Pregnant with toddler

Does anyone get strong emotions that aren’t particularly usual during certain situations? I’m usually incredibly patient but the last few days I’ve really struggled with patience with my toddler and then feel horrifically guilty for not sticking around her for as long as I normally would before tag teaming with my husband. He doesn’t attend to her cries as quickly as I would so then that crossover of leaving her while she cries is longer than she’s used to which makes me feel awful.

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I understand what you mean! I have a 10 month old and I’m 21 weeks pregnant. I’ve had feelings of rage recently which I’ve never had before (I’m usually the least angry person and didn’t get PP rage). I’ve found looking after my boy wayyy more intense now I’m pregnant and I’m more snappy with my partner 😅

Im PRAYING this will pass once baby 2 is here but it’s unlikely as there will be far more to do 🫠

I'm similar, I generally have loads of patience but my tolerance seems to have gone down now I'm pregnant. It's coincided with my son starting school and with that there's restraint collapse and big feelings so it's definitely a challenge. I find I have more patience if I've had enough rest

Praying once baby is here everything will settle but we'll see

Hey look, we have another baby to worry about now! And that one is all on us. I’ve left my other half to deal with the toddler too, I hear him screaming but dad has just got to figure it out. When the baby arrives you’ll be knee deep in their care and they will have no choice so I figure let them get the practise in now. Practise makes perfect after all!!

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I think Motherhood has made me more bitter than I realized…

This is such a ramble but I don’t know where else to put it all.

I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

Maybe I need a therapist.

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