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How is everyone?

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I'm excited that my LO will be four months on the 21st of this month. But I must admit I am a little overwhelmed. My LO usually sleeps from 9pm-2am and may not go back to sleep until I have dropped her off to daycare.   I have been back to work for a month and have been struggling a bit.  I am  very behind on laundry and other household chores.  I was wondering how everyone else is juggling being a new mom, a working mom, a wife, and trying to find some time to remain an individual.  

 

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  • megaloo27megaloo27
    I am doing well. I feel like we are getting more sanity around here. She is sleeping well and her reflux is calming down.(supposedly they go through a "wakeful" stage at four months, so that may be what you are experiencing) I am a SAHM, but this Thursday I am going to be doing a lecture for the training program I worked with before I had DD. I'm excited to be teaching again, I didn't realize how much I missed it. I miss using my brain! We are moving in a couple weeks, and after that I'm going to start writing a parenting curriculum focusing on raising children with good character and integrity. 
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  • kelleynb28kelleynb28

    My DS will be 4 months on the 18th. I am doing well....today! I have to admit that having a baby was never in my DH's and I's plan so adjusting to life with a baby has been EXTREMELY challenging for both of us. There were some days early on that I wasn't sure I wanted to continue being a parent but I told myself that I was 30 years old and this is just the next stage in life - and just to be the best mommy I could to this little precious boy. 

     Looking back, I feel guilty about the newborn days where I blamed DS for 'ruining' things and might have been a little resentful. I feel bad all the time and think 'maybe I should have cuddled him more' or 'maybe I should have spent a little more time playing with him'. I didn't ignore him by any means...but I certainly got annoyed with him and wished him to grow up...fast!

    Some days are still very stressful and I miss work and my work family so much but I know that I will be back there in Jan 2013 and probably wishing I was home with DS again!  I try to make the best of each day and spend all of my waking hours playing with him and nursing him and trying to enjoy him while he is still a baby. 

    When I really think about it - I couldn't imagine my life without him. And it turns out DH is a pretty amazing daddy!

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  • bigbearbigbear

    I"m in the same boat as you are!

     My DD is also turning 4 months on the 21st :) And like you, the laundry pile won't go down and my house in general is messier than it's ever been. :/ And I just can't get around it at all. My peanut hardly ever naps (20-30min at the very most) and when she's awake she does need attention. She'll sit in the bouncy seat for a little while but then needs to be out and entertained. So I feel like I can't get anything done. She'll now finally go to bed around 9 and will wake up around 3 to get fed. But she will "semi-wake up" throughout the night b/c her paci will fall out. I get up at 5 to go to work.

    I had to cancel my doc and my dentist appointment last week b/c I just wasn't able to make it work. My DH is kind of left behind (until he begs) b/c I"m too exhausted to do anything. So it's definitely hard. But thinking back 4 weeks ago, it was much "worse". DD was not sleeping at all. 3hrs/night and that was pretty much it.

    So things are getting better. But it is definitely overwhelming.

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