Feel like giving this baby up for adoption, why shouldn't I? Sorry, long.
On Sep 14, 7:43 am, Almost 40 wrote:
5yo DD is distraught that I might give up the baby, her feelings are
the biggest thing bothering me at the moment with this adoption idea.
This was the one thing I was going to mention. Think about it from
the 5YO perspective. She's proably thinking, "If Mommy gives this
baby away, maybe she will give me away too". I imagine that must be
terrifying to your children, thinking that maybe you would give them
away too. This could set them up for serious self-esteem and other
mental issues.
I can't imagine why in the world something like this would even have
been mentioned to the children. Frankly I am horrified that you would
discuss something like this with a 5 year old.
I also wanted to mention that perhaps you should have your 7 year old
evaluated by a mental health professional...she might have some
underlying problem (like bi-polar, ADHD, or something that is NOT
result of poor parenting skills) . Trust me, I know this from
personal experience. My DD was such a problem, I thought it was my
fault, but finally found out that she has several psyciatric issues.
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