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Not enjoying mum life

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HMum19 · 18/03/2022 13:40

Lately I have found myself feeling really fed up of being a mum, my LO is 2.5 now, always adored being a mum and doing everything that comes with being a mum despite all the hard parts. Lately though, I can just feel that I can't be arsed, to put it brutally. I lose my patience a lot faster than I used to, I snap at my LO a lot, it's not like I don't have support because my mum helps a lot and I do get breaks (I am single parent with no other support than my mum)
I don't know if it's because I've been getting a bit more free time recently, I've been getting myself out more meeting up with friends, I had been a bit of a hermit the past 3 years, I'm now seeing someone new and really enjoying that, I feel like im enjoying the social part of my life a bit too much recently!! Don't get me wrong, I miss my LO when I am doing other things, I get mum guilt but the second I'm reunited with him and he misbehaves I just think ffs I can't be arsed with this!!
I don't know where the patient side of me has gone, I'm so disappointed in myself as this isn't the mum I wanted to be. My son is my world and I adore him, but I just feel myself resenting being a mum recently, missing my old life and feeling like I'm just not good enough at being a mum. He is going through a hard phase in terms of misbehaving and not listening etc, but I definitely am not handling it the best.

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Dove88 · 18/03/2022 18:52

I don’t have any advice really I’m afraid as I’m very new to this mum thing but I saw that nobody had replied yet and didn’t want you to feel ignored.
It sounds like you’re being very hard on yourself though. It’s good that you are making the most of your social life! You deserve to enjoy yourself.
Hopefully someone else will be along who can better relate to this stage of parenting, but I’m sure you will feel better in time

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 18/03/2022 18:53

2.5yos are hard work it's OK to find it frustrating. Time helps.

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