u/MissionAlfalfa7139

I posted earlier about being nervous about SAHM-ing a 5 month old for the first time. My partner had been with me the past 4 months due to C-section healing + PPD/PPA

Right now baby is on a walk with dad and I can sit and reflect a bit.

I’m pretty proud of myself! I had baby 10 hrs alone each day and although naps are a struggle I managed to do it! My PPA made it very difficult for me to be alone with the baby (I still can’t be alone in public with him, but I’m hoping my therapist can help me with that 😅)

I still didn’t cook dinner but husband is good about cooking dinner (sometimes we fight about who does it bc it’s the only time we can watch a movie on the iPad 😂)

I managed to do the dishes and some tidying but overall I kept telling myself that baby was priority and everything else was just extra EXP.

I hope I’ll get more energy soon or at least get more efficient! I still struggle reading my baby’s sleepy cues as he seems to be at a very fussy age so I hope I get better at that too. ☺️

Hi everyone! I’m a new SAHM (starting tomorrow!) to a 5mo and I’m nervous!

I was on sick leave for the past month 2-3 months due to C-section complications and now PPD/PPA which meant my husband stayed home and helped. I’m also a SAHM because I moved to a new country and have been unable to get a job the 5 years I’ve been here so we decided this route would be best.

Unfortunately I am some sort of neurospicy (unable to get a diagnosis here) which means I’ve been struggling with depression and my energy levels are low so my husband has been taking care of most cleaning/cooking duties.

I want to show up as the best possible wife/mother now that husband is going back to work but I’m worried about this new season of my life. So I’m coming here to ask if anyone has any tips/advice/mantras they’d like to share!

As a side note I don’t live in the U.S. and have to cook a lot of things from scratch 😅

The weather is unfortunately very rainy right now and I’m unable to carry our stroller in and out of our area and have fallen down our stairs outside a few times (once while I was pregnant!) so i dont quite trust carrying baby down our stairs so going for walks isn’t in the picture until we get the porch fixed 🥲