Hi. I thought about name changing for this but then thought I'd just go with it. Sometimes I genuinely think I'm really odd. I've never really been into babies. I had my second DD a couple of months ago and I just don't enjoy this stage at all. I think looking back I also had PND with DD1 but couldn't accept this at the time, and I guess I'm just wondering if what I'm feeling is normal. I just find babies exhausting. The sound of a baby crying really shreds my nerves. I cope badly with the sleep deprivation and disturbed nights. I hate the fact that they often won't let you put them down for any length of time without crying, and the hours spent trying to settle them to sleep at night. I'm breast-feeding (in the main) but don't enjoy this either. I just feel like I'm constantly chained to baby feeding ad have so little freedom to just get some time to myself. Plus you just get so little back from them at this age. I think I must be really weird. All my friends love babies and I just don't get it or enjoy this stage at all. I'm so much happier when they are about a year old. Do other people feel like this?
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