Not sure I'm posting this in the right place and not sure what I expect anyone to say but I'd just like to get it off my chest. Am so ashamed and miserable I can't talk to anyone about it.
I am a SAHM with a 3 yo DS. Before I had DS had no patience at all but since having him I had surprisingly turned pretty saintly in that department. I am 17 weeks pregnant and in the last few weeks I've turned into an evil, screaming witch who flies off the handle at the slightest provocation.
I imagine it's just a bad combination of my hormones changing (I am still bf him so I guess I've been high on happy hormones for the last three years which are probably wearing off now as the pregnancy progresses)and him being a three year old boy who does stuff three year old boys do. I'm also very tired from a new part-time job and constantly preoccupied with worries about money.
Things that I could have seen the funny side of a few weeks ago now make me boil with rage and I am scared I am really damaging my son (and my unborn child) but feel so out of control I can't stop myself.
Is it my hormones? Will it get better?
On a practical level how can I deal with my son when he does things I have expressly asked him not to do (like roll all over the sofa whilst covered in flour)? Or when I tell him off and ask him if he understands and he just blanks me?
I just feel
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thehouseofmirth · 03/09/2008 16:18
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