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I have ruined christmas :(

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startrek90 · 26/12/2014 11:50

I am so ashamed of myself :(

I have a 12 week old DS and I have ruined his xmas. I just can't seem to be happy about anything and I am so exhausted all the time. I just feel so blank. Worst of all was yesterday at my lovely PiL I was so tired. Ds was screaming for fod and all I could do was cry in the spare room.

My lovely DH did his best but I ruined it for everyone :( I don't know how to make amends. TBH I think my family would be happier without me there.

Just put this here to vent and get a (well deserved) ticking off.

OP posts:
Green18 · 27/12/2014 18:29
  1. YOU ARE EXHAUSTED!
  2. It's expected.
3.Ds has no idea it's Christmas.
  1. You have a lovely DH.
  2. It will pass.
Have a bath and try to get a good sleep. I hope I don't sound patronising, as mine are 10 and 14 now but i remember the feeling well, like being in a bubble, it's hormones and sleep deprivation. Take care.
MrsHathaway · 27/12/2014 18:41

A 12wo baby is simply incapable of hating you - he doesn't have the self-awareness. If you genuinely believe that then you may be suffering psychosis rather than depression and need urgent help. I hope though that pps have shown you he doesn't and that you believe them.

He may have been extra squirmy because of the unfamiliar environment, sounds and smells. That won't get better at your mum's but if she's nice you can say it's hard and she'll squeeze you while you cry, and tell you it passes. It honestly passes, this worst bit.

And yy to picking up on your worries and upset. Sod everyone else, they've had the best possible present and can otherwise fuck off Grin

Good luck.

toomuchtooold · 27/12/2014 19:01

What everyone else said - you didn't ruin anyone's Christmas, and anyway bugger Christmas, you have a 12 week old baby! They are a nightmare. I remember my DD2 just being outraged from about 3 weeks till 16 weeks. God she was a shouter. It was a total lottery whether I or anyone could calm her down.

You sound depressed (although sleep deprivation can make you feel pretty desperate as well, without depression). Like others have said, go to the GP's when you get back. And your family, I bet they wish they could do more to help. The truth is, having a small baby around isn't much fun (although suspect it's considerably more fun for your PILs than for you, as they can give the baby back and go to bed!) but your family will want to support you. Don't forget they had kids too, they know it's not all great fun.

RaisingMen · 27/12/2014 19:04

No ticking off here either, just a hug. PND is very common, you don't have to feel like this there is help there if you need it.

Give yourself a break, you didn't ruin Christmas! Its hard work with a newborn, and it's bloody lonely too! Does your DH know how you're feeling? X

Marmiteandjamislush · 27/12/2014 19:19

Oh love. He's 12 weeks old. He will not, I promise, remember this, or most likely next Christmas. So firstly, put that particular worry that you have ruined his Christmas right out of your head. Secondly, you have just grown, given birth to, and are learning to look after a totally, brand new, gorgeous, amazing, but utterly selfish person. You are very entitled to feel a bit all over the shop. I did. Twice, and I will be amazed and slightly worried if I don't feel the same this time. I read once, and I'm sure someone else has already said this, that if an adult treated you in the same way as a newborn does, they would be arrested, prosecuted under the Geneva convention or you would give them a slap. So it is totally fine to feel tired and a bit pissed off right now and not feel like Mrs Claus.

Thirdly, and most importantly, if you are having negative feelings about yourself and your place and use to your baby, please talk to someone in RL. Doctors are trained to recognise these types of feelings, as are HVs and Midwives, they will not judge you and neither will your family. If you can, write out bullet points of how you feel to take to an appointment, so that you say exactly how you feel. Take every offer of baby minding you are given, so that you can wash, eat, sleep and go out for some fresh air on your own, even if it's only 'round the block. Makes a massive difference.

Keep MNing too, sometimes just sending your feelings out there can work wonders. Anyway for now have Brew and Cake on me.

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