Lol, you guys must be bored of my crazy mum posts by now.

As you know, after tomorrow morning she won't be having Aimee again as I am on mat leave.

On Monday she left work early saying she had ear ache and hasn't been back. I called her just now and she is at home still. She said she isn't even ill and just wants a week off.

This is the start of her having another break down.

I don't want her to have Aimee tomorrow but with only 2 mornings left at work I have no choice.

She isn't doing herself any favours as if she carries on like this then she wont get to look after Aimee alone ever again.

Oh Laura, i dont know what to say, does she have a counsellor???

I hope you get things sorted out quickly. how many has she had?

She had a few sessions after trying to cut her wrists at our wedding, but nothing since then. She is on anti D's, but the doc 'apparently' reduced her dosage recently.

Im not sure that she should have though.

I had told her that we would sort something out so she can still have Aimee now and again, but I wont be having it if she carries on down this road.

From what I know, she has had two meltdowns in the last 2 years... the first one was our wedding, and the second was when Aimee was in Oxford (although she was never told the full extent of what happened to Aimee while it was all going on).

She basically stopped functioning and wouldnt have a bath/wash, get dressed, etc. She just shut down entirely.

Her work have been really good with her, but it will wear a bit thin at some point and they will get fed up of it.

x

oh no, she needs to see GP then asap, will she listen to anyone?
i think the doc needs to refer her too.
i really hope she is ok

I hope she snaps out of it hun, the last thing you need right now is stress x

Laura i really hate to say this but it maybe worth thinking about.

Is she going this way because your not allowing her to have Amiee? and if so would it not be possible for her to have Amiee once every couple of weeks so that she doesn't go down that road? I know that obviously you don't want Amiee in a bad situation but maybe the situation for her is that she wants to have Amiee and is now feeling useless and redundant.
Could give you and the baby some quality bonding time as well if you needed it

I may have completly the wrong end of the stick and if i have i apologise!

I just wonder what the reason is for her going this way and could it be avoided?

Kell, I didnt have a problem with that at all. I had even said that she could have her on a Saturday every couple of weeks (she works in the afternoons in the week, so she would get more time on a Sat).

I just dont think its enough for her. I cant really let her have her anymore, as its a 2 hour round trip to keep dropping Aimee off and picking her up, and when she has to be at work for 12 o'clock it means me getting up really early and trying to get through rush hour traffic.

I have also given her the bus route so she can come to us any time she wants too and I said I would take her to work after.

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Thats fair enough then hun, i think your being more than fair with her.
I think its a shame she's feeling low. I hope she can pull herself out of it, theres only so much you can do to help her.

xx