No one cares about the mother
I truly have never felt more invisible than I do now as a mother. My baby is 6 months old and it seems to me that all anyone wants to do is take him away from me. I know everyone is excited to see him and loves him but it’s like there’s no regard for my relationship with him as his mother or my feelings.
My husband’s family has a trip planned in the summer which will require air travel and sleeping in an Airbnb and it will be right around the time of a big cross country move for us and another trip we are taking to see them. I told my BIL that I need to see how I feel around that time because traveling with a 6 month old is already challenging as is and now it’s coupled with a huge move and close timelines. The immediate response was just to send the baby with his dad, it’s ok if I didn’t want to come. Excuse me?? How can anyone in all seriousness separate a baby from his mother, especially one that’s EBF. Breastfeeding aside, I’m not just a milk source to my baby. I need him, and I’m pretty sure he needs me. Anyone else experience this?