hope you can help.
I have 2 kids ages 8 months and 5 years. after my first child was born my partners got severe postnatal depression but never really accepted this until 2 and a half years later when she was fine.

Over the past few months I have started to pick up these signs again and it has now got to breaking point.

I work in a high pressured role but make sure that I have as much time as I can with the kids.

at the moment I feel like I am doing everything! my child doesn’t sleep through the night so 80% of the time I get up with him, get them both ready in the morning (feed and clothe them) as soon as I get back from work i liiterly walk through the door and take the baby and play with my 5 year old until bed time which again 80% of the time i do after they have gone to bed i generally do the cleaning of the house etc…

The reason i do this is because at the moment my partner just doesnt seem to have any interest in our children or me. she started to go a lot and either doesn’t come home until the early hours or has on one occastion not come home at all.

she is now regularly swearing infront of our 5 year old and threatening to smack him if hes naughty (we have always been against smacking our kids)

after we had a 3 day break from each other last weekend i had the the children with me, when we came home my 5 year old who had really missed his mum was playing up going to bed, my partner handled this by saying ” do you want me to go away again?” as if it was his fault(something which she would never do normally)

lastly me and her- I get the blame for everything from her missing a programme to her being late taking the kids to a party I can do no right! She constantly has a go at me infront of the kids and even has the nerve to tell me i do nothing and that im a “lazy bars$&!ed”! she refuses to pick up my calls or text me back when shes out with friends.

Recently she did an online postnatal depression test which she scored nearly double the amount of someone who has this! but i doubt she will do anything about it.

What should i do as my kids are picking up on it and its getting to the point where im starting to feel depressed. Please help

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