So... We have an 11 yo and we have a 1 year old.. and since lockdown everything has gone slack in my household it isn't just lockdown it's being locked up with a newborn too. I've lost all motivation and just feel down. I know other people are more than likely feeling the same i just need to vent really. My partner has still been working thru lockdown and is at work 7-18 we have our issues but that's a whole other post!
My baby has no routine really is bf on demand, doesn't go to bed properly until about midnight we co sleep and if I'm not in bed she wakes up around 9/9:30 and will just not go back to sleep so she comes back out to living room with us and won't go to sleep at all till I go lay down myself. I really want to put her in the cot but she screams till she is sick even with me standing there patting shushing etc the longest she's been left is about 10 mins after trying 3 mins go in comfort 6 mins and then 10 but was too much for both of us. Sounds pathetic but I can't bear to put her thru it. I've laid in her cot to get her to sleep a couple of times but she figured it out after 2 times and so the third she fed for about hour and half continuosly, being half asleep making sure i don't leave, in complete darkness too!
So my Q is what do i do. I need time without her, I need space in the bed, I need a break! Even if she went to bed and slept 4 hours without me it'd be a blessing for me. i haven't had a bath since she's been born just 5 min showers! Haven't had sex in about 7m but like i said there's more to that than her cosleeping with us! Then there's the eldest doesn't want to do any school work kicks and screams when asked to her bedtime has gone out the window because i just thought fuck it I'm done arguing for her to then smash her room up or scream like an actual devil for an hour yes maybe I have let her have too much screen time but with a new baby it was really hard work on my own. I'm Feeling like I can't cope and want to explode sometimes.
Sorry I've gone off bed routine just ranting if you managed to get to the end, thank you!