No judging please

Need to rant but please don’t judge as I feel bad already! My LG is a nightmare… I used to really look forward to our day together. Was very lucky that I had enough holidays to take every Friday off work to spend it with my LG. I now dread it… she screams all the time, has tantrums for no reason, throws herself on the floor in public and won’t get up, won’t eat food I cook her, trashes and rips everything in sight. Slaps me in the face, scratches me (even if she knows kind hands). By the end of the morning I just want to hide and cry. I really try to keep calm and ignore it but I’m finding this really hard and has put me off from having another baby and really wanted another one. Just feel like I’m not a good mum because I can’t deal with it…
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Oh and of course won’t sleep at night or go down easily

have you tried detoxing her? i hear it works especially for rapid behavioural changes. maybe have a look into it

@Jordana there is no need to detox a child.

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Children can be so testing !! Sometimes I dread the day I’m counting the hours until bedtime . When they are doing all the things you’ve listed above. I think it’s normal to not love every day , especially when you’re tired , overstimulated and stressed. I would only suggest trying to regulate your emotions when the toddler is kicking off as they can’t do that yet ! I know it’s hard. When my daughter started tantrums it was so frustrating ! Especially in public, I didn’t know how to handle them so I literally YouTube a video on what to do. Now if she has a tantrum I say to her ‘Ok let me know when you’ve finished’ in a really calm voice and I tend to either walk away or sit near her on the floor - it doesn’t last long now or sometimes she doesn’t kick off atall X Feel free to message me x

@Courtney I try really hard to regulate my emotions but I don’t always succeed! I don’t shout but I get frustrated and then feel guilty because I know she can’t help it… but it’s constant at the moment and difficult if it’s all the time! just want my happy baby back or at least some of the time! 🥲

What @Courtney said!!🥰

I am truly sorry to see what you are going through... I noticed that if I expose my little one to screens his behaviour is not great. Also, he needs to leave the house every day, so even if we have no plans I always take him to the park or soft play to kill some energy.

Hey incognito- I know it’s so hard not to feel frustrated, sometimes I do aswell !! Like I could just scream and burst into tears. It’s hard when you don’t have much support too. Are you able to have any alone time ? Can someone watch your baby for an hour /few hours xx

@Joana thank you! My LG isn’t allowed screens as I noticed the same. She won’t even respond when I call her! She goes out every day so I don’t think it’s that either 🫣

Don’t ever feel like your not doing a good job at being a mum because you most definitely are doing amazing!! Some days are harder than others, your little girl is now at the age where she is feeling lots of different emotions and it’s normal, when your daughter hits you or physically hurts you just calmly remind her of kind hands, if it gets too much make sure your daughter is safe and not able to hurt herself and take yourself into another room count to 10 and then go back to her, remember babies can sense your emotions too x

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