Just looking for words of encouragement really. My DD is almost 8 months and I'm finding it really hard. She's a fairly happy baby but quite highly strung and not a great napper/sleeper. I think it's more me than her though. I have an 8 year old son and I thoroughly enjoyed his baby stage, I remember loving my maternity leave and being so sad at the thought of returning to work. This time round I can't wait and I feel so bad about that. I just feel like I'm doing a terrible job. My daughter today has spent the whole morning since 5:55am whinging and crying. I'm at the last shred of patience and I feel like I want to leave her safe in her cot and run away. Let me be clear I would never harm her and she's safe with me, I just feel like I don't want to do this anymore. My partner is supportive but occasionally thoughtless. For example he was out all yesterday morning while I had the baby at home, had her for 10 minutes while I got myself ready to go out for lunch with a friend with the baby (he stayed at home) then as soon as I walked in the door with her and said I would like an hour to myself to have a bath he says "oh I was just about to go and have a bath" after spending 3 hours on the sofa watching tv while I was out with the baby. I felt like crying. I got my bath in the end but felt like it was rushed as we were nearing her bedtime and I had to ask him to hurry up and get out of the bath after he'd been in there an hour. I digress, anyway that's just another reason I feel fed up and done in with the whole thing. She's not the worst sleeper, still has a night feed though and is an early riser, sometimes on a bad night I'm running in with the dummy multiple times. I just feel like I can't stop comparing the whole experience to what it was like with my son who was an angel baby, good eater, sleeper, happy as anything etc etc. It's not healthy for me to keep doing this I know. When will this get easier?? Thanks for listening it feels like a weight off just to write down and admit that I'm hating this.
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