Comments on: Feel Like A Failure? We All Do.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:56:58 +0000

I’ve recently become a stay at home parent while my husband works on the other side of the country. I’m looking after 3 yo and a 16 mo. I’ve got no idea what I’m doing, I have several melt downs and day and keep thinking to myself I’m a failure at motherhood. Right now I’m dealing with my 16 mo throwing food everywhere instead of eating it, mind you he will chew happily on rocks, my 3yo refusing to talk or listen and when I try she throws a tantrem and starts kicking and screaming… I know this is probably part of parenthood but I’m in meltdown mode and not coping….. is that how most mums feel????

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:13:12 +0000

Thank you so much for writing this post. I have three small children and even though over the last six years I have given up just about everything I ever considered to be “mine” for them (career, social life, identity, time alone with my husband) I still feel like a failure just about all of the time. Especially on days like today where one son is in time out for ripping a baby gate off his sister’s door, another son just threw his dinner on the floor because he doesn’t like it, and the baby is screaming because she doesn’t want to go to bed. One of my pre-parenthood friends is in town right now and it was so humiliating to have her come to our home today and see just how disorganized, chaotic, and plain dirty it is.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to vent, and to know that I am not completely alone. Every mother I know seems to have it together. It’s good to know that maybe we’re all going through a lot of the same thing.

Take care.
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By: Amanda Padgett

Amanda Padgett — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:49:06 +0000

Boy, you are so right! I felt so guilty the first few years of motherhood. Now, I still feel some, but not nearly like I did.
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By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:40:24 +0000

Oh, how entirely appropriate for a day where my laptop is on my lap and my son thinks his best friend is Dora the Explorer.

I’m a work at home mom and this is one of my bad work days — too much work, too little time, no additional assistance for him (or the little teething her who is taking a nap). I feel like a failure because my house is a wreck, my dogs are being fed and petted but not played with, and my husband has almost forgotten what I look like or that I have the ability to cook.

I’m really looking forward to reading more about this and learning from you and others.
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