Monday, April 26, 2010

rainy Monday

So, it seems as though I'm suffering from PostPartum Depression. Friday night, my dad had to pick me up and bring me to their house because I was afraid I would hurt myself if I stayed at home, even though my husband was here. Sometimes, when I wake up with Finn in the middle of the night and hubby doesn't even stir, I feel utterly alone. It mostly sucks, because I'm living in a fog, punctuated by moments of utter despair and hopelessness. I'm missing out on my kids' childhoods, and I'm paralyzed by apathy. I should take more pictures, I keep thinking, so that I can look back at this time and not have it completely blanked out in my memory. But then I don't get the camera out and so we've gone since Easter with not one shot of my sweet kids. And they're changing every day. And I'm missing it. And even if I did take pictures, even if I took one thousand pictures a day, I still wouldn't remember fully. I'm crying at my computer as I type this. I should go spend time with Darby, but then I feel guilty that I'm not doing a million other things. I'm never 100% with the kids, and it sucks, and I don't know what to do about it.

One thing to remember: Finn's breath smells sweet like apricots and he pulls off while he's nursing to smile at me and say, "Ah-ooo."