What do you find hard about being a single parent?

[Dezireey]

Eating properly, cooking and baking. I used to be a little chef and prepare all my ingredients and spend ages baking cakes and cooking. I have tried putting LO in his bouncy seat in the kitchen but before long he gets irritable and I have to cuddle him and feed him. So....ready meals in the microwave, quick sandwiches and quickly and sleepily sometimes cooking a meal at night(when he is fast asleep) ready for the next day, is all I can do for now.Yeah,all the little things really.

 

[Laura2919]

I've only recently split with oh (like days ago!) so far im fine but reading these comments has worried me a little

It was me who left the relationship, and he says he wants to see LO as often as possible.... But I wonder how long that will last.

Also im starting to worry how il feel when he starts a new relationship I know I shouldn't coz I ended it, but im scared il regret it once he meets someone x

I as given the option to leave and I took it so you could say I left him. Best decision I made, 11 months later and I am happier than I've been in years. It's little things that tell me we're over for good and tbh they don't scare me anymore. At first nights were lonely but I filled them by reading, ironing, cooking, cleaning and on the times I didn't have my girls I'd be out and about. Now life is so so different and I wouldn't change a bit of it. Everything is moving in the direction it should be and I am happy with it.

You'll be fine hun xx

 

[jenfirstbaby]

I've only recently split with oh (like days ago!) so far im fine but reading these comments has worried me a little

It was me who left the relationship, and he says he wants to see LO as often as possible.... But I wonder how long that will last.

Also im starting to worry how il feel when he starts a new relationship I know I shouldn't coz I ended it, but im scared il regret it once he meets someone x

I as given the option to leave and I took it so you could say I left him. Best decision I made, 11 months later and I am happier than I've been in years. It's little things that tell me we're over for good and tbh they don't scare me anymore. At first nights were lonely but I filled them by reading, ironing, cooking, cleaning and on the times I didn't have my girls I'd be out and about. Now life is so so different and I wouldn't change a bit of it. Everything is moving in the direction it should be and I am happy with it.

You'll be fine hun xx

thank you! Right now im staying with my mum til I find somewhere for me and Jessica, so I don't feel lonely yet. Infact it hasn't actually sunk in yet. I think that's because I spent a lot of time at my parents anyway to get away.

I'm sure once we R on our own it will be lonley!

IVe seen him a few times over the last few days and he's sort of asked if i can just call it a 'break' and see how I feel in a few weeks instead of a definate split :\ xx

 

[Cazamatazaaa]

Hardest part is knowing that my kids dont get to see their dad on a daily basis or living with us as part of a family

the little things get to me also, but it becomes normal, and after so long its not longer hard, but just routine

 

[Rhio92]

I hate it when Connor's ill/teething/having a tantrum/whatever or I'm ill/tired/overloaded with coursework, and I'm like 'where's FOB? Oh yeah, with his latest shag'. Yet he thinks he's a dad because he does fuck all, and sees him once a week, supervised.

 

[Radiance]

I have always been with FOB but with our first, our daughter we did not live together and he was never there to help so even though we were together I was basically a single mom.
The hardest thing for me was sleep! A new born, breastfeeding and college, looking back on it now, it was hard, back then I didn't think it was!

I remember getting out of the shower and just falling asleep on the floor!