A new addition...........
We have a new addition to our family .....and I am exhausted!! I have spent the last three weeks: a) placating a five year old who isn't keen on sharing his toys b) using eyes in the back of my head to make sure that the "new addition" was where he should be and not where he shouldn't be c) trying to second guess signals - is he hungry? Does he need to pee? Can he understand what I am saying d) listening to others who are keen to give advice - however the often conflicting advice has made things even more difficult to points where I have felt completely impotent and deskilled. Needless to say I have spent the last three weeks exhausted, guilty, frustrated, anxious and constantly checking for reassurance. Questions constantly run through my mind: a) are we being fair to the 5 year old? b) have we done the right thing? c) will we ever be able to leave the house together as a couple ever again? They tell me that this is exactly what mothers of new babies go t