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Bride2b2004
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Single moms- I have no idea how you do it.
Bride2b2004
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DH has work events this week and I am already going crazy. It is so HARD to deal with the kids all day and all night. It doesn't help that we are all sick (and I kept DS1 home from school). The dinner/bedtime rush was horrible. I am eating dinner right now, thank God for baby swings. Those of you who do this every day are amazing. I don't know how you do it. The sheer logistics of getting everyone fed, cleaned up, changed and to sleep was overwhelming, and I felt like I had to be 3 places at once. I am exhausted and terrified to contemplate how many times I might be woken up tonight before I have to do it all again. You all deserve awards, medals, trophies, whatever.
Fortunate to be a SAHM to my 3 musketeers (5/2006, 5/2010 & 12/2011).
Soy & dairy free for the 3rd and final time.
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Re: Single moms- I have no idea how you do it.
I hate bedtime. Even after three years of doing it by myself, I'd still rather have bamboo shoved up my fingernails than try to get my kids to bed. It's one of the worst things about being a SP, in my opinion.
I hope you get a night of uninterrupted sleep!
I agree completely. DH was having fun snowmobiling in Wyoming starting Thursday. He got home late last night.
Of course, Thursday would be the day DD2 and I got sick. Friday there was no school. And of course DD2 didn't sleep well the whole time DH was gone - as in up every 1-2 hours and up for the day by 6am. (My definition of sleeping well is up 2x during the night.)
Just trying to get meals on the table, get the kitchen cleaned up, and then do it again is overwhelming. Dinner is the worst because I'm just out of ideas at that point.
I O.D.'d on coffee to function in the morning and then again on tea and soda to function in the evening, which meant that I couldn't fall asleep early enough to actually get any sleep. Today I found out that DD2 has an ear infection. I'm still sick. (Even the NP commented on it at the pedi's office.)
I have no idea how I could ever do it alone full time.
Charlotte Ella 07.16.10
Emmeline Grace 03.27.13
DH is out of town until late Saturday. We're coming off a week of respiratory funk, strep and pink eye.
Bedtime freakin' sucked tonight. It's not usually too bad, but they were both overtired and DD hadn't eaten enough dinner and was screaming for food.
DS - December 2006
DD - December 2008
My DH is gone pretty much all the time for work, so I've gotten used to the day-to-day routine and doing it alone.
I was recently faced with the real possibility of becoming a single Mom and I will say that something just kicks in and you just do it. You do whatever needs to be done. . . and then you do some more.
Hang in there!!
DH has been traveling for work for about 4 months. He gets home every other weekend. It is not easy. We have fallen into a routine, but it seems like as soon as everyone is used to it he comes home and we have to start all over again. Don't get me wrong I love our weekends together, it's just another change for the kids. DD won't sleep when he's home. She is afraid he won't be there in the morning.
Hang in there it gets better.
Yup, this, though technically I'm not really a full-time single mom.
Nora Judith 7/2/06 Miles Chauncey 4/20/09 born with Trisomy 21 - Down syndrome
This - my biggest battle is after work trying to get dinner ready with two whining kids that are so huuunnngggrrryyy.
DD2 11.17.08
I've been doing it for two years and I think for me it was really hard in the beginning, but after a while ds and I got into a rhythm and it isn't bad anymore. We are VERY scheduled, and that helps. Monday night we have dinner with his dad and his dad takes care of bedtime; Tuesday night we have our "date" to McDonalds; Wednesday night is my night off because he sleeps at his dad's; Thursday night we cook something together. Before we had this schedule established, it was very hard.
As for the being woken up, there were times that I decided sleep was better than making sure he slept in his own bed every night and I'd let him crawl in bed with me. He sleeps in his own bed fine now, so that didn't cause any long-term problems.
Also, I should note, that my ds is 5.5, so he is pretty self sufficient. This morning, for example, I was late getting in the shower and told him to pick out clothes and get dressed while I was in the shower and brush his teeth. He only needed help determing what the weather would be so he could pick clothes that were appropriate. Other than that, he did it himself. That alone makes like easier