Mum rage

Everything anyone does to/with my baby annoys me. My MIL was defo trying to be nice the other day when she took my baby for a pram walk to get her off to sleep for her last nap, yet I ended up annoyed. For context, I think my baby is transitioning from 5 naps to 4, so she’s fighting her last nap a bit and going to bed earlier. I was in two minds about whether or not to even try and get a last nap in or just put her to bed early. MIL offered to walk her round the block, so i said okay, just go round once and if she doesn’t go to sleep, I’ll just put her to bed earlier. She is gone over 30 minutes, I’m screwing, my partner is telling me to chill…I know she’s out there desperately trying to get my baby to sleep to prove she’s a good grandmother. When she comes back to me, baby is asleep and she’s been round the block 3 times! Rather than be grateful, I’m pissed off that it’s now much later than I would have wanted my baby to nap and it’s definitely going to affect bedtime. I *hate* waking her up as she usually wakes up crying if I interrupt her sleep, so that was also an issue for me. Anyway, I duly thanks MIL, she left, and I immediately woke the baby up. Distracted her with a mirror so she didn’t cry 😅 Everything was fine, but whyyyy is other people trying to do things for my child annoying me so much?!
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If you think you're reacting irrationally or overreacting then it could be postnatal anxiety x

@Harriet I second this. I didn’t realise until recently (I had a baby in August 2022 and another in January 2025) and didn’t realise that was a sign of postpartum anxiety and/or postpartum depression. But that would annoy me, too! She’s ignored what you specifically told her, likely from a good place but albeit it’s annoying she didn’t fully listen to you x

Ooh I will defo have a look into that…I’m unsure if that’s what it is, I think it’s just me still trying to decipher my baby’s needs, especially during a suspected transition, and anticipating a rough night because someone didn’t do what I asked them to. Thankfully I didn’t have a rough night, but I guess I’m always fearful of that

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