I need a break before I go insane I'm a SAHM who's with my kid 24/7 like I even shower with the boy. He's 16 months old and I think I've had maybe 7 hours to myself in that time. His father has stated that because I "do nothing all day" that I can't possibly be stressed out and need a break and asking for one not only makes me a "bad mother who hates her kid" but also "weak minded". This man works at least 65 hours a week on short weeks but most weeks he's working more. He gives us almost anything we ask for and need but I am so mentally drained that I feel like I am becoming a bad mom because I can't give him everything I feel like I should. I don't know how to make him understand.
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I've seriously considered making my partner do an entire day with small one with no help. Unfortunately doing the care is my most reliable oxytocin boost so I'd be undoing some of the huge amount of work I've done to claw back milk production. That and I'd have to be following them around going "no, you can't do that" for 5 hours every day to simulate the restrictions having to power pump after every feed add into the mix while actually pumping myself.