Struggling as a mum
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@Niyah Love one
Little one as well
The least the dad can do is to watch the kid for 15 minutes, so that you can have a proper shower and refresh. Take the kid for a walk everyday - some fresh air would be good for both the kid and you. There are some baby wearing exercises you can do at home too - following YouTube videos. My lo is 9 week old. Since his birth, I’ve always been struggling to find time to do anything else other than feeding and taking care of the kid. Then I realise I also need to put priority to other things, such as making sure I always have time to have a shower and a walk each day - this has helped my and probably the baby’s mental health massively. I’m trying to find some local mum friends to walk the kids together - that would be super helpful I think.
I found my first year was rough cuz my daughter’s sleep was also not great til ~7m when she finally got her own bed in a different room. I agree that taking walks is a great idea and meeting up with other moms. One thing I noticed was that for the first few months it felt like I had a happiness drug (naturally generated by my body), which made it so much easier to handle the lack of sleep. But once that wore off, oh boy it all hit me! It became a lot harder to handle the lack of sleep 🙈😅 It happened when my LG was ~4m, which was about the time I started taking her for walks on a fairly regular basis.
This year we moved so we’re too far from my group of moms I had made friends with. My role had been made redundant which has spiked my anxiety. Plus I’ve been feeling burnt out so I haven’t had the energy. So I can appreciate how hard and draining it can be when you don’t have a mom group to meet up with and when you don’t get regular exercise.
what does lo mean?