Inspired by another thread, lovely new mum worrying about how good/awful the new born stage will be.
Obviously it's a big adjustment, I was lucky to have a baby that hardly ever cried and if he did I just fed him, I just loved those first weeks, like a cocoon, getting to know this wonderful new person who you sort of already know but don't.
Went back to work when he was 9 months old, already a single parent, at that point it was easier to be alone than have a useless lump dragging me down. Son has always had contact with dad.
Son is now a teenager being a dick at school, I've got a full time job which I love but I'm just exhausted, in a way I never have been before.
I was young when I had him so that might have helped.
I'm older now and I'm just so tired from work, all the stuff I need to do at home that is just never ending plus worrying about my sons education and making sure he doesn't turn into a delinquent, give me the new born stage anyday, wish I could go back and do all that again.
Part of my problem is I've always been so capable and on form, doing everything ok, nobody even thinks to ask me how I am and I'm shit at asking for support.
Teenage years are harder than newborn stage aibu?