A bit of background.
I have to 2DS, 5yrs and 1 year. I was a single mum with ds1 and really enjoyed him as a baby, DS1 kind of saved me because I was a bit of a mess (depression/childhood abuse/self esteem) before I got pregnant with him but I sorted myself out. Fast forward to now I've got lovely dp, we had ds2 together and things have just spiralled out of control to the point where I've lost all confidence in my ability to parent. DS2 is a terrible sleeperand very demanding(last night he woke up 13 times, this is not a 'bad' night for him, about average), I'm back at work and I'm so angry, grumpy, tired and shouty all the time that I really think I'm a crap mum and I need help to improve. I want to go to parenting classes to relearn the skills I seem to have lost. The responses I've had range from puzzlement (dp) complete denial that I need help (family) and amusement (health visitor). I get the impression that unless you are regularly hurting/neglecting/ignoring your children people don't see the 'need'. Am I being unreasonable to want to go to these classes?