Hello, I had quite a traumatic birth 4 days ago but I'm home and recovering. I'm obviously not 100% and the afterpains and breast pains are affecting me quite a bit. I admit I've had a few tears too but nothing to worry about.
The thing I do worry about is my 2.5 year old daughter, in the morning she absolutely LOVES her sister but by 2pm the novelty has worn off and she screams and screams and there's no consoling her.
I've tried to have time with just her but it's quite hard to sit and play as I'm in so much pain.
She keeps asking for daddy to take her out in the car, so he does and as soon as they come back she looks at the baby and cries.
In the past few weeks and even now I admit I've over spoiled my 2 year old with lots of new toys and things to pre occupy her. But I can see that's not the answer. She's always been a mummies girl and always very attached to me.
She's out with her dad again now, I'm exhausted, in pain, house is a bomb site and it's getting so overwhelming with her emotions and my emotions and the new baby that I just feel very down and useless. My husband doesn't really know what to do either. Usually we don't see him a lot as he works very long hours away so these 2 weeks are also a bit strange with him around all the time too.
How did you help your 2 year old with a new baby?