I'm really struggling to cope at the moment. DD2 is 11 weeks old and a big hungry baby of 15 pounds who feeds every two ish hours, morning and night. I can just about cope with this in the day but at night time her feed times of 10pm, 12, 2, 4 and 6am are really exhausting me. We co-sleep so I do get some rest, but I just feel like this is never going to end and there's no way of making things easier. I try to make sure she has a 'good' feed each time and at night she's actually quite efficient, whereas in the day time she often nods off or gets upset because I've got a fast let down and she can't cope with the flow or something.
Then this morning I woke up with red patchy breasts which probably means I'm coming down with my third bout of mastitis.
And to add to my pity party I can feel the PND I had with DD1 creeping up on me again. I feel so down and anxious and upset at everything.
Please someone out there tell me things will get better, I'll miraculously wake up one morning feeling I can cope with this constant exhaustion and DD2 will start going a bit longer between feeds.
I really don't know what to do and how to cope. I knew things would be tough with two children but I had misguidedly thought DD2 might just be doing one or two night feeds by now which I think I could cope with. Sorry to moan, I just feel such a sense of impending doom that things are never going to get easier.
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ejbab · 21/07/2009 23:32
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