Parent Exhaustion
I have a 5 month old baby and I breastfeed, my SO work’s most of the week and off for the weekend most times, but I constantly feel like I’m just the sole parent because when he’s home he does interact with her but then I’m making supper, I’m the one that does the dishes, washes/fold the clothes, clean the bathroom I do absolutely everything between bath time and putting her to bed and I’m starting to feel exhausted and overwhelmed. I feel terrible because she sleeps around 10-11 hours a night and shouldn’t that be enough? People have it worse then me people have babies that don’t even sleep through the night and here I am complaining but I feel overstimulated and just on edge and I feel frustrated, I’M TIRED! I live in a small town 6 hours away from my sister who I’m really close with, I don’t hang with anyone or really have anyone friend wise around. It’s just me and my baby most of the day, I’m exhausted for trying to entertain her for most of the day besides her naps where sometimes I don’t even do f**k all and just sit down but then I need to eat or I need to try and shower and it just feel’s overwhelming. I feel like a terrible parent, I love her but I’m just mentally and physically exhausted, I wish I had my sister around to do things with and I know she would be so much more helpful and I have his family but they’re always busy working, I rarely have time for myself but a couple hours at night and then I need to go to bed to get sleep myself and I just feel like I’m reliving this same life every single day, there’s nothing to do around here and I don’t have my license but even if I did there’s still nothing in this town. Tell me I’m not alone 🙁 tell me I’m not a shitty parent
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