Motherhood without the 'village' ...

[user11290]

Hi,

I have a 15 month old daughter and do not have the 'village' that most people talk about.

I adore my daughter but have motherhood quite lonely and am desperate to find people who are in a similar situation to talk to and off load to.

Anyone else who is in a similar situation?

I have no village at all, work full time too. I have two kids with youngest turning 4 soon. You just get used to it and make sure you and your OH are a good team.

Its is sad and hard to not have a village, only other thing you can do is move closer to family.

I have no village but at the same time I’m glad because I don’t like the way my PIL are so I’m lucky they are not around DD too much.
DD is 12 months first child. I was very naive when I had her thinking I would get loads of help like my mum did with me and my siblings but then I realised that was a toxic situation for my mum and her I laws which I don’t want to replicate for my child.
don’t worry about the village you are your baby’s whole world that all they want.
yea house work and the mental kid always fall on us mums and it’s stressful most days being the default parent but I rather I’m in control of who DD is exposed to and how she will be brought up in this complicated world