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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy shlt. I posted this thread over 7 months ago, who resurrected it?!

Honestly it hurts my heart to read the first post. I feel so sad for myself at that stage. Two kids hit me like a semi truck, after being thrilled with one amd happy to have a second, I hit a very rough patch. My second baby refused bottles, slept poorly, and my oldest regressed in a lot of ways. Last summer was the worst time of my entire life.

Many people here were supportive and I'm grateful to you. Some of you were cruel and I only hope you raise your children with more empathy than you demonstrated here.

I am happy to say that 7 months later, it's definitely still a tough "new normal " but I am so happy and love my kids very much. I  can't imagine life without them. Going back to work helped (I posted this on mat leave) as did both of them getting older. Sleep got better, tantrums subsided, crying stopped. My 3 yo is now a much more mature, awesome kid and my 10 mo is a delight who never stops smiling. I have reclaimed some old hobbies and most importantly I sleep kore than 2 hours at a time.

I still am tired.and have tough days but I don't feel regret over my kids at all anymore. In fact its hard to even imagine that I ever feel this way, except that I saw this thread and felt a jolt of recognition.

So there's your update dcum. If you were cruel in this thread, take a long look at the kind of person you are and want to be. A[/quote]

I am SO happy things got better, OP.  There are so many snapshots in time over the years of parenthood that could be captioned joy or regret.  You were in the middle of a biggie regret snapshot.   I'm in the middle of the teen years which definitely can bring some low troughs.  But we made the choice to have kids for a reason, and at the end of the day those reasons usually win.[/quote]

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