Feel like a failure

Sometimes I feel like a failure mum. Everyone else can do but not me. For example, MIL come in the morning and afternoon baby such a sweetie, rarely fuss and sleep very well, eat very well. But once MIL pass back to me in the evening, baby keep fussing, can't make it sleep, sleep also only sleep for 10 mins and then wake up, drink milk also can't finish, keep crying non stop. I can't carry baby for long also, I feel like I even lose out in terms of strength with MIL. She can carry and rock baby for hours on end, but I can only do like 20-30mins and my arms are sore already. I dont know what am I even good for. Just ranting abit before going back to take care of baby.

Vô danh

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Hi mummy, may i assume the baby is a newborn? Cause i was in your exact same position i feel super useless. Mainly cause i was recovering from csect and always in pain so i cannot carry or care for baby much. However after a few months, 2 months or so then i started to slowly learn ways to soothe baby and interact more with baby and all is good. Please please dont feel useless! You literally gave birth to the baby, that itself already shows your strength. And baby will never forget who his mother is.

Vô danh

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Baby reached 3 months already. In the beginning baby refuse to even let me carry. Now he allows me, and i can make him sleep most of the time (sometimes takes too extremely long and my husband takes over), but still feel like it's random chance, like maybe it's cuz he is too tired, or weather is good etc. I hope I get better, but my maternity is ending and I feel like baby is gonna forget about me v soon and I may forget how to take care of baby also...

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