I feel alone

I have a 10 month old daughter and I am a stay-at-home mom...My boyfriend and I live with my parents and we have our own guest room. My boyfriend has frequently been putting me down and it is starting to send me into depression. My postpartum journey has not been easy so I am having a hard time finding my identity again. I do not feel like myself and I miss being happy. I do not blame my daughter at all, I love her so much. My boyfriend does not understand what I am going through and compares me to others. "I know there are moms out there that do way more than you." "You should go get a job and stop being lazy." "All you do is take care of our daughter, that's it." "All you want to do is sleep when our daughter is taking a nap." I went to college and got my Bachelors degree in Liberal Studies and I just need to get my teaching credential but I have my career on pause because I want to focus on my daughter and make her my priority right now. My boyfriend tells me, "Look at you now, not doing anything with your degree. You are just using our daughter as an excuse to not get a job." All of these things that he is telling me is starting to affect me mentally. Crying myself to sleep because I feel not good enough. He tells me how he is unhappy in our relationship and threatens me to take me to court to get full custody over our daughter. If we were to separate, he would have to move back to his parent's home....His mother is an alcoholic, his father drinks and does cocaine, and his sister is always high from marijuana. That environment is not the best environment for our daughter to live in and I am afraid of my boyfriend getting full custody. My boyfriend has a past history of drug use but he has been clean for a year now. I would overall be happy if I were not with my boyfriend and just had my daughter all to myself. I am thinking of doing individual therapy sessions so I can better my mental health.
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Take him to court first!! Don’t wait.

He can’t just take your daughter, there’s no reason for him to get full custody so I wouldn’t worry about that. I would make him leave your parents house.

Speak to a lawyer asap the guy has to go so it’s just a matter of making your plan before you say anything to him

Try to document everything as much as possible. He cannot get full custody if you're fit to parent but if you guys divorce he will likely get some time with your daughter unless you can show he is not fit to parent. Thus, documenting is important. Keep a record of all threat, evidence that he does drugs, etc... evidence that his parents house is not safe, ... good luck! And sorry you're going through this 💙 maybe couples therapy? Or some type of compromise? Working part time?

You have a small baby, you're doing the right thing by caring fit m for her. She needs you, she still young. He's out of his mind. He's miserable because he doesn't want this kind of life, he's unhappy and wants to get out. Loves the daughter probably but he got no job, no home, no car, no future.. She needed a better father figure but he's sounding very ...unbalanced, rude and mean. Get a job? What did he do for work and does he help with baby? A baby is a job. Do your parents help because its hard. I would be scared too if having her around him their issues. Get away, crying to sleep is going to show your daughter that this is how a man treats a woman and she can feel you and your upset. You need peace. There's more men out there.. choose responsible, security, safety and peace and ❤️in aman. Never go for a guy that's the oldest or youngest in his family. They all momma boy childish often spoiled and never an only son.. He can take your kid from you his old is he?

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