Feeling mum guilt

[Pixiepi]

I'm so over being extra clumsy since having my baby . I feel like a bad mum .I'm extra anxious also. I'm finding myself one way or another bumping bubs head international.it breaks my heart. Either picking her up awkwardly or having her always swing her head back when least expected.
She's 8 weeks old and has bumped her head many times in the last 3 weeks . None of the times has she cried or reacted but at 6 weeks she did have a bump and bruise from where she bumped her head on the dinning room table took her to see a doctor the next morning and they said she is fine . I monitored her that night it happened and no sign of concussion and she fed and slept normal. I'm just so over the guilt of these little accidents I'm worried I'm going to cause brain damage in the long run or developmental delays or a head injury . I'm so anxious holding my girl already!! .
Tonight was the last straw she was elbowed in the back of head while I was breastfeeding in bed by my partner and bub didn't wake or react but I'm so worried .so sorry about the long post.

Oh gosh it's horrid when these accidents happen. I can guarantee that every parent has accidentally bumped their little one several times. I fell over when my baby was in the sling and I was in such a panic over it... She was fine. I've also accidentally bumped her head on the car door, on the door way and probably more that I can't remember. Every parent has these experiences and the guilt is horrible. You won't have permenantly damaged your little one.

Are you feeling anxious in general? It might be worth speaking to your gp about post natal anxiety.

Got that t shirt! Try not to stress, I know this is easier said than done. I bumped my babies head on the roof of our car after breastfeeding at 8 weeks. I was distraught. We'd had the perfect session as she'd just started to babble and throw cute smiles at me when feeding, I lifted her up forgetting the car had a roof and OMG the tears, scream it broke my heart... But she was FINE. There was no egg other bump on her head afterwards and now at 5 months she's perfectly normal if not ahead on some milestones. You eventually relax but it takes time. It takes time to adjust spacially to carrying a little body about to, have a small glass of wine tonight or some chocolate Xx

I dropped newborn DS on the floor because there was a spider on him. I've dropped my phone on both of them. Every parent has knocked their child's head on a door frame or the car door. It happens all the time, you just have to adjust to having this small wriggling person in the way at all times. You're doing a great job, try not to worry.