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Tired and Overwhelmed

Jennifer - posted on 03/18/2009 ( 3 moms have responded )

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I know it is normal to be tired and overwhelmed when you have a baby, that's a given. But is anyone else tired and overwhelmed all the time?!? I feel like I am tired from the moment I wake up. And now that my daughter is crawling, I'm totally overwhelmed too. I work 8-5 Monday through Friday and I do all the shopping and housecleaning. Every day I get off work so excited to see my daughter but after spending even 30 minutes chasing her and playing with her, I have no energy. And I still need to make dinner and do the laundry and dishes etc... My husband watches her during the day and works in the evenings, so I do everything else. It makes me sad that I'm too tired to play with my baby all evening.

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Alycia - posted on 03/20/2009

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I haven't been this tired since the first few nights after he was born. I have started doing what Sara reccomends like holding off on the dishes till my son is in bed. It is busy, he's everywhere all the time! I haven't figured out what to do about the exhaustion but I'm hoping soon it'll work itself out. I also feel bad not being able to put my all into spending time with him! ...hmm maybe take afew minutes for yourself when you get home before the chaos of the evening takes place and sometimes if you clear your head a little it can help!

Sabrina - posted on 03/19/2009

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I feel the same way you do. My husband and I are both in the military and my husband is currenty on deployment on the USS Dweight D. Eisenhower. He has been gone for a month and only 4 months til he gets home. So I'm acting as a single parent and trying to juggle my 3 1/2 month old son, the house work, dinner, and being in the military is not easy. I just try and take one day at a time. I have my father-in-law watch my son while I go to the grocery store, and you could see if your husband could try and get some laundry done during the day like when your little one takes a nap. Good luck!

Sara - posted on 03/18/2009

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Totally normal! But just remember, the dirty dishes and the laundry aren't going anywhere, you can always do those later. Since you've got so much on your plate right now, maybe you should give yourself a break and just try to do 2 or 3 things at once! I think we expect too much of ourselves sometimes, like we think we should be able to do everything else the way we did before our babies came. We need to lighten up on ourselves, because our lives are never going to be the same and we need to change our expectations! Jennifer, you are so not alone on this topic, but I think you need to decide what you can slack off on a little bit, even if only for sanity's sake! But, I'm there with you sister! :)

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