulate. They have periods of incontinence due to chronic constipation. They are also very intelligent, kind, funny, loving.
DC2 is a much more laid back baby, but has just hit the getting frustrated at being unable to move phase, so squeals a lot.
Dbro, has a 5mo DC who is very laid back, always slept well, hardly ever whinges, just lays there smiling. DSil, has been making a lot of comments to a close family member about how she doesn't want her DS to spend much time with me or another family member who helps with my DCs as she doesn't want her DC ending up like my DC1. I babysit whenever asked.
DSil often attributes how good her DC is to things she's done i.e. he never got colic due to baby massage (I tried that and it didn't work for DC1) etc.
I'm the first to slate my parenting, but I'm finding it really hurtful. How do you all cope with this sort of thing?
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Fedupofplaystation · 26/06/2015 20:08
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