Anger…

Hello, I’m just wondering if anyone has any advice or is in the same boat. I’m really struggling with my anger outbursts. It seems to be getting worse. Last night for example, my little girl woke up and she wouldn’t stop screaming, I tried to calm her down but she wasn’t having any of it. I couldn’t understand why she was screaming (like uncontrollable screaming), there didn’t seem to be a reason. I tried to bring her into our bed and she was screaming in my ear and wouldn’t settle. I tried calming music and offered her water. Eventually I got her to sleep while rocking her listening to music. But my anger, my god. I am pregnant but I think it was similar before. Sometimes I can fight it and stay calm. Not sure if it’s partly to do with my husband as he woke her once by shutting the door loudly, then she woke up again after that and he didn’t go in and get her. Maybe it’s because I feel I’m always doing everything for her. I would love to somehow calm myself down, I hate this. Sorry for the vent
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I’m the same I have such a short fuse and this stage of whining, tantrums and wanting to be picked up then put down etc is driving me insane! I’ve read a few people saying the same thing on here at this age so I think it’s just this stage and you just have to keep your cool but my god is it frustrating 🥹

I'm the same too at the minute, also currently pregnant. I'm not sure if it's pregnancy hormones/tiredness that's setting me off? Feeling very guilty about counting down until bedtime a lot of the time x

We all go through this if I'm tired hungry in pain my fuse is shorter then other days 😪 motherhood is over simulating for alot of us. Hard but remember she b picking up on ur emotion too ur stress and reacting 2 that. My boy as melt dwn in the chemist 2day and all the way home 30 mins in there he scream 😱 I settle him as the Brought my meds out to then have him scream all the way home. Min I pick him up he stopped tho

I really feel for you reading this! 😑It’s totally normal to feel angry and frustrated at times caring for toddlers…I’m sure literally everyone does…But if it’s worrying you and you feel like it’s getting worse I think it’s right you’re trying to do something about it. From what you say it sounds like you should have a chat with your husband maybe? Try to share duties a bit more…ask him to do one thing (eg bathtime), or at least agree that if one of you wakes your daughter up it’s on them to go and settle her! Particularly seeing as you’re pregnant - with 2 young kids you’re going to need him to step up and share the load That screaming sounds so hard to handle particularly if there’s no clues at all about why they’re doing it. I’m not gonna tell you what to try because I’m sure you’ve tried loads of things. When it got bad at night with my daughter I would put one headphone in and listen to radio/music/ audiobook which made me soooo much more patient to just hold her and wait it out

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