Mama mental struggles..😢
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Mom who gave birth in April 2024 jumping in here . Honestly it sounds like you may be dealing with ppd. I struggled with that and it really affected my early days with the baby. I wished I had of started taking medication earlier. I just started taking some a little over a month ago and feel so much better.
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I remember feeling like this. I think you just have to reframe how this time “should” be. Allow yourself to fully experience the newborn period with everything that means, ie overwhelming love mixed with sleep deprivation mixed with the unknown and a massive amount of new responsibility! It isn’t all sweetness and light so there’s no point trying to make yourself feel like it is or should be. The analogy I use is this: a few years ago I went to Scotland and I remember seeing so many lovely places and thinking “wow - this would be amazing if it wasn’t pouring with rain!” But the reality is that it often is raining in Scotland. My experience of parenthood has been much the same - “this would be so wonderful if I wasn’t absolutely exhausted all the time!” But parenthood often is exhausting. So it’s all about accepting that and still enjoying the good parts 😊
Sorry about the unicorn, I don’t know how to get rid of it 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
You and me both. I’m slowly starting to feel less anxious, only a tiny bit day by day, but I’m getting there. Just know you’re not alone and it will get easier xx
Honestly, the newborn stage is rubbish, it gets a bit better after 12 weeks or so and then from about 6 months every month has been my favourite age. It only gets easier xx
Just going to say I feel the exact same way, I worry too much about him to enjoy anything