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| Sat, 10-28-2006 - 10:58pm |
Ok, today was just a bad day overall. And next Thursday I go back to work. DJ is doing well, sleeping through the night, and he will be 10 weeks on Monday. The girls were into everything today. And just downright horrible at times. DH helped with his occassional yells telling them to stop, but just basicly sat there and watched his football all day. Even when I went to bathe the girls he declined to hold the baby. He said to lay him on the couch. I would say on average he holds our son 5 minutes a day. :( Anyway, DJ screamed most of the time and I do believe he had gas, which I gave him before the bath. But when I was done, DH had him laying next to him on the couch on his back. DJ hates to lay on his back, and especially if he is already upset!
So the girls were bad, and DH doesn't help. I just felt so down today. Just sad. I am so disgusted with DH. I am not really mad at him. It just makes me sad that he doesn't want to be more active with our kids. And when I am having a hard time with them I feel like I am all alone. I mean he does discipline them, but what about spending time with them? I just want to get away from him.... from everything I guess. Maybe when I go back to work, my life will go back to the "normal" chaos. I don't know, just venting.







Did dh hold the the girls when they were newborns? The reason I ask, Yavonne is that I know of many men, including my dad who feel very helpless with an infant. My dad never held us until we were big enough to walk. He always said he was afraid he'd hurt us because he was so much bigger.
Also, does dh know what posistion DJ likes? If he doesn't spend much time with the baby, probably not. Does he even know how to identify gas? I always consider men kind of clueless about those things;) Your dh apparently needs a crash course in infant parenting. He may be slacking because you didn't expect enough from him with the girls.
I would be in a meltdown, too. I hope you get some *me* time in before starting back to work. I think it might be a pleasant distraction for you. Even though you'll be tired out when you get home, I was always so happy to see my kids again. Good luck! Vent anytime! (((hugs))) jan
hey yavonne,
i'm doing okay...i hate being preggo...coupled w/my anxiety and pregnancy complications...not a good combo...
i've been having a LOT of contractions (about 10-12 an hour) but don't want to go to labor&delievery because they will 1)pump me up w/fluids, 2) probably suggest giving me some terb/bretherine to stop/slow them and i won't take these meds because of my anxiety (the both tend to trigger panic attacks/panic like symptoms in NON anxious people, rapid heart beat, nausia, feelings of apprehension etc)...so i'm just sitting here on my bedrest drinking a TON of fluids...
i just hope i make it to 37 weeks! (ds was born at 34), but w/the contractions and stuff i'm not feeling so confident i'll make it to this point...
thanks for asking:) sorry, i wish i had a "happier" update:) hopefully i'll have a happy update in 42 days (i'll be full term in 42 days:)
Sheri Ann