HI MUMMIES, HOPE ALL IS WELL.
IM A PROUD MOTHER OF A 6 DAY OLD DAUGHTER GABRIELLA AND A 16 MTH OLD DAUGHTER ISABELLA.
I'M STRUGGLING BTWN THE 2, TRYING TO EQUAL ATTENTION TO BOTH, NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS EASIER WITH ONE SHE HAD ALL THE ATTENTION NOW I HAVE TO SHARE THIS 2 WAYS.
JUST THE THOUGHT OF STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN, GETS ME DOWN. WITH MY 16 MTH OLD IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO THAT I DID THIS, BUT ITS ONLY 16 MTHS, AND SHES FANTASTIC, SHE EATS,SLEEPS, KNOWS HER DAILY ROUTINE ETC..... WE HAVE JUST STARTED TO GET OUR LIFE BACK TO NORMAL..GOING OUT WAS NO LONGER AN ISSUE..I STARTD TO FEEL MORE INDEPENDENT..NOW IM STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN..AND I FEEL TRAPPED AGAIN..FEELING GUILTY CANT WAIT FOR MY SECOND TO GROW UP QUICK..AM I A BAD MUM THINKING THIS WAY, I FEEL LIKE A FAILURE..MY DAILY THOUGHT..HERE WE GO AGAIN, CANT WAIT TILL GABRIELLA IS AT LEAST 6MTHS OLD, COZ I KNOW WHAT IM UP FOR TILL THEN.
ANYONE IN THIS OR BEEN IN THIS SITUATION? HOW DO YOU OR DID YOU COPE? WHAT DID YOU DO? WILL IT GET BETTER?
PLEASE HELPPPPPP..I'M GOING CRAZY AND AT MY WITS END, FULL OF ANXIETY, VERY EMOTIONAL, PANICKY, ETC ETC.
NEED SOME ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
THANKS
[Edited on 18/01/2008]
[Edited on 18/01/2008]
IM A PROUD MOTHER OF A 6 DAY OLD DAUGHTER GABRIELLA AND A 16 MTH OLD DAUGHTER ISABELLA.
I'M STRUGGLING BTWN THE 2, TRYING TO EQUAL ATTENTION TO BOTH, NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS EASIER WITH ONE SHE HAD ALL THE ATTENTION NOW I HAVE TO SHARE THIS 2 WAYS.
JUST THE THOUGHT OF STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN, GETS ME DOWN. WITH MY 16 MTH OLD IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO THAT I DID THIS, BUT ITS ONLY 16 MTHS, AND SHES FANTASTIC, SHE EATS,SLEEPS, KNOWS HER DAILY ROUTINE ETC..... WE HAVE JUST STARTED TO GET OUR LIFE BACK TO NORMAL..GOING OUT WAS NO LONGER AN ISSUE..I STARTD TO FEEL MORE INDEPENDENT..NOW IM STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN..AND I FEEL TRAPPED AGAIN..FEELING GUILTY CANT WAIT FOR MY SECOND TO GROW UP QUICK..AM I A BAD MUM THINKING THIS WAY, I FEEL LIKE A FAILURE..MY DAILY THOUGHT..HERE WE GO AGAIN, CANT WAIT TILL GABRIELLA IS AT LEAST 6MTHS OLD, COZ I KNOW WHAT IM UP FOR TILL THEN.
ANYONE IN THIS OR BEEN IN THIS SITUATION? HOW DO YOU OR DID YOU COPE? WHAT DID YOU DO? WILL IT GET BETTER?
PLEASE HELPPPPPP..I'M GOING CRAZY AND AT MY WITS END, FULL OF ANXIETY, VERY EMOTIONAL, PANICKY, ETC ETC.
NEED SOME ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
THANKS
[Edited on 18/01/2008]
[Edited on 18/01/2008]
MIABELLA