Struggling
I am really finding things tricky and I don’t know what to do.
my newborn is a week old. he’s gorgeous and I’m so in love with him but I don’t think I am coping. I have a 6 year old daughter and I miss her so much. she used to sleep in with me but now she stays in her room because she’s afraid of hurting me after my section. she had an event in school yesterday and I totally forgot about it so she was the only one with no parent there.
I’ve got a huge cold sore and I’m terrified I’m going to spread it to the baby and make him really ill if not worse.
I’m breastfeeding so the nights are solely up to me, partner sleeps with daughter so I am always exhausted or trying to catch up on sleep.
partner has invited 5 family members over for the day tomorrow and I‘ve asked for them to be gone by 5 but he says this ia unreasonable and our 6 year old will have fun with her cousin and they should be allowed to stay and have dinner and a bath here before travel home.
I feel completely overwhelmed and just like I’m doing a terrible job at everything. I had a natural broth with my first and bounced back so quickly. This time I had to have a section for medical reasons and everything just seems so much harder.