Needing help

Okay so I'm a mother of 1, I do doordash on the weeks with my dad the best I'm able to, since the weekends aren't school days for my baby. I decide not to do doordash so I'm able to just relax and spend time with my baby, but even then it's sometimes hard too cause of how tired I am, but I am also struggling with depression which I'm told is one of the side effects of depression by my therapist, I don't do medication(I have my reasons), but I used to draw a lot back then and do so much more then what I do now like I've tried to do some more practice here and there with my digital art skills by doing my best to get better, but seems like I never have the time nor energy to do that. 😥 Any helpful time management tips?

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Hey girl! As a fellow struggler, the best thing I found was self compassion. Focusing on what I do accomplish in a day helps me not feel so weighed down. I have ADHD on top of the depression and time management is really not a strong point for me. I do like the app structured to dump and organize my to-do list, and then what I can get done I try to celebrate and have compassion for my self on what I can’t do. It’s definitely easier said than done but slowly it’ll get better. ❤️‍🩹

Also, idk what your reasons for no meds and I won’t push. I have found that Wellbutrin has helped me a lot because it works on the dopamine receptors and not the serotonin like Zoloft or Prozac.

thank you so much for sharing that and honestly reasons behind why I don't do medication just seems ridiculous to a lot of people.. like I'm terrified of not only swallowing pills because of bad past experiences of choking even on the tiniest pill to possibly having a bad allergic reaction. again bad past experiences, just all around terrified of going through that stuff again 😭 ..

Definitely used to be scared of swallowing pills. But i Definitely agree wellbutrin is a great first try. It doesn't help the pills are large but i have broken them up to get them down before. I would talk to your doctor and see what yall can come up with!

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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

Rapid cool/ hot shot method

Sorry if this sound stupid but how are we doing the hot shot method?
Are we boiling the kettle and letting it cool a little before adding to hot flask? Then with the cool water do you boil the kettle and leave it to cool right down before putting into another flask?
My baby brain is fried trying to work out the easiest way!

Night time routine

Heya, my 3 week old daughter is currently exclusively breastfed and I’m not pumping. Can anyone recommend the best way to share the load with my partner? At the moment I’m doing all the feeds/burbs/settling and my partner is sleeping through which obviously isn’t sustainable, I’m trying to work out the best way to get him involved. Any advice very much appreciated!

i just want someone to talk to😔😔😔😔

when things get hard i have nothing not any support from my partner im convinced he doesn’t even love me anymore but thats another story
I have a 3 yo and a 2yo that are in bed sleeping only just now. I have a 1 yo that’s been sleeping from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. I just gave her her milk and she would’ve gone back to sleep if it wasn’t that
I lost her dummy earlier in the day when I went out
so now she won’t go back to sleep and she won’t accept any of the other dummy’s i have!😔😔and it’s 10 o’clock and I’m gonna be up until 3 o’clock with her and when she does want to go to sleep i won’t have any dummy to give her she will accept and she won’t sleep without it i just wanna cry 😔i have nobody to talk to and i feel so alone i get no support from anybody i’m so tired and i don’t feel well to top it off😔