I feel unappreciated for taking care of our children.
How do I make him appreciate the sacrifices I’ve made for our children by leaving my career and staying home with them? I wish I was sitting behind a desk working toward my future like he does. It’s a huge sacrifice for me to lose my sense of identity to be a stay at home mom for my kids but I just can’t leave them to strangers. One of my children also has special needs. I spent months and months just to help her learn to crawl, and months and months to help her learn to walk... it’s been very hard, disheartening and depressive even... I know I would be happier if only he just appreciated my sacrifices. Every day I feel the resentment toward him coz he never appreciates anything I do. Unless I ask him “do you appreciate me for taking care of the kids?,” he never says or does anything to let me know he does. He’s a workaholic and is very into his work. Even on weekends, he would still sometimes work while I watch the kids myself 😭 I feel like he doesn’t understand how hard and draining my job as a full time mom is!
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.