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First time mums

Hormones or relationship

I have seen many posts on here so I just want to see if it’s just me being a new mom or if it’s legit. My boyfriend and I had a great relationship when we met almost 5 years ago now. We went on dates, had fun at home, took pictures, etc etc. Well when I found out I was pregnant oct ‘23, I honestly was going to break up with him and leave our apartment. I manage bills by myself even though he works. When he did pay bills they were late or I’d pay them anyway and he was inconsistent with keeping jobs. He’d be at one place and then leave 6 months later. So I took over bills. I had a SD that I occasionally send stuff to in her father’s name too while he doesn’t help. When I found out I was pregnant I thought maybe that’s the reason I’ve been feeling so fed up. When I was pregnant, he bought nothing for the baby, I put almost everything up (crib, changing table, decorating room, moving furniture, throwing stuff out, normal nesting stuff) and he did nothing.
Then our son was born and even since then I’ve had to beg him to be a parent to him and it gets old. I still take care of every bill and our son’s needs (diapers, food, wipes etc) and our relationship just doesn’t feel the same. I told him we have no quality time together anymore. I have to beg for that and he’s admitted to not doing anything with me because he hates where we leave but I don’t think that’s fair to us. I told him and he said that he would fix it but I feel like he’s waiting until I’m at my breaking point when he decides to try to fix it. He bought him two toys for Xmas and that’s all he’s supported with. He sometimes acts like being a parent is such an inconvenience and it makes me want to leave. We have a dog that isn’t trained because it’s his dog and when I discipline or train the dog, he gets mad because he only listens to me but when I tell him to spend more time with the dog or care for it, he won’t. So he’ll have accidents sometimes throughout the house so I don’t want our son crawling all over the floor so that’s another issue where I feel I’m going to hinder my baby because of this dog I told him I didn’t want. The sex doesn’t even feel affectionate anymore. It just feels like “okay he wants something from me so let me roll over” sorta way. He tries to do good and help sometimes and yes we have decent days where it’s mostly laughs and smiles but I honestly think I’m mentally gone. I’m looking at apartments and I can’t help but fantasize how much better it may be for me emotionally and consistency for my baby.