First trimester fatigue and sickness with a toddler?

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Mommas on baby 2+, how are you coping with an energetic toddler while dealing with nausea and exhaustion?
7w1d and I’m just so depleted. 
I’m 39, so I already feel like my body is running like an ‘89 Pontiac that’s never been properly serviced, but my morning sickness hit at full force a week ago and it’s made it so much worse. 
I feel so guilty because it’s hard to leave the house. (I also have gotten 2 ocular migraines so far, one was while I was out with my son and I had to have my fiancé Lyft over to drive us back home because I couldn’t see)
What was do you make it work? Any indoor activities you love? Ways to take care of yourself while taking care of your other kiddos? I feel like I’m failing 😞

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Movie time, snacks, pikler triangle (look it up on Google if you aren’t familiar) tons of puzzles, books and activities. You made me laugh so hard with the Pontiac reference lol 
I’m on baby number 2 and my 19 month old is constantly climbing on the dining room table, hitting, screaming, climbing on his triangle and everything in between. It’s exhausting enough being pregnant and what’s even worse is my husband is deploying so I won’t have any help at all like I do now... just gotta fight through it and pray second and third trimester are good to you!

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I don’t have too much fatigue and nausea right now but on days where it’s bad, my toddler gets more ipad time. I doze on the couch while he’s sitting next to me playing games and watching shows. Then I hear an occasional “eyes, mama.” ❤️

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I’m 6w6d and vomiting nonstop all day every day. Sadly, my 2 yr old has been watching far too much tv but I’m doing the best I can rn to even prepare meals for him and keep an eye on him. I’m horrible sick and even more tired.

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We all need to write a book:
“Yes, Momma, You’re Exhausted and Sick, But You’re Doing Fine: It’s Okay to Watch Extra Movies Right Now and Other Ideas to Get You Through Being Pregnant While Taking Care of Your Other Children.”
Here’s hoping we all have easier 2nd and 3rd trimesters or at least more energy for a while! ❤️

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I am so dang tired, I don't actually know how I'm surviving. Lol I have a 12 month old and I'm 5 weeks. How am I gonna survive 35 more weeks? 😩 I need tips too 😅

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Asking for help whenever i can, frozen meals though I normally cook, naps on my lunch break at work. My daughter is 15 months. She loves outside so I have often gone in the yard and just laid on the grass while she runs around.
She’s still young for this but my mom said when she was exhausted she gave us squirt guns and would sit on the back steps and blow bubbles and we’d try to pop them with the squirt guns. I must have been pretty small because I have no memory of it, but it seemed pretty brilliant when she told me.

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If I’m feeling ok I’ll spend about an hour and a half getting dressed (bc I need to take breaks.. it’s tiring 🤣) and try and get him out in the morning, to walk at the track or what not to get a little light exercise in. Then we’ll come home and have lunch and watch a show. After that, he goes down for nap at 2-4 and I shamelessly nap with him!! 
As far as indoor activities, we like play dough at the kitchen table, or we have these shape magnets that we stick on clean, unused baking sheets to make pictures, coloring. 
Some days, I am just down and out. Like today, my seasonal allergies kicked up. I couldn’t handle being both fatigued from pregnancy and feeling like my face was going to explode.  So napped when he did and spent the day watching movies together.  
If you made it this far, just give yourself a little grace 💕 growing humans is hard work!

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You are not failing, this is a time to just survive lol. Toddler life is hard... being pregnant makes it harder lol. The weather is crappy where I’m at so I don’t feel bad not leaving the house. I’m 6 weeks so the nausea/fatigue is just starting to kick in for me. We got a lot of new toys for Xmas so I did a good toy rotation and her new toys are keeping her busy but yes, we watch way too much TV. And definitely napping when she naps. The housework has slacked some but my husband understands and helps pick up the slack. Just survive 😂

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I feel like such a mean grumpy mom. I’m rude and short. I’m so nauseous and sick that their demands are too much for me. I have a 5 and 2 year old. The 2 year old tantrums and I can’t handle it in this state. I feel sorry for the 5 year old as I’m grumpy with him due to 2 year old. I feel so guilty and horrible. Every morning I say that I’ll be better but I somehow manage to be short and abrupt. I’m mad at myself for not coping and taking it out on them. I feel the same way as you. My kids are so needy as I do everything for them so now that I’m unwell..it bit me in the butt.

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Thank y’all for this community. I feel so much less alone and it put into perspective that we really are doing all we can. It was nice to hear y’all are handling it in similar ways. Thank you so so much and hoping we get through to easier preggo days!

First trimester fatigue and sickness with a toddler?

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