Tuesday, 19 September 2017

Is it normal to feel mom burnout or do I just suck at parenting?


My fiancé works and I'm a SAHM. Although I understand that he's the one that financially supports us, on the rare occasion where he does have time at home, he doesn't really help out around the house or interact with our toddler unless it's for a few minutes before he hands him off to me. On top of it, he usually stays up late and gets drunk every night. I do everything around this house, and now that my son barely naps and runs around and gets into everything, I feel like I barely get anything done most of the time, unless he decides to nap, or I catch up on cleaning at night. I live in the middle of nowhere, so getting a baby sitter or getting a family member to watch my son is out of the question. I keep getting reminded that I'm lucky to stay at home with my son and that it's only a short period of time that he'll be this little, but it feels more like an ongoing endless chore that makes me feel like my brains slowly rotting away. I'm naturally an introvert who likes being home, but sometimes it just feels like a prison of more and more shit that never gets done, and feeling inadequate in all areas of my life. Am I just ungrateful and need to suck it up? This is how it was back in the day, the mom stayed home, usually with more than one kid. They managed to carry on somehow. Sometimes I just want an entire day away from my son, and it makes me feel guilty and shitty to want that because in spite of how exhausting and frustrating he is, I love him. Are these normal mom feelings or is there just something wrong with me? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2xcBfH6

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