Shouted at baby

Everyone gets overstimulated and overwhelmed at times, it doesn’t make us bad mums! Your baby won’t remember you’ve shouted, it sounds like you just need to recharge! Is there anyone who can look after baby for an afternoon so you can have some you time ? X

Hi there. I just want to leave you with some kind words that I know you can’t say to yourself. Feeling overwhelmed does not mean you’re a bad mum. I completely understand how you feel and for a long time I thought I’m the worst person in the world. Until I finally gave in and spoke to my GP - I have talking therapy sessions and a psychologist from the GP to talk to weekly. It’s really hard and I completely understand. It is worth talking to someone. I refused to admit that I was suffering from PPD, but I am. And it’s normal. It happens, and we just need to keep reminding ourselves that these are not our brains talking, it’s our hormones, it’s every overstimulated pore in our bodies! You are not alone, and you are NOT a bad mum. You’re amazing!!!!!!! And you’re doing your very very best ❤️ Go out, take an afternoon to go out and enjoy time alone. Love yourself and be kind to yourself 🤍

I completely agree with the other comments, you’re just overstimulated and that’s completely normal. We’re not robots, being a mum alongside everything else is so hard sometimes. I read somewhere that if you question if you’re a bad mum, that means you’re not a bad mum as a real bad mum won’t care enough. It just means you’re human and you care a lot about your baby. Don’t be hard on yourself, we’re all trying our best, we can’t be perfect so give yourself some grace x