Feeling like a SAHM failure
This is long. I will love you if you read it and give me some honest feedback. 😘
So my life currently...Coronavirus means my 7 year old is home all day everyday.
I have a 7 month old mobile little lady. She’s recently started waking up 1 million times a night.
I’m 10 weeks pregnant and so freaking tired.
Typical day:
Husband gets up with the baby and let’s me sleep in until her first nap. (Thank freaking goodness)!
I roll out of bed and get baby to sleep. Go downstairs feeling like death and have a cup of coffee.
Still in my pajamas and haven’t even looked in the damn mirror. I maybe hang with the 7 year old a bit and talk about Pokémon even though I really don’t want to talk about Pokémon. Then I go finish cleaning the kitchen from the day before and do all the dishes, because of course I can’t ever seem to clean the kitchen before bed. I probably switch around a load of laundry. Pick some things up. Make breakfast.
Baby wakes up. Nurse baby. Change baby. Get baby set up with some stuff and keep an eye on her. Intervene with her as necessary. Try to get the older kid to do homework.
Make lunch. Feed kids. Pick up lunch.
Baby takes nap #2 and most days I also nap while the older kid watches tv. I somehow feel like I’m dying from exhaustion at this point in the day. (Thank you, fetus baby)
Wake up, one more cup of coffee. Nurse, change, supervise baby. Maybe hang with the 7 year old. Maybe help him with homework.
Maybe meal plan, or budget, start planning dinner.
Dinner. Somewhat pick up dinner, but not really because I gotta get baby ready for bed and down.
Lay on living room floor pondering how my house feels messy and if I will ever catch up with things.
Bedtime with older kid.
Now I feel like I’m dying of exhaustion again (hey again, fetus baby!) so I most likely give up on the day and either go to bed or hang with the husband.
Does this sound normal or do I royally suck at this SAHM thing?
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