post partum depression

[teabugsmommy]

My little guy is just over a month old, my husband was laid off work til just a couple days ago. Now he is back to working 14 hour days and I am missing him like crazy!! All I
Want to do is cry, and to top it off my older children (2 year old boy, 8 year old girl) are driving me crazy!!!! My 8 year old has started lying and hiding things from me. And she picks at the 2 year old and they fight ALL the time. The baby is the easiest one of the 3!! I need a break and have nobody to watch them!! I am so stressed I don't know if it's depression or just being stressed out and don't know how to handle it!!

[cindy82]

Hope you feel better! I'm sure it's a combination of both also. Can you put them in a daycare or something for a day to get some free time? I noticed also my kids are acting out more since I got preg. There 10 and 12

[Sarah765]

It could just be stress and still having hormones out of whack.  I know I have days where I just dont know if I can make it! My husband works out of town for 2 weeks at a time, and when he is gone it makes me crazier, and the kids seem so much more difficult.  Im sure you will adjust.  I always say that it only takes having toddlers or older kids to make a baby seem easy!  Mine are 2, 4, and almost 6.