Am I blowing this out of proportion??
I'm a single mom just trying to do it all on my own. My daughter is 4 months old. I'm 20 years old. It's tough but I am managing.
On Monday my daughter had a somewhat minor surgery done (had to stay over night just to make sure all went ok). Before her surgery my mom insisted that I come home (to her, my dad, and my younger sister) so that they can help me with the baby and take night shifts because the baby is obviously going to be uncomfortable and irritable as a result of her surgery.
So late Tuesday morning I go to my parents. I was up all night with her because she was so fussy. Wednesday the same thing. Thursday the same thing. Well tonight (Friday night) I'm a wreck. I'm so tired. And my mom was like I will watch the baby so you can sleep. I'm like yes thank you (but in my head I'm like that's why I came home but this is the first time anyone said I'll take the baby so you can sleep and have a break)
So it's like 7 pm. I go to my old room and crash. Half an hour later my sister comes barging in and is like you need to make her a bottle. I'm like there are instructions on the fridge. She's like I don't know where the bottles are and walks away. So I get up, make the bottle which is on the counter by the way out in the open, give it to my mom who starts feeding the baby and then I go back to bed.
An hour later. My mom SCREAMS at me from down the hall saying you need to be a responsible mother and change your baby's diaper because she pooped so get the hell up.
I'm startled out of my sleep of course. And I'm like why are you yelling. She's like because you need to wake up and change her. I'm like why can't you just change her. She's like because you're the mother it's your responsibility to change her. So I change her and then take her into my room with me, pack up our shit and 20 minutes later I go to the living room and say we're headed home.
My mom is like why. I'm like if I'm just gonna watch her I may as well do it at my place since I'm just doing that here. She's like you have a bad attitude and you're ungrateful. I'm like I literally haven't slept since Monday afternoon so forgive my attitude. I loaded the baby in her carseat and drove an hour home.
Why would I stay if I'm not getting help like I was hoping For?? Am I wrong for leaving?
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