I don't know where to start.
Ok. I feel physically and emotionally exhausted. I feel like I can't see the light at the end of a very long tunnel. I am not enjoying my mat leave at all but I feel guilty considering going back to work.
DD is 6 months next week. She has silent reflux. She goes down to sleep at night really well but either wakes frequently screaming or screams in her sleep and we have to wake her to stop the screaming. She is in pain from the reflux. She won't nap during the day unless moving - pram, sling, car seat, birth ball. She wants to be held all the time for comfort. If she has a bad attack she screams continuously - a normal day 3/4 hours, a bad day 7/8 hours, the worst day 10 and half hours. I do everything to the sound of screaming - shower, food, toilet, etc.
It's been like this for months. It isn't getting better yet. It may be 12-18 months. I go to a group every day but I usually end up coming home crying as the other mums are so shocked. I must've walked and driven miles so the screaming would stop and she would sleep.
I have a supportive DH and family help out too. I have a cleaner. Many friends, though, have had enough. The only solution now being touted is CC.
Am I depressed?
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stargirl1701 · 27/02/2013 19:33
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