supermumNew Contributor
please help!
I have just recently become my mother in-laws carer 3 months ago. It has been a really big change in life as I became a mum a year ago and have only just gotten used to being a mother and have taken on the role of not only caring for my mother in law and her 8 year old daughter. I do everything! Get b (the 8 yr old) up and ready for school, take her and pick her up from school, do all the cooking, cleaning, Washing. I make sure B does her homework and chores. I make sure my caree showers, eats, takes her medication 4 times a day. I drive her to all her doc, specialist, centerlink and other appointments daily. Then I have to find time to be a mum and partner! I am feeling very down and feel like I am just not good enough!! It is causing problems between my partner and I as I am just so tired all the time! I no longer have time for myself, my friends or even my own family! I don't have time to be the mother I want to be as my day is filled with errands and cleaning for someone else. My caree feels that It is my responsibility to pay for all the fuel to do all this running around. Most weeks we pay for most of the food and cigarettes for my mother in law. We pay for her appointments costing hundreds of dollars and her day to day needs as she has been rejected for dsp. As much as I love her I am feeling like we are being taken advantage of and I really don't know how much more stress I can Handel. I am trying my best but getting yelled at for things that I don't feel are my responsibility Is getting to me. We are starting a family of our own and I'm now thinking about where the next carton of milk is coming from for bub because I have taken on such a huge role for supplying a life for 2 other people. I knew is was going to be hard but paying for everything on top is really taking its toll and my family and relationship. Please help!!
