Lately I have been feeling extremely overwhelmed. I’m a stay-at-home mom with a 6 year old girl, 2 year old girl, 8 year old dog, and 4 month old dog. My husband works all day so I take care of all four by myself, plus taking care of the house, and each comes with their own challenges.

My 6 year old is constantly craving attention and I do my best to give her individual attention every single day but it’s never enough for her and she acts out because of that.

My 2 year old daughter hit her terrible twos HARD and is constantly crying and throwing tantrums when she doesn’t get her way. Every little thing is complicated with her right now.

My 8 year old dog has super bad anxiety so I have to really watch myself on being too loud or moving too quickly around her so she doesn’t freak out. If she gets freaked out enough she vomits so I spend a lot of time cleaning up her puke.

My 4 month old puppy has been potty trained but still pees all over my house out of spite if I’m too busy to give him love for more than 30 minutes. I put him in his crate to give myself a break (he’s also been crate trained) but because he’s away from me he barks the entire time. He also chews up everything!

I know all of this is normal for each one of them but good lord it is overwhelming. I am only one person, I only have 2 hands, I only have 2 eyes, I can only be at one place at a time, and I can only do so much. I finally broke down and got medicine from the doctor to help me but it’s not a cure all. Does anyone have any tips on how to not feel so overwhelmed and frustrated all the time?