I’m really struggling at the moment trying to juggle my time. Evenings and mornings are just the worst. I’m finding myself getting frustrated and short with everyone which I don’t want to be.
I do all the night feeds, my partner is up at 5:30 each day so needs to sleep. In the morning my daughter who is 6 and half needs to get ready for school, she literally can’t do this by herself, she gets distracted etc so needs me constantly saying come on get dressed, etc your breakfast etc till I’m at breaking point the start shouting.
In the day time my baby will not be put down, for play for nappy for anything, after 1 seconds she is screaming until she is choking. So she is in the sling, I can do a lot but not everything so every morning for a bit she is sat in her bouncer screaming. It’s stressful and my bigger daughter is getting stressed with the crying, we all are. She has dummy, tries it all but she cries the moment she is down. I therefore find it hard to juggle the morning, brushing hair, teeth helping get dressed with her crying in the sling.
Evening is a repeat, she cries but I need to get my bigger daughter ready for bed and cook and try and find time to do reading etc. It’s getting me down and I’ve started crying.
My older daughter has a different dad. She won’t let my partner although we’ve been together for years help her get dressed or bath or anything, other then that they get on well.
By the time she has gone to school Im so stressed. I find it hard to get ready as the baby screams if I put her down. I keep telling myself it will get better but I’m feeling quite down and always stuck inside or rushing to get ready whilst listening to a screaming baby by which time I don’t feel like going out.