How often do you get frustrated with your lo's?

jaytee146 · Apr 10th, 2012, 20:47 PM

Today lo went to work with me and she never went down for a proper nap. when we got home she was very cranky and when she nursed she clamped down and hurt me so bad i cried. . for the rest of the evening i was a little frustrated. i saw her rooting for a feed but i didn't feed her right then. i was scared she'd hurt me again. now that she's asleep i feel so bad for being frustrated with lo. she tried to look at me and smile and play but i was too frustrated to stop acting like a jerk! ugh!

EarthMama · Apr 10th, 2012, 21:14 PM

Last night was the most frustrated I've been in two weeks. LO has been sleeping in only 45 minute intervals for two days. Last night I just started sobbing because I am so tired.

steph. · Apr 10th, 2012, 21:24 PM

I've been frustrated with her twice

Afterwards i felt like a monster.

Kaede351 · Apr 10th, 2012, 21:33 PM

Depends on how much sleep I've had. We had a REALLY bad patch about 2 weeks ago when Harrison literally would not sleep more than 5 minutes unless I held him all night. I will admit I shouted at him once to "just go to bloody sleep like a normal person"... But then I felt like a complete and utter failure as a mum and sobbed while I held him proper tightly (not hurting him though) afterwards. I knew he wasn't doing it on purpose, but when you have literally no sleep for 3 days, and I mean my eyes didn't close for more than 2-3 minutes those whole 3 days) it's hard to keep calm.

I've been a little frustrated a couple nights where I've thought that the morning couldn't come quick enough, but I've only really been badly frustrated the once so far. I know we're only human and do get annoyed, but I've tried extra extra hard to be patient since that night because I just felt so so guilty about getting cross.

XxX

jaytee146 · Apr 10th, 2012, 21:41 PM

i feel so awful! i've pulled her beside me and i'm holding her

. she's overall a happy baby but Idk what came over me.

RebeccaG · Apr 11th, 2012, 04:17 AM

It really depends I think on how much sleep he has allowed me to have lol!! If he has slept well he can be sooooo difficult and I seem to have endless amounts of patience for him but if we have had a bad night sometimes it's the slightest thing that can get to me. Then yes all the guilt feelings come!!! We are all human don't forget! X

Leeze · Apr 11th, 2012, 04:28 AM

I've definitely felt really frustrated with LO a couple of times - probably when she was around 10-12 weeks and she was confusing night with day at that point. I had really bad sleep for about 10 days in a row - and cried a couple of times whilst saying something like "please will you sleep, I can't cope any more!!". Luckily things settled down and although I've felt a bit frustrated inside I've been able to keep it in a bit easier!!! It's really hard sometimes being a parent, try not to be too harsh on yourself because of it - LO will probably have forgotten already!! Xx

XJessicaX · Apr 11th, 2012, 04:30 AM

Proper frustration comes when she's ill (I feel like a terrible mother saying this) she is ill so infrequently that the time she was ill (last week was her first illness in almost 11 months) I just became quite cross! She was vomiting loads and I think my fear of her getting dehydrated made me cross when she was sick. If I managed to get some milk into her I would instantly feel more relaxed and cheerful, but the second she was sick I could feel myself fretting and becoming frustrated at her. Feel really guilty now.

SabrinaKat · Apr 11th, 2012, 17:51 PM

Told the baby to shut up today after incessant crying (reflux); when my husband came home, I went to sleep for a few hours and asked him to take the baby tonight so I can get some more proper sleep -- I love my LO, but needed a short break -- promised him that tomorrow Mummy will be all better........

best wishes

d_b · Apr 11th, 2012, 19:47 PM

I have to fight the urge to tell LO to shut it when he wakes every hour crying/screaming at night.. Or when he wakes in the night and I have to fight with him to stop scratching his head.. Drives me nuts!! so I get frustrated at least once a week at night when I'm extremely tired!! Poor LO

Apr 10th, 2012, 20:47 PM	#1
jaytee146 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: MS,USA Posts: 2,267	How often do you get frustrated with your lo's? Today lo went to work with me and she never went down for a proper nap. when we got home she was very cranky and when she nursed she clamped down and hurt me so bad i cried. . for the rest of the evening i was a little frustrated. i saw her rooting for a feed but i didn't feed her right then. i was scared she'd hurt me again. now that she's asleep i feel so bad for being frustrated with lo. she tried to look at me and smile and play but i was too frustrated to stop acting like a jerk! ugh!

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Apr 10th, 2012, 21:14 PM	#2
EarthMama Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kapoho, Hawaii Posts: 1,700	Last night was the most frustrated I've been in two weeks. LO has been sleeping in only 45 minute intervals for two days. Last night I just started sobbing because I am so tired.

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Apr 10th, 2012, 21:24 PM	#3
steph. Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 1,704	I've been frustrated with her twice Afterwards i felt like a monster.

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Apr 10th, 2012, 21:33 PM	#4
Kaede351 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: County Durham Posts: 8,041	Depends on how much sleep I've had. We had a REALLY bad patch about 2 weeks ago when Harrison literally would not sleep more than 5 minutes unless I held him all night. I will admit I shouted at him once to "just go to bloody sleep like a normal person"... But then I felt like a complete and utter failure as a mum and sobbed while I held him proper tightly (not hurting him though) afterwards. I knew he wasn't doing it on purpose, but when you have literally no sleep for 3 days, and I mean my eyes didn't close for more than 2-3 minutes those whole 3 days) it's hard to keep calm. I've been a little frustrated a couple nights where I've thought that the morning couldn't come quick enough, but I've only really been badly frustrated the once so far. I know we're only human and do get annoyed, but I've tried extra extra hard to be patient since that night because I just felt so so guilty about getting cross. XxX

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Apr 10th, 2012, 21:41 PM	#5
jaytee146 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: MS,USA Posts: 2,267	i feel so awful! i've pulled her beside me and i'm holding her . she's overall a happy baby but Idk what came over me.

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Apr 11th, 2012, 04:17 AM	#6
RebeccaG Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 3,149	It really depends I think on how much sleep he has allowed me to have lol!! If he has slept well he can be sooooo difficult and I seem to have endless amounts of patience for him but if we have had a bad night sometimes it's the slightest thing that can get to me. Then yes all the guilt feelings come!!! We are all human don't forget! X

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Apr 11th, 2012, 04:28 AM	#7
Leeze Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: London Posts: 2,913	I've definitely felt really frustrated with LO a couple of times - probably when she was around 10-12 weeks and she was confusing night with day at that point. I had really bad sleep for about 10 days in a row - and cried a couple of times whilst saying something like "please will you sleep, I can't cope any more!!". Luckily things settled down and although I've felt a bit frustrated inside I've been able to keep it in a bit easier!!! It's really hard sometimes being a parent, try not to be too harsh on yourself because of it - LO will probably have forgotten already!! Xx

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Apr 11th, 2012, 04:30 AM	#8
XJessicaX Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cambridgshire UK Posts: 8,980	Proper frustration comes when she's ill (I feel like a terrible mother saying this) she is ill so infrequently that the time she was ill (last week was her first illness in almost 11 months) I just became quite cross! She was vomiting loads and I think my fear of her getting dehydrated made me cross when she was sick. If I managed to get some milk into her I would instantly feel more relaxed and cheerful, but the second she was sick I could feel myself fretting and becoming frustrated at her. Feel really guilty now.

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Apr 11th, 2012, 17:51 PM	#9
SabrinaKat Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Transplanted American living in Ireland Posts: 4,669	Told the baby to shut up today after incessant crying (reflux); when my husband came home, I went to sleep for a few hours and asked him to take the baby tonight so I can get some more proper sleep -- I love my LO, but needed a short break -- promised him that tomorrow Mummy will be all better........ best wishes

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Apr 11th, 2012, 19:47 PM	#10
d_b Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 801	I have to fight the urge to tell LO to shut it when he wakes every hour crying/screaming at night.. Or when he wakes in the night and I have to fight with him to stop scratching his head.. Drives me nuts!! so I get frustrated at least once a week at night when I'm extremely tired!! Poor LO

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