Little T is 4 weeks old tomorrow. 4 weeks!!!!
Our lives have totally changed in those 4 weeks. Absolutely for the better. 8 years of graft, hope, hurt and tears have come to fruition and we have created a beautiful little person. Who, as i type, is screaming and has done, on and off, for 3 hours after being a dream in front of people all day.
He is worth the sleep deprivation, the pain, the piles 🤢, and i wouldnt change him for the world.
But today i realised something. Im struggling with jealousy.
There have been a couple of pregnancy announcements in the last few days, and despite having a 4 week old, im jealous. Its the same old story, i cant just make a baby, need to plan a trip abroad blah blah. And its not that im not happy with my baby, it just reminds me of what i cant do and that i may never give Little T a sibling.
Im also jealous of Mr Me. He is totally 100% in love with Little T. He told me how he aches for him when hes at work. Im not there yet, yeah ok, im with him 19+ hrs a day so dont really have chance to miss him yet (although i did today, despite being in his presence, Mr Me or our friends had hold of Little T all day and i did miss cuddles, of course as soon as i get chance for cuddles, he gets grouchy. Go figure) but i feel inadequate. Despite knowing its pretty normal, i feel like im failing as a Mum/Parent. Id do anything for the little guy, id protect him to the end of time and he only has to squeal and im there, but im not IN love. Not yet. And i feel like i should be. I do love him. Especially when he looks like this…
The other thing ive realised is that im jealous that Mr Me loves Little T, so much
Dont get me wrong, its exactly as it should be, but he now looks at the baby the way he used to look at me. His focus is split between us, again, as it should be, but i miss the attention
Mr Me is my best friend, its been him and me against the world for 13 years. We have been through the WORST of times together and always come out the other side stronger. Now here we are going through the BEST of times and i feel like hes slipping away. I think most of these feelings can be blamed on sleep deprivation, everything is magnified when you are tired. In the past 4 weeks, Mr Me and I have gone to bed at the same time, twice. One of those times was last night. He didnt kiss me as we settled down. Simply due to being exhausted, nothing was meant by it. But it broke my heart. I couldnt sleep. I felt a massive sense of forboding. I cant explain why.
We have talked about this briefly. Mr Me has assured me he loves me just as much as he did 4 weeks ago, and that we both have enough love for each other to love another person. We both agree we have no idea how to deal with this but that we will. I feel pathetic. Jealous of my husband loving our son, i mean, really? Isnt this typically how the partner feels? Not the mother?
As i say its partly about how in love with Little T he is, and im just not, yet and partly because i feel him slipping away. Whatever it is its making me teary. The ice queen is melting. Mr Me worries its the start of PND which i think scares him a lot. I think its maybe delayed baby blues? Ill mention it to a health professional at my next appointment but perhaps i just need to draft in a Grandma so we can go out for a few hours as a couple and not as parents. I just didnt think id be feeling this way 4 weeks in
I sound so bitter and ungrateful. Im truly not. Im just adjusting to no sleep, less food, Mr Me and I being ships that pass in the night and caring for a newborn
Love, Little Miss PMA xxx
Confessions of Little Miss PMA 
You do not sound bitter and ungrateful at all. And while you don’t always hear about the mum being the jealous one I hardly think it is abnormal either. It took me awhile to get right into my first child too and while I wasn’t jealous of his dad loving him I was jealous of their bond because I could see it so fiercely between them and I wondered why I didn’t get to have that too. I have it now and in fact I am Mr 5 year olds fav parent at the moment. He tells me “I’m just a mummy fan” lol We all have our time 😃 You are very aware of you feelings which is the important bit of you ask me as then you can do something about them. Yay! Bub is still as adorable as ever 😃😃
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Hes gorgeous lol and such a good boy.
I think im acutely jealous of the bond they now have too and wondering when ill get that. I just need to give it time and keep doing what im doing really. Always helps just to get it off my chest lol
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I think many people (moms and dads) feel like you do – particularly after a loss, it’s hard to love someone so fiercely when you know what can happen. My baby is 7 months old and I would say I gradually fell in love with her – it wasn’t immediate. I can understand being jealous of pregnancy announcements – for most people it seems so easy and they seem to have no worries.
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