Baby Blues?

Tarah716 · March 2011

Anyone else dealing with it? It's slowly getting better for me but I find mornings the hardest for some reason. Probably because I'm still so tired from the night before.

Klmorgan83 · March 2011

I don't think I'm dealing with PPD or anything, but I do have some frustration/sadness that I'm dealing with because of DS's birth. I had a successful VBAC. I was so excited about not having to deal with a c/s recovery, and feeling good after his birth. I unfortunately developed a spinal headache from my epidural and spent almost the first week of his life flat on my back and unable to care for him. That led to issues with BFing. I could only nurse laying down...which I find hard to do with an older baby, and even harder to teach a newborn how to do it. He wasn't latching correctly in that position, so my milk wasn't coming in very well....I couldn't pump laying down. So we had to switch to formula feeding because he wasn't getting enough.

I had every intention of BFing DS for the entire first year of his life. I BF DS#1 for that long....so it was always my plan. Now I feel like that opportunity was taken away from me and I really had no control over it. I had to make the decision that was best for DS #2, but I can't help being sad about it.

veggybugg · March 2011

I'm opposite. I find my evenings to be the hardest. Guess I;m dreading the night. I cry at the drop of the hat.

jkyle · March 2011

Right there with you! Not sure if it is baby blues anymore or just pure frustration though...DS is an AWESOME baby. Never fusses, pretty much just eats, sleeps and poops. His 2 year old big sister on the other hand loves her brother, but HATES that she nolonger has my full attention 100% of the time and is acting out! Grrr! She is great for the most part, but as soon as I sit down to feed DS, then she morphs into the child-demon from hell...no idea what to do with her! We are also still having some latch issues, so I'm off to the LC today. Hopefully if I can get that perfected, I will have a bit more patience with other monster! Gah! With my first though, I was like you and found the mornings the worst. I rested as much as I could and went for walks and talked to other friends with LO and after a couple weeks, I was good to go! It also helped that spring came, so make sure to advantage of the fresh air!

pregaftertubal · March 2011

hang in there ladies, it will get better. my LO is now a little over 4 weeks and i'm slowly feeling better. i would say the urge to constantly cry was gone by 3 weeks, but everyone is different. now i should say that if i see something sad on tv or hear a sad song, the tears are quick to follow. but those a few and far between.

give yourselves a break. your hormones are doing wonky things to your bodies. add this to any misshaps you may have in your lives and bam, you've got an explosion! take it easy and don't be to hard on yourselves! it definately won't be like this forever! Big Smile

pregaftertubal · March 2011

jkyle:
Right there with you! Not sure if it is baby blues anymore or just pure frustration though...DS is an AWESOME baby. Never fusses, pretty much just eats, sleeps and poops. His 2 year old big sister on the other hand loves her brother, but HATES that she nolonger has my full attention 100% of the time and is acting out! Grrr! She is great for the most part, but as soon as I sit down to feed DS, then she morphs into the child-demon from hell...no idea what to do with her! We are also still having some latch issues, so I'm off to the LC today. Hopefully if I can get that perfected, I will have a bit more patience with other monster! Gah! With my first though, I was like you and found the mornings the worst. I rested as much as I could and went for walks and talked to other friends with LO and after a couple weeks, I was good to go! It also helped that spring came, so make sure to advantage of the fresh air!

have you tried making a "special big sister basket" full of toys, crafts, and fun things, to take out and play with ONLY when little brother is eating? i'm sure it's so frustrating! good luck!

amy259 · March 2011

I'm worse at night, I'm tired from the day and then it seems like DD won't settle down and I just want to fall asleep. I get upset and just wish she would sleep like she does during the day. I'm also struggling with the fact that I brought this beautiful little girl into the world and am responsible for her. I'm already worried about her future in this world and she's not even a month old. It's overwhelming to me right now but it's getting better for me every day too. I also live far away from family and friends and at this point want to move back "home" but it's not possible right now and I think it's just my hormones talking. I have a wonderful husband that would do anything for me, a healthy daughter and a wonderful home, I couldn't ask for more. But I still cry for a bit almost every day.

Tarah716 · March 2011

The nights are hard because during the week I'm in charge of feedings so DH can rest for work. When I go back to work he'll share with me, but I'm so tired when I wake up and feel like I never get a nap in.

I get so overwhelmed with how big of a life change this was and start sobbing. I think it'll get easier for me when I go back to work and get a break from him during the day.

EmandChris08 · March 2011

Nights are the hardest for me, too. I feel great and happy all day, but I dread the night because I am just so exhausted, and I know I'm going to be up half the night. There have been a few nights where LO is crying and I'm holding him, crying too because I don't know what else to do. My LO is only a week old and we've only been home for like 5 days... so I'm sure it will get easier. But the sleep deprivation definitely makes things difficult in the beginning.

verona_1999 · March 2011

I dread evenings tool. Lo is a dream during the day and at night for the most part. But no matter what it seems she will not go to sleep and wants to eat every hour from 7:30-12:30. Which of course at this time I'm exhausted!!! But other than that she sleeps really well.

StellarStina26 · March 2011

I was really sad the first week and it is slowly getting better. We have made the decision to find a new home for our Golden Retriever because I am too overwhelmed with it all and feel that he would be happier elsewhere. So, a lot of crying was from that. The first week home my 13 year old cat decided to stop eating for 4 days and now she looks like a skeleton. On the fifth day she started eating and back to normal self... I think she was attempting to boycott the baby. So, I cried thinking she was going to die.

I am still exhausted and dread anytime DD decides to stay up longer than an hour. Because if she goes over an hour I know she is going to be awake for at least 4 or 5 hours and I will have to try every contraption in our house to soothe her. Leh sigh.

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