Postpartum depression
Do you ever feel like you’re not doing enough. I constantly feel like I’m letting down my daughter by not playing enough, entertaining enough, keeping her happy enough. Then the night she cries every hour from 2/3am and my burnt out body struggles to be enough and do enough. It’s a vicious cycle. I know it’s the four month regression but it feels like it’ll never get better. Does it get better? I miss feeling human and alive and not numb and sad with feeling dark and alone when I have to take care of her of every minute. What do I do? I can’t stop crying and I counting down the hours till
She’s asleep again so I can drop the smile
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You need to give yourself more credit! You’re keeping a human being alive every day! It’s exhausting both mentally and physically! Your baby won’t remember how much you played with them in a day, as long as they are fed and cared for that’s all that matters! Try and do something for yourself as well.. I know it’s hard as they consume your every minute but you need to look after yourself as well
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Right here with you! Most days by this time the house is a mess, hair isn’t brushed and still haven’t eaten… She needs constant entertaining and hardly slept - even when she does sleep, all I want to do is sit and have time to myself doing nothing. Feel like my partner just doesn’t understand! Seems to think work is easier, but being on the clock every second of every day, sustaining a small life, being a children’s entertainer for the past 4 months is HARD! I’m so tired I don’t have the energy to go out and talk to people, such a vicious cycle! Have managed to get out today which has, unsurprisingly, made me feel a bit more with it 😂 Hang in there, it’s hard and you’re doing a good job all the while. But if it’s really, really overwhelming - skip the HV and talk to your doctor 💕