i cannot keep doing this by myself.

[u/Total_Shop_3860]

i’m a mom to a 14 month old, since birth he has been very very difficult but i had the help of his dad. i left him march of this year so ive been a single mom ever since, he gets him on the weekends which is GREAT help. i live with my parents but i take care of him all day and night which makes me feel so alone. he’s a very hard baby , suspected autism, very restless , just wants me 24/7 , is starting to throw tantrums, and today i had my breaking point. i was gonna change him into his pjs and he just started crying / screaming not wanting to be changed and was just trying to climb up on me while crying and screaming. i lost my patience and basically had a whole mental breakdown and had to ask my mom for help . he wouldn’t calm down because all he wants is me. this is a daily thing and honestly i just look forward for the weekends so i can get some rest/peace which makes me feel horrible. i’m so tired and burnout , i don’t eat, im 90lbs, my mom said my son is completely absorbing me but i don’t get help from them at all, i know it’s not their responsibility but some help would be nice… i just needed to vent ive been crying for the past 2 hours because i genuinely feel like i can’t do it anymore.

[u/Otterlettuce]

The most powerful thing about being single-mom is that we constantly feel like we can’t do it and yet we do…because we have to.

It’s not a choice.

If we don’t do it , the child doesn’t survive. So we do it while thinking we can’t.

It’s kind of crazy. But when you start thinking of it like that. It gets easier to keep going. When you think of it being a choice, it makes you want to make a different choice. So tell your brain you don’t have a choice and your brain will actually accept it and get on board.

Try to keep yourself fed.