Any other Mommies feeling overwhelmed...but only at night?

Daytime is an adventure. I absolutely love taking care of my DD and while I'm tired and still not feeling well, I just love it. Come late afternoon/evening, I feel like I want to cry into my pillow. NO IDEA why this is happening. I start to think about a million things and start worrying and just feel overly sensitive.

Please tell me I'm not completely crazy and that someone else can relate?

Re: Any other Mommies feeling overwhelmed...but only at night?

You're not crazy at all. EVERYTHING is a little bit scary at night.

I remember with DD feeling the panic slowly rising in the pit of my stomach as the sun set with all the worries setting in about what the night might bring. And as the light outside changed to dawn, I would feel this INCREDIBLE sense of relief.....

You just said it- you are tired, you don't feel like yourself, you have this incredible responsibility now and this tiny helpless being that NEEDS you to know exactly what to do (even though you really don't have a clue).

As the days go by, you'll see- it DOES get easier.

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I felt EXACTLY the same way for the first couple of months after DD was born. I used to dread the sun going down since the panic and fear I would feel was overwhleming. It gradually went away and now I relish nighttime just to get a break from everything.

hang in there- it does get better

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Posted by CkGm

I felt EXACTLY the same way for the first couple of months after DD was born. I used to dread the sun going down since the panic and fear I would feel was overwhleming. It gradually went away and now I relish nighttime just to get a break from everything.

hang in there- it does get better

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Thanks ladies...I feel a little better. I just want to get past this part

Re: Any other Mommies feeling overwhelmed...but only at night?

im sorry to say this babe but it sounds alittle like the baby blues which is so totally normal at this point especially with the amount of crap you are dealing with it will get better and this emotional phase will end night times are always the worst foe some reason. have you been out at all at least for a walk?? try to get out and make the most of this warmer weather. i am always here for you to talk or for an ear to listen we will laugh at all of this real soon i promise

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Posted by Mrs. Patticakes

Thanks ladies...I feel a little better. I just want to get past this part

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yes yes yes and my DH (bless him) has been great with changing her and waking up at night with her and letting me sleep - i still get up at least once with her and feel guilty i'm not doing more. yet i'm still exhausted during the day and drained and blah and overwhelmed at times. i'm also terrified of when he has to go back to work and being alone with her

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OH God i remember feelign that way. INfact i would eat during the day but come dinner time i was sooooo nasaus and i couldnt eat oe thing. i cried all night I was sooo scared too But it does pass

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I felt the same exact way for probably the first 5 or 6 weeks-as the pp explained it-it totally felt like that "sunday night feeling" I can't think of a better way to explain it. It does get better-I promise

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dana, totally feeling the same way over here. i am naturally more of a morning person, so even with little sleep i wake up ready to go. as the day wears on, though, the fatigue sets in and i feel very overwhelmed and want to cry. what has helped me is dh taking the early evening shift, allowing me to get some sleep before nighttime... i would try to get some rest if you can, even just lying down, at the time when you're most tired.

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Posted by Mrs. Patticakes

Daytime is an adventure. I absolutely love taking care of my DD and while I'm tired and still not feeling well, I just love it. Come late afternoon/evening, I feel like I want to cry into my pillow. NO IDEA why this is happening. I start to think about a million things and start worrying and just feel overly sensitive.

Please tell me I'm not completely crazy and that someone else can relate?

Re: Any other Mommies feeling overwhelmed...but only at night?

Every night for a month, I would cry at 6pm... I was like a clock!!!

Here's what helped... I would ask people to stop by for a quick visit around 5ish... I would ask them to bring something for dinner. (obviously only close friends and or family) and then we would eat, and I would take a nap after dinner and let DH take over for a while so I could take a shower and rest.....

It worked well for us.