When did you start enjoying your baby?

[FeelLikeTweedleDee]

How old was your LO when you started to enjoy parenthood? When the good days outweighed the bad

great to hear almost everyone has had the same experience! I had severe baby blues from being totally overwhelmed as a new mum, I think I cried every day for the first 3.5 months, had a good 2 weeks then 4month sleep regressiong kicked in and had another difficult month or 2. I really started to enjoy DS when he was about 6 months - the same time he started sleeping through so go figure!

Don't get yourself too worried about PND yet, def go see another doctor - your current one sounds like a knob - but honestly I was kept a really close eye on because of past mental health issues and was so worried about being labelled again I forced smiled and happiness for the HV's which made me feel worse, but looking back now (and knowing my mental health very well), I could have had PND but the fact it got better (eventually) without drugs means I think it was baby blues and sleep deprivation.

Do whatever you can to survive...it's incredibly tough but so utterly worth it (DS is now 22months and has been brilliant literally since 6months)

With DD1 18mths. For me it was lonliness rather than PND, as soon as I found a group of people I felt I fitted in with as a Mum things got so much better.

Your Dr sounds vile.

FeelLikeTweedleDee how old is your LO?

Began to enjoy DD at 3 weeks, then more so at 6 weeks, then even more so at 12 weeks when she began to sleep through reliably... You see the pattern: each stage got better/easier for me. But first 3 weeks were all a blur.

Never. My DC are 9, 7 and 6 and I still hate being a parent.

about 18 months. Babies are horrible

:( IndigoBell I don't know what to say but wanted to offer sympathy.

OP, I loved DS's second week (the first week I just felt indifferent), then it was hideous till 3.5 months when it gradually started improving. Now I'm absolutely smitten with my nearly 8 month old. But I expected it to take me longer to start enjoying him since I have a predisposition towards depression.

For us a lot has been related to sleeping (or lack of). I find it makes a huge difference to how you feel.

Hi @Roopoo - I've just come across this post and wondered if you're okay now? I know it's been 11 years so I hope so :) @

After she turned 1. It got even better after she turned 2.

@IndigoBell what made you decide to have three regardless of your lack of enjoyment?

Wow, only just realised this thread is a decade old. Sorry!