So I am 7 weeks PP with my 2nd and have a 2yr old. So far my 2nd has been a handful; hardly sleeping, colic, crying for hours, won’t sleep in cot or Moses basket and having plenty of feeding issues including tongue tie.
My toddler has started to have severe tantrums, wants to constantly be sitting on or touching the baby, cry's when baby cry’s, refusing to change nappy, gotten fussy with food, wants me to play with them but won’t let me play when I do and is generally very needy especially at bedtime.
DH is trying to make things easier but seems to make them somewhat harder. He takes 1st down in the morning and gives him breakfast and sometimes does a wash and pops it on the line (at 7.30am letting my kid run wild screaming too). He doesn’t do much more than that, no cooking or cleaning and he want to have a work out every lunch break (he works from home) or go to the gym in the evening. If I ask him to do something it’s huffing, he reluctantly does it or does the bare minimum, if I ask him to take the kids so I can do something I feel rushed and he gets easily frustrated with my kids when they get upset.
I have absolutely no me time, I need a hair cut and Pedi but have no time to get them done. Some days I have to choose between eating or having a shower or doing a chore.
AIBU to just hate where things are right now, as in I feel at my wits end and so overwhelmed with it all. I feel like I put a brave face on but underneath I’m a wreck and ready to pack it in.
Or should I just be thankful and get on with it? Which I keep telling myself as others have it worse that me.
I generally wonder if I’m started to go insane and it’s a dream. BTW I am very thankful for family!