Completely overwhelmed with motherhood
My son is 5 weeks old and my daughter is 2 and a half. I’m not adjusting well to 2 kids. My daughter was an AMAZING baby I was so spoiled. She never cried and slept very well. My son doesn’t cry “a lot” he cries like a normal baby in the night but the difference is with my daughter I could sleep during the day while she napped. I can’t do that now with a 2 year old who has me up at 6am sharp every morning. My husband is there when he can be, but he works 3rd shift 12s and is gone all night from 9pm-9am and then sleeps most of the day. I find myself wanting to be angry with him but it’s not his fault and he does help when he can.
I also find myself being angry at my literal infant in the night when he’s just a baby and he’s just hungry but I’m so tired that I get angry. He only wants to sleep on top of me. And On top of that my 2 year old is getting a cold which is never fun.
I’m also needing to get her potty trained. She’s definitely ready but I’m so tired all the time and so overwhelmed.
I feel like a POS mom because I doze off on the couch all day instead of working on potty training her. The idea of it is stressing me out. We started the last 2 days and her peeing all over the place on top of my 5 week old I’m just shutting down mentally. I feel like a zombie.
Im prone to depression and I feel myself slipping into bad habits. Please somebody tell me this gets better because I feel like I’m losing my mind. Any tips are appreciated. Im sobbing typing this. Who even am I?
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