Hi everyone, so I have a 6 month old DS who I love more than anything but for the last 1/2 months I've not been feeling myself. Some days I wake up and have this permanent dread take over me that I've got look after my little one alone until my partner comes home from work, I find myself running out of patience when he refuses to nap or is whinging and I have to put him in his cot and just have 2 minutes alone to get myself together again. Then other days I feel numb and don't feel like getting me or the baby dressed, don't go out and won't do any housework as I just have the "what's the point" attitude towards everything. I didn't enjoy my pregnancy, there was no reason as to why as everything went smoothly and so did the birth but I didn't enjoy it, I had an easy birth too. I've found that my DS isn't easy, he never sleeps, he has a cows milk allergy so he had terrible eczema from about 8 weeks old which obviously made him uncomfortable, he won't be handed to anyone other than me or sometimes my partner, I know babies aren't easy but I just feel like mine is exceptionally difficult.
Do you think it sounds like depression and I need to see a doctor? Or do I need to pull myself together and step up... thank you for reading this and please share any stories xx