I have a whole new appreciation for single moms...

PGASTL · August 2013

DH is on his annual golf trip. He will be gone 5 days total and gets back late Monday night.... And I don't know how single moms do it!

I hired a 13 year old neighbor to come over three of the evenings and had my mom and sister each help an evening too. It would have been so hard without their help!

This is making me excited for my annual trip- a spa day with my mom and sisters! The funny thing is that my trip is only 24 hours, in December - and I am dreading being away that long because Charlie will only be 6 months old and we BF. even though I BF Reese for a year I always worry that my supply will dry up this time for some reason.

Someday I will have a life again- in about 18 years or so right?

lulu8109 · August 2013

I definitely have to give kudos to single moms and military moms. I don't know how they do it. I'm exhausted after a few days alone and I only have 1 LO. Good luck and I'm glad you have some help!

enjoylife · August 2013

Ditto. I'm so dependend on H to pull his weight in child rearing. I have lots of respect for those who do it alone.

jnicolen1 · August 2013

enjoylife said:

Ditto. I'm so dependend on H to pull his weight in child rearing. I have lots of respect for those who do it alone.

this. my husband is a VERY hands on, share the parenting load kind of person, even though he works a ton. whenever he is in trial (lawyer), i can barely hang on. anything more than a couple days/nights of dinner, bath, bed, night wake ups for two babies all by myself??? its crazy town. i dont know how my mom did it.

utlawgirl · August 2013

enjoylife said:

Ditto. I'm so dependend on H to pull his weight in child rearing. I have lots of respect for those who do it alone.

Same here. It's hard enough for a few days with just one kid -- I am dreading when I have to pull single-parent duty for 2. I think hiring a mother's helper and enlisting family help is the way to go! Hang in there.

tiffanyp · August 2013

You guys must have very helpful husbands. I actually don't mind when mine has to work late. When he does, I don't cook, and I get the girls to bed early, giving me some RARE time to myself. When he gets home at his usual time (7ish), I have to juggle feeding and putting C to sleep while starting dinner so that the 3 of us can eat together shortly after he gets home. It sounds counter intuitive, but my "work day" is actually shorter when his is longer.