Hi all. It’s been a long time since I posted on any Internet forum, but I am feeling totally overwhelmed by motherhood. My little 5 week old treasure is sleeping on my chest and I’m in complete awe of him, but also terrified. I have always worked and am transitioning to being a sahm with my first child. I always assumed that it would come easily to me because my mom was a sahm and she was so good at it, but I’m realizing this is HARD. harder and more thankless than anything else I’ve ever done. I can’t get anything done around the house and I’m so sleep deprived I don’t even want to sleep anymore because when I wake up I’m still exhausted. When does this get better? How Do I create some sort of order out of this chaos?
Thanks in advance for any reassurance or advice you can provide ☺️
Re: New SAHM & Completely Overwhelmed
This is a rough period of time and because it’s your first it can be a little hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but like they say, this too shall pass.
Just know you are not alone in this. Ask for help, share and communicate with your partner, and take 20-30 minutes to yourself everyday. I know it’s so hard to do all of those things but that is what has been helping me.
Good to see someone else is going through it too.. You reaching out on this forum is a great first step!