Emotional roller coaster? Am I going nuts?

[kittycat37]

I had DD2 8 days ago. It was a wonderfully easy birth and I just adore her. DH is being fantastic and fully supportive.

So why do I keep bursting into tears for hours on end? On day 3 I thought it was just a day of baby blues and it would go, but it doesn't seem to be going yet.

The reasons I have cried today are:

1. DD1 is finding it tough adjusting to sisterhood and my heart is breaking for her a little bit. She's very jealous when I feed the baby and is showing very angry behaviour.
2. DH went to play football tonight and I was scared of being alone this evening with new baby.
3. I started thinking about all the DCs that don't have loving homes. 4)I weighed myself and was horrified by postnatal weight and also body in general.

Objectively speaking, I know I'm utterly pathetic for crying about reasons 2 and 4 and 3 is a bit pointless as well since there's not much I can do about it.Please tell me I'm not going nuts and this emotional incontinence will pass. I don't remember this with DD1. TIA.

You're not going nuts, your hormones and emotions are alllllll over the place, give yourself time to adjust.

Your dd1 will be fine, How old is she?
Learning to be patient, and not be helped straight away (within reason) will teach her patience and understanding, just one more life lesson she needs.

Good Luck

Thanks D. DD1 is 3. I know it's hormones really. Also the exhaustion is really kicking in now after the high from the birth. Should go to bed now. Thanks for reply. x

It's definitely hormones!

d4 after dd1 I cried hysterically because a car started reversing out of a carpark space and nearly hit out car (but didn't, and probably wasn't all that close!). I sobbed like a nutcase in the carpark at the thought of dd1 being in an accident at such a young age (even though she wasn't!!)

Before dd2 was born I cried for dd1's sake after watching an episode of Bear in the Big Blue House, where a little duck rums away from home because his mum has a new egg, and everyone has told him she won't have any time for him any more- I bawled for hours. Then when dd2 was born, cried that she had dd1's "second-hand" car seat and would "never have anything but hand-me-downs"

I got even worse when ds came along, amd when he was a few days old went into a meltdown because I had received so few cards and , er, noone had bought him a balloon Really not sure why the balloon was so important, as neither of the others had a balloon, but there you go- it was the end of the world, and proved that noone even cared! One of my lovely friends learned of this particular disaster and appeared witha big balloon for him- which made me cry even more.

It WILL pass. And your dd1 will adapt (how old is she?)