I see that the topic of "children" has been much discussed lately. And it is quite possible that after I became a mother, such things will impress me more. I know there will be nasty comments, but I publish my story to read the opinions of people who will help me and give advice. I start from afar - my mother gave birth quite young - at 15 years old. She got pregnant by accident. She gave birth to several children. Her life has been spent pushing and looking after children and she doesn't know anything else. After my 25th birthday, the issue of children began to creep in, and she began to question and advise. My friend and I used to say that we didn't want to have children because we didn't have enough money, and it was good for us to be just the two of us. At each such comment, the mother panicked and accused us of being selfish. I turned 27 and I had a little desire to become a mother. She began to encourage me, telling me that this was the best time of a woman's life and that nothing else was worth it. My friend was pulling, and she made me leave him and find someone else to start a family with. In short - the time came and he wished, but said that first I have to find a good job, to have a stable income and then. The mother was angry about this and started telling me how the child does not want a lot of money, how he only wants love and that later we will fix our lives and finances, it was important for him to show up. It's good that I didn't listen to her, because after I gave birth I said to myself that if I had left things with work in the background, I would never, ever be able to find a decent job. The housing problem is still on the agenda - it's two-bedroom, but my mother said that it didn't matter, and we could live in two rooms. All my life I grew up without a children's room, I slept on the couch, which is quite difficult for me, my partner and I are now considering options to provide a room for our child. For the money ... we both have salaries below 700, but we manage and it is not true that the child only wants love - the money goes at breakneck speed and is needed, especially as it is now and at 3 months a completely new wardrobe is bought .
The lack of sleep bothers me the most. At first he slept all night, but after 7 months it became a nightmare, so to this day - he wakes up 4-5 times a night and roars, I give milk, falls asleep and in an hour he cries again and looks for me. I take the bedroom between us and wake up again, but overall he is a little calmer - this only happens 2-3 times. From birth, "life" took over and there was no stopping. My back hurts, my hair is falling out, my BMI is 18 ... which is underweight, although I eat entirely high-calorie food, from which a normal person will gain a lot. I was so harassed that sometimes I wonder why I had to have a child, and immediately after that I feel like the most horrible person that I think such things at all. And yet I love this child and want the best for him. I can't be mad at the lady. How is this possible, obviously this love is really strong and nature knows its job. I don't have time for make-up, from time to time a little foundation and lipstick and I leave, hairstyle - never! Even if I do, my child pulls my hair and I tie it high. I am with the child all day, and he is already learning to walk and crawl, grumbles, constantly says "mom, mom" and roars, only in my arms tames. I've been trying to cook for a few days, but it doesn't work. I'm writing this because 10 minutes ago the baby fell asleep, after I write it I will lie down to sleep next to it. If I can fall asleep. My rhythm was terribly disturbed. Sometimes I want to jump off the balcony. But it stops me from losing my mother.
Grandmothers - one does not want to help, they do not have to. She goes on excursions and does not look for us, and the other says - bring him to me, but she lives far away and by the time we get there and back we are tired of the road and the grumbling of the child who rides in a car only if he looks after a child. I think that since my birth I have been accumulating a lot and my balances are simply being lost. I just need advice, please tell me, will it ever get easier, will I be able to get up and go to work when my motherhood is over, or will I be a wreck from now on? I'm scared, like I'm in jail and I want to hide in a corner and just cry, but I can't do that either - because someone will cry in exchange and say "mmmmmmma!". I still hope that as passages it will not weigh on my arms / I weigh 49 kg. / and he won't roar so much that he will get tired and sleep all night ... or at least 5-6 hours without waking up with a break. I sleep 3-4 hours a night with breaks in between. I try, I give him everything, we play during the day, we crawl together, I kiss, I carry in my arms, I sing, I read books, I go for a walk 2 times a day, I buy good food from a private kitchen and I choose it to have good ingredients, he eats from my cooking, when it is appropriate, I change diapers a little, I use good cosmetics, I sleep 2 times a day for 2 hours, there are many moments when I laugh, but I am so harassed and I have no strength that it is difficult for me to I'm glad. Clean, feather, all by yourself. My partner is angry at the roar and the worries, in the evening he wants to drink his beer and is annoyed that he can't stay up until 12 o'clock, and at 9 and 30 o'clock we bathe and put the baby to sleep. At night, when he cries and wakes up, he argues with me, he can sleep, but he is at work the next day. Sometimes he says he wants his old life and accuses me of insisting we have a child.
1 leighwoodzx answered
I can't understand what it means my mother said this, my mother said that, you are not small you have a head on your shoulders. Secondly for the baby - this muttering is extremely strange to me, this is probably the 10th such post you are looking after a small child 30 years ago - no car, no diapers, no 24-hour pharmacies, difficult to find formula. Your husband and he are an absolute idiot, as if this child is only yours. .