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I feel guilty about it, but I'm really not enjoying it as much as I thought it would.
I'm finding it so stressful especially when DS2 is asleep as DS1 is so LOUD and BANGING and STOMPING around the house. Any discipline I had with DS1 before has gone out the window since DS2 is quite demanding. I'm a bit sleep deprived which isn't helping. Just really looking forward to the toddler stage, or the stage just before it. I think I will regret feeling this way, but I guess I am just missing my sleep too much, and having a routine and some predictability. But then I look into DS2's eyes and my heart melts. Ahhh...brain is like mush now. |
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QUOTE (meggs1 @ 30/04/2012, 07:37 PM)  There's a reason they call it the fourth trimester. Any other species and they would still be gestating. Hang in there. Great point QUOTE (Tea~for~two @ 01/05/2012, 04:45 PM) Hehehe - this is what I think whenever I hold other people's newborns - and then it all comes back to me... Newborns are so much nicer when they belong to someone else  Agreed.. QUOTE (nik_klinger @ 01/05/2012, 09:22 PM) I'm quoting a friend of mine who is about to have her 3rd child, "The first 12 weeks can be a very dark place", I found this to be quite true. It became a bit of a mantra!! I've discovered this. Actually I think I'm just starting to sometimes have moments of enjoyment when ds recognizes me, and we have little games we do together and he gets into them quite quickly now. It's like, wow, you are a person, you have a personality, we have a relationship. The more this happens, the more i will bond and enjoy it, I think. I mean I've loved him before I met him, but enjoying him is something else. I wish people talked about this more openly. I'm telling all of my childless friends exactly how it is. If they find it easier than me, great. If not, at least they won't feel as weird and wrong as I did. |
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chookpea Not enjoying the newborn stage 30/04/2012, 06:37 PM
Tea~for~two Ugh - I HATED the newborn stage. I thought it woul... 30/04/2012, 07:23 PM mrsnorthman sounds pretty normal to me of course there's ... 30/04/2012, 07:28 PM lolz Don't feel guilty OP, you're perfectly nor... 30/04/2012, 07:30 PM jobo77 I felt like this too with my DS! And he is now... 30/04/2012, 07:34 PM MissM86 I honestly don't understand women who say they... 30/04/2012, 07:34 PM meggs1 There's a reason they call it the fourth trime... 30/04/2012, 07:37 PM CallMeAl I've never really enjoyed my kids till 14-18 m... 30/04/2012, 09:27 PM lozoodle Don't feel guilty, the newborn stage is hideou... 01/05/2012, 07:46 AM sleeplessmamma Oh Im feeling this right now. Had a hideous day an... 01/05/2012, 09:01 AM ChickenRose During the day it's fine. Once the evening rol... 01/05/2012, 09:07 AM Jekaho I'm sorry you're not enjoying it.
I didn... 01/05/2012, 09:10 AM onyerbikeluv My mum always told me that the early days are to b... 01/05/2012, 09:21 AM hollysmama The newborn stage sucks balls. I hated it. I real... 01/05/2012, 09:24 AM Jess1 Another one who did not enjoy the newborn stage. ... 01/05/2012, 09:28 AM katevin QUOTE Another one who did not enjoy the newborn st... 01/05/2012, 11:16 AM vitaechel You are def not alone! I didn't enjoy the ... 01/05/2012, 11:24 AM boatiebabe As much as I loved my two from birth with every fi... 01/05/2012, 11:25 AM Mareek Another one who is not a fan of the newborn stage... 01/05/2012, 11:28 AM MadameCatty LOVE the newborn stage. Send him my way and I... 01/05/2012, 11:34 AM mum201 I think it's one of those things you are not m... 01/05/2012, 11:38 AM sophiasmum You are not alone OP, I didn't like or enjoy t... 01/05/2012, 11:56 AM
sleeplessmamma QUOTE (sophiasmum @ 01/05/2012, 12:56 PM)... 01/05/2012, 04:17 PM redkris QUOTE LOVE the newborn stage. Send him my way and ... 01/05/2012, 12:23 PM Princess.cranky.pants I miss the newborn stage! I find the toddlers ... 01/05/2012, 12:53 PM loola I miss the newborn stage, DS was great, 4 hours on... 01/05/2012, 01:55 PM *Relish* QUOTE (chookpea @ 30/04/2012, 04:37 PM) I... 01/05/2012, 04:07 PM HART85 I hated the newborn stage as well. My SIL is havin... 01/05/2012, 04:24 PM elleep I wouldn't be feeling guilty - you see so many... 01/05/2012, 04:28 PM abc_123 Another here who really disliked the newborn stage... 01/05/2012, 04:41 PM Soccer Mum I didnt enjoy the stage from 1 - 5 months as DD ha... 01/05/2012, 05:17 PM katevin Double post. 01/05/2012, 08:31 PM katevin QUOTE I seriously want the next one to be 6 months... 01/05/2012, 08:33 PM JupitersMoon The newborn stage was awful for me.
DD was a diff... 01/05/2012, 08:57 PM belindarama The only thing stopping me from signing on for num... 01/05/2012, 09:10 PM lylac I really really didn't enjoy my son as a newbo... 01/05/2012, 09:16 PM Madeline's Mum The first few months are hard. I didn't enjoy ... 01/05/2012, 09:17 PM nik_klinger I'm quoting a friend of mine who is about to h... 01/05/2012, 09:22 PM coolbreeze Oh I love the newborn stage. If they stayed like t... 02/05/2012, 05:01 PM Mummy-2-1boy I could have written your post word for word! ... 02/05/2012, 08:01 PM Natttmumm Newborn with another child at home is tough work. ... 02/05/2012, 08:06 PM Oriental lily I love the first year.
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