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Overwhelmed

adelleladellel member
in May 2011 Moms

I don't see it here, but do some of you just feel completely overwhelmed?! I love my son more than anything. He is actually a good baby. I just cannot get over what a life change this is. I knew that it would be, don't get me wrong, but it is a heck of a lot harder than I thought. And I am tired. Very tired. Thankfully I have a helpful and understanding husband, but some days, I wish I could just spend the day sleeping.

Then I cry because I feel this way.

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  • melandjuddmelandjudd member
    Yep I totally feel you.  I knew this would be hard but being so tired makes it that much harder.  I just keep telling myself it is just a stage and will get better.  Just in the last few days she has been more alert and started smiling more at me so I feel like things can only go up.  Don't stress momma we can make it through.  Then in a few months we will all be crying cause they are growing up to fast.

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  • Heather & NaytHeather & Nayt member

    Yep, there are days I feel totally overwhelmed. Yesterday was one of them, when both kids were screaming and I was going on 4 hours of sleep, I wanted nothing more then to lock my bedroom door and curl up in bed for the next week. 

    Thankfully not every day is like that, and it does get better. Do you have someone who can come over to help during the day so you can get some sleep? This stage really does fly by, and you can totally do it! Hang in there! 

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  • MaybeBaby2MaybeBaby2

    Feeling overwhelmed is definitely touch and go in my life right now. Yesterday was good, today it is hit or miss. With DH traveling off and on (this week gone Tuesday back last night and this week leaving Sunday coming back late Tuesday) and having a 4YO...feeling overwhelmed can happen easily. 

    You are definitely not alone!  

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  • tlxh7tlxh7 member
    Yep, totally overwhelmed.  I have some really good days, but some terrible days.  I've learned that my expectation for each day needs to be to take care of Lila, eat some food myself, and rest.  Everything else is "if I get to it."  The house is pretty much in shambles, I have tons of thank-you's for gifts we've gotten over the last 7 weeks, but I just don't care.  I'm still mostly in survival mode, though I feel like I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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  • ironmommyironmommy

    Personally, I think parenthood is the most challenging and, of course, joyfull thing in the world. DH and I had no idea what we were getting into with our first, and it was really hard adjusting. In fact, I think we are still adjusting to life as parents! So yes, I totally feel overwhelmed. All the time.

    Now, with two, it's starting all over again. My life was finally running smoothly, and then I added a newborn into the mix. Eek?!? I feel like I'm still operating in survival mode, but I know life goes on and I really gotta get my act together. Still, at this point I don't understand how I will ever get two kids ready for school/daycare and get myself to work and cook dinner and clean the house, and exercise, and find time for my friends, etc., etc. How do people do it? 

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  • belladonna11307belladonna11307 member
    Glad to hear that I'm not alone.  If I had been able to find the time on Tuesday I was going to make a similar post, although my problem was that I felt like a total failure.  By 4pm I had done nothing but nurse and hold DD.  She was having a particularly cranky day, so finding time to go to the bathroom was a challenge, not to mention trying to eat or get any rest after having a long night right before.  I know that her moods are going to dictate what we get done every day, but well, I've always been an over achiever so getting her diapers on the line and the dishes washed doesn't feel like much when I'm home all day.  DH is awesome and tells me every day that my job is to rest and take care of DD, but still...  I worry what I'm going to do when I go back to work too, having to get us all out the door on some one else's schedule. We'll see how I handle next week, she has her 1 month check up and I have my 6 week postpartum and I'll be alone getting us to both...
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