Mommies-to-be with older kids...

How on earth are you dealing with the energy of your older kids towards the end of your pregnancies??

I am sooooo draggy butt tired the last week or so, not sure if babies are going thru a growth spurt or what!

I have a nearly 7yr old ds and a little over 2 yr old dd, who are both bundles of energy! My ds is great about letting me nap in the afternoon when my dd does, but then once she gets up they both start bouncing off the walls!

My hubby works evenings so I am here alone with them from 3pm to 1am. That means supper, baths and bed by myself! By the time they go to sleep (and tonight it was 11:30 before my dd fell asleep), I am just exhausted!

How do you do it?!

 

I am so exhausted now Im 29 weeks and I just get so tired Im only having one baby this time but it is really tough. :hug: to you doing the night stuff by yourself during bathtime now I sit on the floor and let my DH do the heavy stuff. I hope its just a growth spurt for you!

 

I am only 12 weeks today and I am very tired playing with my DS 3yo. but sometimes I did some tricks he love to play Thomas train so I am sitting near the train table and watching him playing or he has a big thomas "house" so we go inside together ( I feel out the whole space inside but he still handle somehow to bring his toys and I am just lying there and he is playing with his toys. )

 

I think this is what scares me the most about this pregnancy. I have an almost 5 year old and an almost 3 year old and it seems like M-F we are always on the go.

My DH works a rotating shift that changes every 7 days so every third week I do the 3-11 shift by myself and it already tires me out. When he's on that shift I have started having my husband give the girls a bath in the morning before they get dressed. I also use the crockpot or make up a casserole for dinner. That way I am doing the bulk of the work earlier in the day or even the day before. Lastly,. my kids aren't great at going to bed either so on days that they don't have a planned activity, I've started going to one of the local play places. I can just sit and watch them, but they burn off tons of energy.

 

The nighttime routine in the hardest part of it, I've started showering the kids cause my 30 lb 2 yr old is too heavy to drag in and out of the tub (we have a garden tub but a seperate shower stall).

For the first time in our 10 yr marriage, starting feb 1st dh will be working a day shift, and be home by 7pm every night!! SWEET!! I can't wait! Now I just have to make it thru the next 3 weeks until he starts it! :lol:

 

I don't have any helpful advice because I feel the same way!!! The last week or two I feel like I am just soooo lazy. I could sleep or lay on the couch all day. I also work full-time as a RN and have to work 3 12 hour shifts a week. I am considering going part-time next month, even then I am not sure I can do it. It helps me to focus on one day at a time and resting as much as I can even if it is for just a few minutes at a time. I also try to go to bed earlier...doesn't always happen because we have 4 other children that are active in sports. Luckily they are 10, 8, 6, and 5 so they can do alot for each other! Good luck to you...we can do it...focus on the end result!!!

 

:bump: I am so glad that I found this website. I was kinda feeling like a baby by being so tired and wanting to just lay around after work and on the weekends. I try to get out and run errands in the morning but by early afternoon on my days off I am pooped and try try try to get my dd to a nap but then that means she is up until midnight or past. We can do this right?!

 

Dang ladies you're supposed to have answers, not just commiserate with my misery!! :lol:

Yeah, we can do this, I guess it's gearing up for after the babies come!!

 

My DD is 10 1/2, my BF kids are 2 1/2 and 1 1/2, I am constantly exhausted. I try to read or find sitting things to do, our 2 1/2 y/o has a train table that he got for Christmas, so we play with that. It is hard though.

 

:umm: I am so glad I am not alone in this. I have days where I could just sleep the entire day away but I know when I get home from work it is dinner, clean-up, & getting the kids ready for bed before I even get to sit down. I am exhausted and during the school week we of course have the morning rush which just gets me whooped b4 I am even awake! LOL
My girls 8yr. and almost 10yr. are a big help with things and are pretty independent about showers and such. Our 9mth old is pretty easy going at this point, but I fear the day he starts crawling! LOL
I would love to offer advice but I haven't figured out how to deal with it myself yet. Maybe we will get lucky and some veteran mom will read this and have a whopper of a solution to it all. :rotflmbo:

 

I have a 5 yr old DD and some days it is hard - she and I are super close so she wants to be with Mommy all of the time. Don't get me wrong, she loves her Daddy, but we just have something special and sometimes bc I am so tired, she has a rough time.

What I have done is really include her in the theings I do - meaning if I have to make dinner, she and I do it together, so that way I can sit with her and prepare stuff while still getting things done. She also loves to help me pick up and make beds etc so that helps me too...

It's hard I know but we can do it!

Joanna

 

It is hard! I am on modified bedrest and my husband leaves at 8 am and returns between 8 - 10 pm dependin on his workload. Basically i am a single parent to our 4 year old son!