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Jealous everyone else gets to have fun with my baby

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Goldi321 · 09/02/2023 12:26

I’m probably being very unreasonable here but I’m just so jealous when people get to have fun with my baby and I’m left dealing with all the drudgery. She is very close to my parents, and they have such a wonderful time together but I still deal with her at mealtimes or nappy changes (a nightmare!), am constantly thinking about her meals or next meals, cleaning her up. While everyone else plays with her and she then adores them.

i feel like she doesn’t like me as much, that I am her boring mum. I try but I am so overwhelmed trying to hold our life together.

DH works long hours but equally he gets the same. He doesn’t think about the next size of clothes she needs, meals, socialising her, routines.

I know people will just say “welcome to parenting”but im sad and never thought I would be like this. I don’t feel like I have any fuel in the tank to be fun even when I do have 5 mins as I’m so exhausted from everything else.

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 09/02/2023 14:32

Why cant you play with her?
TBH parenting is a lot of drudgery but from the way you've described it you are coming across like you are overthinking/ worrying a lot about things.
Any PND?
Clothes wise: can you just do a bulk order or a couple of sizes up?
Cleaning up after meals: yep it sucks but can you enjoy watching her try new foods?
Socialising- children dont tend to socialise until about 3, take her whether you want to go, everything is new for her at this age? If you go out the house cannot get any more messy.
Also dont use mat leave/ husband works long hours to allow your partner off the housework.

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