I feel incredibly guilty for even typing this but things are getting pretty tough with my 8 months old. Since the beginning everyone has commented on what a happy and smiley baby he is. I’ve had strangers and nurses stop me to say he looks so content and happy. And generally speaking he really is. But it feels like everything has gone pear shaped. He’s always woken up for a few feeds at night (1-2 on a good night, absolutely fine) goes straight back to sleep. We have never co-slept as he has always been really independent and does not like sleeping next to us at all, he prefers he’s own bed. Loves his food and prefers veggies to anything else, does not like sweet things at all. Perfect baby. But now he wakes up crying and getting hysterical at night. And during the day he is just grumpy and crying. He has never been like this. I suspect he is teething and I can see a small tooth has begun to shown on the surface on the gums. But I just feel so down.
He is miserable and unsettled all the time and that makes me feel rubbish. I can’t be my usual upbeat self for him when I’ve barely slept and cried all night and day now too! It’s obviously harder now that we can’t just go out and break the day up. We’ve never any help as family is far and distant and grandmothers are elderly. But I just miss someone else cuddling him while I had a couple of tea. DH is absolutely fantastic and very helpful in all aspects (he has taken over the nights so I can sleep) but baby gets so difficult sometimes we’re bkth just up. And the days we try to take it in turns but it’s just really hard work and I feel really low. I’m not sure what I’m expecting by posting but I just feel quite alone 😢