Why...
Why are we as moms expected to be able to do everything with no help and when something isn’t done our significant others, friends, or family members have to comment on it? I think I snapped maybe twice this week already because of this, I have a 3 year old and a 7 week old we’re slowly adjusting I’m exhausted since my husband went back to work a week after I had our second son. Between keeping up with the house cooking making sure to give my toddler attention heck giving my husband attention I’m just over it I’m one person with two hands and only 24 hours in a day to do it all. Yesterday my family was over decided to make burgers for dinner cool I’ll do it no problem baby is sleep toddler is playing with his dad and papa well in the middle of cooking baby wakes up my mom finished making dinner for me since I needed to nurse him. Everyone comes in and my husband tells me I’m one burger short I told him I know he asks why didn’t I make it if I knew this then.....ladies I lost it it would of been done had I not had to stop change a poop diaper nurse burp and then proceed to calm a crying baby sure let me get on it with my third damn hand. Let’s not get started on showering he’s always got a comment about why haven’t I showered all day well let’s see taking care of kids catching up on school assignments I’m behind on cleaning the million loads of laundry I have to catch up on food and put away cleaning up after a crazy little toddler(stepping on train tracks hurt) cleaning in general oh and planning dinner. Where in that line up do I have time to shower plus I’m home alone with the boys by myself so I can’t just hop in the shower my toddler no longer naps so I can’t shower while they’re napping. Then let’s talk about having a cold of any sorts I got sick from the toddler felt like death but still had to wake up with the baby every 2 hours to nurse change diapers then had to do everything during the day, he gets it and acts like a child told him to suck it up I don’t get to be sick and lay around neither does it he tells me it’s not the same.....excuse me you have exactly what I just had if I can do all the above and be sick you can get up and help me. I’m tired of the expectations placed on us as moms and then others needing to add their thoughts as to why we are behind on laundry cleaning why we haven’t cooked dinner yet or showered. I have crazy respect for any single mothers of one or more children y’all are freaking awesome and amazing.
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.