Mom guilt I miss my toddler
I’m experiencing some extreme guilt. I have a 2 year old toddler (25 MO) and a 4 day old newborn. I used to play with my toddler all the time, everyday, read books do crafts etc. she’s very smart and is learning a lot. I would nurse her to sleep every nap and bedtime. When I was in the hospital for two days with new baby she had to sleep with her Papa (daddy) without mama for the first time in her life. She eventually went to sleep (at 1am) and missed me so much. I can’t always nurse her to sleep now and it breaks my heart to break her heart. I feel that she feels pushed aside or unimportant. Yesterday was a very odd and bad night. We missed a good opportunity to trade (husband gets baby and I put toddler to bed) and so then baby was needing me all night. And I needed rest. Papa tried putting toddler to bed. Which resulted in her staying up until 4:10am watching TV until she finally fell asleep. (We NEVER let her watch that much TV. Especially not at night. Her shows are typically over by 7 or 8pm) I miss taking care of her and being there for her but I can’t do it now like I used to. I know it’s only day four with the newborn (and only day 2 home from the hospital) but I feel like a bad mom and I miss the time with my toddler and I hate seeing her sad, bored, upset and so on. I want her to thrive. But I also want to eat and sleep and care for our newborn effectively.
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