I’m not sure I can do this

Today was so hard. I’m 36+3 with baby #2, and my daughter is 2 years, 7 months old. She is normally the most energetic, sweet, fun loving, smart, magnetic kid, but she is going through such a difficult stage right now. She will not play independently, whines for everything and throws a tantrum when she doesn’t get her way. She is bossy and doesn’t listen, and tacks on 10 extra steps to every process throughout the day. She refuses to nap or eat when she is home with us on the weekends, but is an angel with her nanny. She is in a mommy phase and won’t let my husband do anything to help, so I’m stuck doing 90% of the childcare or else we have an epic tantrum to deal with. She is super physical and doesn’t respect that she can’t dive bomb my stomach, so I’m always playing defense. She wakes up before 6 am most days and the bedtime routine is taking longer and longer each night (up to two hours). I’m starting to react with such anger toward her, and am feeling horrible about myself as a parent as a result. I don’t want to be the kind of parent that is constantly reprimanding and threatening time outs and offering TV just to get an hour of peace. I’m devastated and feel insanely guilty that we have just a few short weeks left where she’ll be an only child, and that we’re spending them so miserable around one another. I’m so exhausted and my patience is wearing so thin, and I have literally no idea how I am going to manage her with an infant. I’m not necessarily asking for advice but needed to get it off my chest. Parenting is so hard. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2Ni08sr