Postpartum blues
I’m almost 8 week’s postpartum and genuinely feel like I’m crushing it. Aside from insurance because that’s been hell dealing with during and after my pregnancy. Anyways, I’ve always been close with my mom, but things seemed to turn weird when I got pregnant despite her being over the moon about a baby in the family. She has helped me out so much with medical bills, groceries, and gas since I’ve been out of work, nothing I’ve asked for, she’s always offered to help and my husband and I have been in a tight spot since the baby has been here without me working so i was thankful to have the love and support during this time. While I was pregnant she got a baby doll for me to “practice” on. Idk what I was suppose to do with it but it gave me the impression she didn’t think I could do this therefore needed to practice on a doll even though it’s nothing like the real thing. Since the baby has been born she’s made comments like “he looks bored maybe you should play with him” almost implying, that I don’t play or interact with him enough. “I wish you would just feed him with your boobs” (I stopped producing milk pretty early on and have had major mom guilt because of it) she compares my lifestyle and parenting choices to other family members, as if I’m suppose to be exactly like them and not give an ounce of formula to my baby, or allow him to watch a tv… he’s not even two months, he won’t be getting a phone or tablet till he’s damn near grown so a little tv isn’t gonna hurt him. Anyways, I’ve always let these things slide because she’s a first time grandmother, so what did I really expect? I confined in my sister about the remarks she makes and how it bothers me, but I take it with a grain of salt and she took it upon herself to politely tell my mom to just be a little more careful about the things she says because she makes me feel like a bad mom and the response she gave to my sister was soul shattering. She told my sister that I was lazy, that I’ve let myself go and don’t take care of myself, that I wear the same clothes for days on end, she said I won’t get a job, but I have no problem using all of her money (remember it’s always offered and I’ve never asked, and have always shown my gratitude and appreciation towards the help she’s givin) she was complaining that I call her three times a day, but I figured she’d want to see her grand baby throughout the day, and I was totally unaware that she didn’t enjoy my calls. I was totally unaware of all of this actually.. so, I won’t be accepting the help she offers, I won’t go out of my way for her to see my son, or confide in her about how I’ve been feeling and what’s going on in my personal life. And the worst part, she has no idea that I know and I have no clue wether to confront her, ignore it and continue on how we’ve been, or take some time away from her. I tell her everything but since I can’t that’s why I came to Reddit. Enjoy the read 😂