No reason to be tired

My MIL has been giving me wonderful advice on how to improve our home (decluttering and cleaning). I’ve been so tired lately. All day long I’m picking up after my daughter and my husband. He constantly leaves things out and our daughter is starting to walk so of course those are the things she’s going after. I feel like I have two kids in the house. Lol.

So yesterday when she was giving me more advice (which I don’t mind at times). I send her this response.

“I’ve been thinking. You know what’s, like a difficult conclusion I’ve come to? Like if I’m not doing something constantly things aren’t settled. Like whether baby girl is awake or asleep. If I’m not constantly doing a organizing project, or picking up things left out or putting stuff away and so on. If I take any down time at all things fall apart and the clutter happens. LOL. So unless I’m fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow tired/multiple cups of coffee a day amped up, there’s clutter everywhere until I clear it.

…it’s exhausting. 🤣🤣🤣🤣”

To which she just tells me “Oh yeah mama life 😘”

No…. That’s not the Mama life. It’s not fair to be exhausted all the time and picking up after another grown adult because that’s what she made him accustomed to. 😞 I feel like I’m fighting an endless battle.

DH said to me the other day, after I said I was tired, “you’re tired all the time anymore. Why are you so tired?” 🤦🏻‍♀️ This question for a normal person would be fine because he’s trying to understand but I’ve explained why countless times to him and he still doesn’t get it.