My 5 1/2 year old step daughter (SD) has recently come at our home and started living with us. She had been living with her Biological mother (BM) previously, but the BM has created a lot of drama recently and told hubby that he should take the child away as she can't take care of her anymore.
Its only been a week and I know I should be giving things time to settle down. But I have been already under a lot of pressure since a few months due to work and family related issues. I have been depressed for a long time, so small things in life can make me feel overwhelmed.
Now that the SD is here, I am hardly getting anytime for myself. I feel tired all day long, can't focus on work in office and doing house chores seem to be difficult. I am hardly getting any time to spend with husband. I work in morning shift and get back home in afternoon, and he works in afternoon shift and gets back home at night. All of a sudden I have become from a motherless child, living with my partner to having SD from husband's first marriage.
I have no idea how to manage my day, how to handle the child, how to deal with her constant questions about everything. Making her do something takes a lot of patience as she keep on negotiating for things to be done her way. Having a short nap in afternoon always starts with the negotiation process. She wants to watch T.V, she wants to play with me, she wants to draw, she wants to do everything by go to sleep and let me have an hour of sleep. She has been allowed to have her own way when she was living with her biological mother.
I feel overwhelmed with the responsibility of raising the child. Telling her not to do something, she just wont get it. Asking her to do something, she wont do it. It has just been a week and I am beginning to feel burn out.
I feel completely lost!