Rant: over-tired and overwhelmed.

Some days I want to find every person who encouraged hubby and me to get pregnant and punch them right in the face. We’ve only had some occasional help from my mom, and barely even a visit from anyone else.

I’m exhausted, stressed and overwhelmed. My LO had to have emergency surgery on 5/11, and seems to be recovering well. Unfortunately, since her surgery, she won’t sleep longer than 3 hours at a stretch. Even then, we’re lucky if we get more than one 3 hr block at a time.

My mom is the only one who comes to help, and even then it’s not that helpful. She never shows up on time, and when she’s here, she would rather sit and visit than actually help.

Now, on top of everything else, our dog has been acting up. I feel terrible saying this, but I want to get rid of her. She’s been increasingly anxious and starting to get aggressive. Unfortunately I just don’t have the time or energy to work with her to stop those behaviors, and I don’t think it’s going to get better.

Between the lack of help, lack of sleep, my anxiety around my baby girl healing, the dog acting up and driving me crazy... I’m just hitting the breaking point.

I just want to give up nursing and switch to formula, cash out my life savings to put my baby in daycare instead of asking my mom to watch her, get rid of the dog, and just go back to work to have at least a few hours a day that feel like normal.