I got a concussion last night just as a preface.

I never get angry or frustrated with my baby when she cries (she is two months old). Today, she wouldn’t stop crying and she had a fever yesterday so I know she’s not feeling well. I started crying with her, trying to figure out what was wrong. I changed her, fed her, burped her, held her. I did everything I could and she would not stop crying. I took her to bed and I feel as though I placed her a little too roughly on my bed and when I picked her up, I feel it might have been too rough. I did not yell at her but I did ask her what she wanted in a very frustrated and angry voice.

I feel terrible and can’t stop crying. I feel like a bad mom for getting frustrated and I feel like I may have hurt her by being too rough. I did not shake her at all, throw her, or do anything that would have harmed her. Not did I intentionally put her down or pick her up roughly. But I still feel like a bad mom for getting so frustrated when I knew she wasn’t feeling well. Am I a bad mom?