Hi all, I'm starting to panic and have sleepless nights at the moment. Dd is 18 months and I have only three weeks to go until my due date. I'm really starting to worry about what will happen to her routine, like, putting her down for a nap, where does the baby go? Putting her to bed, where do I put the baby, what if the baby screams? She loves me reading to her, what is I'm feeding and she insists on being read to. I take her out everyday for activities, what if one day I can't? And then there's the anxiety of when I go into labour, one of the grandparents will have to look after her, what if they don't do her routine right? What if they put her to bed too early and she gets upset. Mil thinks she goes to bed to late as it is. I know this all sounds ridiculous but over these past 18 months it's not been a smooth ride being a mum and I feel like my dd and I are so incredibly close and I know her so well. I'm scared about leaving her and I'm also scared about how she will feel about a new baby coming. I try and tell her about the baby but not sure an 18 month old really understands what is going to happen to "mummy's big bump" lol.
This all looks very ott written down but I have to tell someone my dh thinks I'm being silly an its not silly these are my feelings!
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18 month old and baby on its way, help
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Cupcakemummy85 · 17/01/2013 22:09
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