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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m really feeling not cut out for parenting recently. We are just back from the vacation from hell. My 18-month-old acts like a demon-possessed baby terrorist. I’m so impatient with my four-year-old who is very sweet and smart but incredibly attention-seeking and becoming more defiant as 5 creeps closer. I feel like I can’t give either of them the kind of mom they need and deserve. I feel like it’s my fault my toddler is so difficult (and speech-delayed, to boot).

I’m messing it up every day. I try to tell myself other kids have had it much worse and come out the other side successfully, but it doesn’t stop the guilt. I just want to tap out.

I’m sorry I have no advice, only commiseration...but if it makes you feel better you’re probably doing it better than I am! :)[/quote]

Hey girl, I’m right there with you — kids slightly older but that feeling of not being enough for the older since I’m trying to keep the younger one alive is familiar. Vacation is a misnomer. It should be called, trying to relax while burning out bc I was on empty before this whole packing for several people and trying to tend to their needs while on the road thing went down. What gets to me is the feeling that it’s only going to get harder as they get older and more complicated, not easier. I know I need a break and reset. I just don’t know how to get it. My kids are great, I wish I could be worthy of them.[/quote]

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