Having a hard day.... Week... Month

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I have an 8 mo girl who's been poorly for what feels like forever... Teething, cold, virus, nappy rash... Seems like everything has come at once.

Just got our first full nights sleep in about a month after all this illness.

I just feel so stressed out with a lack of patience for both dd and dh. The smallest thing drives me mad.

I feel terrible for not being more calm...

Does anyone have any words of comfort? Am I alone?

I worry that my little girl won't love me because I'm so uptight all the time!

Does anyone else lose their temper? I just feel awful that I'm so wound up when she's so young and can't help it

Hi. I know exactly how you feel and came on to post something similar.

My DS is 8mo. His sleep has gone completely out of the window. He's up at least twice and is v hard to settle. During the day he is being hard work. I think he might be frustrated at being unable to move but is only really happy when being held / jiggled / actively played with.

In many ways he is very cheerful. He gives strangers the most amazing smiles. But after listening to his groaning/ grunting noises ( what ARE those) all morning and him refusing to nap I admit to screaming at him to just shut up and give me a break. I feel awful about it. I also smacked his hand away when he yanked my hair for the millionth time today. Not hard at all but it was a sheer angry reaction from me and i dont like it. I felt like I was in a vicious circle all day.

Anyway we went for a walk, both calmed down and ended the day well with playing, fun tea time and a nice bath.

Aaaarrrrrggghhh. It's only Monday!!

In times like these my dh and I hardly see each other. If one is up with our son, the other one is asleep (or getting some chill out time somewhere on their own). In a couple of weeks we know we'll be back to normal and be able to hang out together.

I also have times during the day with my son where we 'regroup'. we normally switch the telly on for half an hour and veg out. sometimes the regroup is a walk outside if I'm particularly stir crazy but with my boy sitting on my lap totally silent is the best remedy for us both to reinstate our calm levels

it'll pass!

Time for Waybuloo. Gets you your head space back, or long walks are good.