Sunday, 17 September 2017

New father, need some morale support


Hey everyone.We have a 4 week old girl and I'm struggling. I have good days and bad days. I'm just struggling with a lot of issues, and while I talk to my wife about them, I feel like I'm also burdening her and that makes me feel bad because she has to deal with the baby and me.Sometimes I get frustrated that she doesn't feed without fussing. I don't enjoy moments when she's awake because I know that it's about to lead to crying. I feel like anytime she's awake I'm on edge. I get frustrated because she doesn't seem like she sleeps enough during the day. She falls asleep and she tends to wake up an hour later (probably because she sleeps well at night, but I'm struggling to find the silver lining some days). We feed her and we finally put her down and she wakes up.Honestly I'm just not enjoying much of this. That makes me feel bad and like I'm going to be a bad parent. It feels like a huge burden and I feel like I don't know how to handle it well. She takes up so much of our time, and I knew that going into it, but it's still so hard. I know it leads to something good in the future, but I'm really focused on the now and how unenjoyable it is. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2xcRLID

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