Two years ago I became a mother for the second time. It was also, in hindsight, the time when that dreaded, internalised feeling of “mum guilt” came to the forefront most aggressively. It had been there before too, lurking quietly, but there’s nothing like two infants screaming for your attention at the same time, and the subsequent feeling of not being enough for both of them, to drill it in even more.
That toxic feeling all mothers experience
That toxic feeling all mothers experience
That toxic feeling all mothers experience
Two years ago I became a mother for the second time. It was also, in hindsight, the time when that dreaded, internalised feeling of “mum guilt” came to the forefront most aggressively. It had been there before too, lurking quietly, but there’s nothing like two infants screaming for your attention at the same time, and the subsequent feeling of not being enough for both of them, to drill it in even more.