Help!!!

My 6 month old when awake is constantly whiney and whingey I cannot cope. I am the one who solely looks after her and have done everything for her for 6 months straight I have no help. She’s also a terrible sleeper. I feel like I’m loosing my mind! I can feel the rage and I don’t want to feel like that but it’s just too overwhelming I cannot deal with the sound anymore!!!!

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I feel like everyone with a 6months old is or has been going through that lately it’s like she hit six months and hit the whinge button it’s exhausting isn’t it I feel for you I do have some help although I do most of it myself but even yesterday I said to my partner you need to take her and I left the room for 15 mins just to decompress, are you entirely on your own or just don’t have much support from anyone else? I can’t imagine how you feel if you’ve got none at all this is so hard xx

Not sure if it will work for you, but I've found that outside distractions where my baby can people watch has provided a good break from whinging at times x

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