I know im beoing stupid...but i cant help but feeling like a bad mum some days. Before DD was born i had my heart set on breast feeding....and i tried as soon as she was born. Midwife said i was going great and DD was getting food. I was on a high, thinking wow i can do it, only come 2 days later i had a screaming baby that wouldnt settle, that was starving cos she was geting nothing. I had nurses forcing me to BF when i clearly kept saying she was getting nothing and give me formula for her....but no.. i was wrong.. they were right. I got home thinking right ill give BF another go... again no luck.
I felt i had failed to give my bub the best food in the world. A failure i labelled myself. So many other mums can do it... why couldnt i. My milk came in and i tried and tried, but it was clear. DD, she wasnt happy with it and i had to stick to formula. Not what i wanted and not what i still want.
Then i have the days/nights where she will cry. I try everything, feeding, bath, change nappy, burping, rocking, walking etc. She still cries, then screams, gets all wet from sweating and tears and to the point where her screams are hoarse. Again i feel like a bad mum cos i dont know what is wrong, although i have tried everything i still feel like ive failed.
Or theres the times i think DD is sick of me. She sees me 24/7 and i think she is bored of me....cos as soon as daddy gets home she smiles and wants to be with him (i know she is only 2 months old...but its like daddy fixes everything and mum is just a b!tch and leaves her crying).
I know im a good mum I give her all i can, but alot of the days i feel like a bad mum or ive failed in some way...
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