More from my postpartum diary
12/4/95:
The kids are hitting a raw nerve today. I just have no patience. I feel so guilty because I’m not into the stay-at-home mom thing. Am I a terrible person? I know there are people who would give anything to do this, but, then I wonder - if they actually did it, would they feel the same way? I seem to start out OK, but, even if I’m not that tired, they start to get to me by lunchtime.
Right now I feel very tense - like I could snap at anything. It’s that frustration of being on-call 24 hours a day and never knowing if you’ll get a break. Sometimes I think I’m just a bad person that I snap at them so much. I really love them and they’re good kids, so why is this so hard? I really need a break.
Published October 11, 2007 . Filed under: Parenting, Postpartum Depression
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