Just posting to see if anyone else has found themselves in this situation as I’m feeling a bit crap about it, I had my second baby three weeks ago and my 20 month old toddler is currently only at nursery on Wednesdays and Thursdays (until September when he’ll be there Tuesdays-Thursdays), so today is the first day my partner has gone back to work after paternity leave and I feel like I’ve just relied so much on TV to get through today!
I did take both of them to the park this morning and over to Sainsbury’s, but I had second degree tearing during my labour and the walking has made me so achy, plus it’s caused my bleeding to start again so this afternoon has been spent feeding my newborn non stop whilst my toddler plays with his little soft play area we’ve bought him but with the TV constantly on (I’ve also managed to play with him and read to him briefly on and off on the rare occasions I could put my baby down). He was restricted to 30 mins TV time per day prior to her birth but today’s been ridiculous and I can’t see how it’s going to change over the next few weeks as I’m finding two under two very challenging in these early stages!
Before my second was born I was taking my toddler to the library, park, soft play and trampolining virtually every week even when I was 40+ weeks pregnant so I feel like his day today has been so boring and disengaging.
Anyone else felt like a terrible parent in the early newborn stages? Really hoping it’s not just me!