Feeling low

[zestylemonbel]

I have a 6 yo and 8mo
This week I've found it so hard to have any motivation, especially in the mornings. My 8mo is just crying from the moment she wakes up til the moment she goes to sleep. Eating is a chore for her, but then gets upset because she is hungry. Then I take it out on my 6yo who is so lovely and doesn't deserve me to be snappy with her.
I feel like I'm loosing the will to live.

Hi zesty I know how you feel I have a 7 and 2.5 year old. Do you have any support from family or friends who can take the 8 month old for a little while to give you a break and spend sometime with your other little one? Just take each day at a time. If you need to talk I'm here's

I agree with the above. I’m guessing your 6yo is at school all day, so you get plenty of time with the baby. Maybe if you could get someone to take the baby for a day (easier said than done, I know) you could spend some quality time with your 6yo? That might remind you how nice being a mum can sometimes be, and that it does get better once the baby has gotten over the (seemingly endless) teething/fussy/growth spurt/ fussy eater/ everything else stage? Maybe a lazy day at the park or something? Or failing that, take the baby round to a mummy friends house and have a good moan about motherhood. Because it’s not ALL peaches and roses, sometimes it’s crap and lonely, but getting it off your chest and laughing at the ridiculousness of it always help me xx

I know each stage comes and goes and before you know it your little baby is no longer a baby!! But I am exhausted. My mood is so low, and I do think my 8mo major issue at the moment is teething.
My six yo is amazing and really actually does help me out with the baby but I just find myself snapping at her all the time and I just feel awful.
I've just recently moved to a new area where I don't know anyone, my family all have their own busy lives and all live here there and everywhere. I do love where I live now, but I have found myself this week just waiting for bedtime and spending the days inside (in this lovely weather I know I am mad) I don't really have anyone I could ask to have the baby so I can have alone time with my big baby.
I just really feel like I'm struggling, and I'm drowning in self pity!!!!

My best advice is to Definitely get out then. Headphones on, with your best ‘happy music’, down to the local wildlife bit or whatever with the baby in the pram. Cabin fever doesn’t help me when I’m down, so a change of scenery does it for me. I really hope you feel better soon. Have you let off steam to your family? They’re usually a good shoulder to lean on, even if it’s just over the phonex