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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What happened to the friends and family you used to “help” and “be there for”? Could you still make plans to see them?[/quote]

It feels impossibly hard at the moment (I know that sounds silly / pathetic).  They’ve asked me to go out to dinner but dinner / bedtime is still too tough for dh to manage on his own bc it’s the combo of witching hour and 2yo meltdown for attention. By the time bedtime is over I’m too eager to get to bed before the night wake ups to go out to dinner. On weekends the toddler is too high energy to sit through a brunch and the baby cries if he’s not in motion so while I could take a kid to meet a friend it’s just a stressful experience where I feel like even less of an individual person bc I spend the whole time stressed and distracted by a child [/quote]

Can you manage both at the same time? If so, DH needs to suck it up - parenting is something you only learn through experience. He handles it his way, and you don't criticize how he does it (frozen food? McDonalds? who cares).

Go out with friends, get DH on board so you can do PT for your HEALTH - its REALLY important - and if DH can't get on board with you being a real person get into counseling so he learns how important it is.[/quote]

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