Sitting here feeling like I just can’t go on. DS is 6 months old and I suffered badly with baby blues and felt totally overwhelmed having two children but things got better.
then the four month sleep regression hit, which merged into DS having a cough for nearly 8 weeks. I honestly can’t remember the last time I got longer than three hours sleep.
we did a bit of sleep training, and he can self settle at night but still wakes up constantly screaming for the boob. haven’t been able to re start as he hasn’t been well.
told my DH and family that I’m not coping, and nothing really changes. They just tell me to tell them what I need. I need sleep, but a couple of hours one afternoon isn’t going to help me.
rang the GP this morning. They said they couldn’t give me an appointment unless it was a dire emergency as they are just too fully booked. HV said to refer myself to time to talk, waiting list is Huge.
I go to bed at 8pm and baby wakes screaming at 9:30, spent an hour trying to settle him, nothing working. Heavy cold and new medication for him today for his cough. I just ran screaming downstairs and wanted to kill myself.
i love my children so much but I can’t even enjoy them or cope with it because I’m so so tired. Where do I go to get help? What do I do?