I am having a down day despite the glorious weather and the fact I have 2 napping children (albeit with one attached to me).
With dd1 I remember hating motherhood until about 4 months when things felt a bit more manageable and I started getting a couple of longer stretches of sleep. I enjoyed it even more after going back to.work part time at 8 months and really felt I was loving it when dd1 started sleeping through more often than not. She is 21 months and learning to talk and despite the challenges it is brill.
Dd2 is however a terrible sleeper and 4.5 months and I am not enjoying things at all despite her being lovely in all other ways and feeling absolute delight seeing them interact with each other. I wonder if she continues to be a terrible sleeper will I still one day feel like I'm on top of things and enjoying life? And I wonder if being on mat leave again where one day just runs into the next is the reason I'm finding things extra hard, or is it just having 2 kids in general?
I'm genuinely interested in how other mums feel and your experiences, especially those.with bad sleepers or 2 close together.
- did you ever feel like a 'natural' parent?
- have you had a favourite age, or have things just continued to get more.enjoyable?
- did you prefer mat leave, SAHP or working after kids and why?
- if you had/have a bad sleeper into toddler/childhood have you found it easier to cope at any point?
- if you have more than one child how did the second and subsequent children change your enjoyment/dynamic/coping ability?
Would love to hear your honest opinions even if they are that you've loved motherhood from day 1!