in March 2023 Babies 🇬🇧

No village

Does anyone else feel sad sometimes they don’t have a village? My husbands away a lot so my daughters only have me. I live a few hours drive away from my family and they’ve come up 3 times in 8 months which I’m grateful for. I just feel like they couldn’t care less about me or my daughters. We’re no contact with my husbands family as they’ve been toxic since my first pregnancy. When I see my auntie she’s constantly saying how much she wants to help and how she’s there for me but she takes about a week to reply and she’ll text me for one week and then just stop. I’m just really down about it. I haven’t made any friends where I am and I’ve heard a lot of bad stories which is stopping me from even trying and when I have I don’t even get a reply so I give up. I do absolutely everything for my kids and give them absolutely everything so it’s not that I feel they’re missing out I just wish they knew they had other family that actually cared about them.

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I’ve recently moved quite a while away from my family , we used to live really close so the change is hard

Don’t upset yourself or get yourself down over family that don’t make an effort. You sound like you’re doing an amazing job without a village and you may be all they really need since you’re giving all that love and attention to them. Try making friends or going to some toddler baby groups. My friends are closer to my little one more than aunts and cousins.Xx

@Shelley I just feel a bit gutted I guess. When I was younger I used to love going for sleepovers at my aunties house with my cousins, they’re my favourite memories but then I think they were because my parents weren’t the most loving. I’m really trying my best and I hope one day they understand that! I actually made friends with my neighbour and she had a kid a year older than mine but she had to move after 4 months so I was gutted! I’ll have new neighbours soon and they’re family houses so I’m hoping I’ll be able to meet a friend but I’ll just see how it goes! Xx

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