I got frustrated and hurt my baby 😢
I have a 1 month old, this is my first time getting frustrated with him I feel so bad. I kept trying to put him down for a nap but every 5 minutes after I laid him down he would wake up and cry so I roughly shoved the pacifier in his mouth and he let out a pain cry. I immediately felt bad and my irritation went away when I heard that cry and picked him up. I feel terrible for doing that. I think I’m such a bad mom already, my mom watches him basically every night so I can get enough sleep to take care of him during the day. That itself makes me feel bad, I feel like I should be watching him all the time like all moms do with their babies. I don’t feel like a real mom giving him up at night so someone else can watch him. It feels like the more breaks I get from him the worse I am at taking care of him. I just feel overwhelmed and stuck. I just want to tell him I’m sorry for putting him in a situation like this. I just want the best for him. I’m scared I’m going to turn into a mean mom because of how easily frustrated I get with almost everything. I don’t want him to have any emotional trauma or anything like because of me. I’m so scared I’m going to fuck him up mentally when he gets older.
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.