2021?

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Well, new year, not sure if it’s much better *yet*. 
How’s everyone doing mentally? 
I feel like I’m still losing my mind sometimes. Madi sleeps, but I still get up to manager her at least 1x a night, though that one time can last awhile. So I’m kinda tired 😴 definitely miss the family back in the Midwest. I know it’ll get better, we’re blessed as it is, just gotta keep my head up!

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I’ll say I’m surviving. 
Three kids doing virtual learning, a husband who works in Los Angeles at the peak of a pandemic (45-50hours a week), a baby who still wakes 1-2x a night and is so fussy unless being held or having constant attention (thanks covid) and all of my family is out of state and hasn’t met my fourth babe. 
It’s sad to say the least. I miss my family, I miss my friends and I even miss just taking my kids to school and seeing other adults daily. But I will say this... I love having all of my kids home all day, I love our daily walks together during school breaks, I love not having to do pta or school functions 😂 and most of all I love that my three big kids have gotten to spend every moment watching their baby brother grow up because if it wasn’t for quarantines then they’d be at school 6 hours a day.. they would have missed so much. So for that, I’m so so thankful. The family time is just so so good.

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We’ve been doing great as of lately. Shep was a super tricky baby and definitely the fussiest but i think he has finally outgrown that. But other than that we homeschool our 7 year old, not because of covid. We go on play dates, we participate in our community, go on walks, explore the nature discovery center, play sports, play outside.

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We are hanging in there. Just getting over Covid. We were lucky enough to have mild symptoms. My husband is back working 50 plus hours a week and working on our house so back to me being a single mom till the house is finally finished. It was nice having him home for 2 weeks even if we were all sick.
Harrison is by far my worst sleeper. He wants to be attached to the boob all night. I’m trying to sleep train him without using the cry it out method.... it’s not really working. You would think after 3 kids I’d know a thing or two but every kid is sooooo different.
Anywayyyys glad to see everyone is hanging in. So happy to have this group to vent and enjoy these sweet babes with.

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I’m tired. I’m working full time remotely with Andrew at home too and every day feels like 3 days in one. My husband helps when he can but I’m basically the default person. I’ve been working toward a promotion too and feel like I can’t pull back on any of the extra things I’ve taken on but I often think how much easier this would be if I just did the bare Minimum like other people. I don’t even know if I want the promotion anymore lol so to answer your question, mentally: tired, frustrated, indecisive. I’ll echo what alysha said too- I miss my family and friends. Sometimes I just want a hug from my mom or dad and I never ever felt that way before as an adult but now that I’m a first time mom I just feel like I need that sometimes.

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Honestly, terrible!! I’m on my 3rd quarantine and while I love spending time with my daughter my anxiety keeps getting worse & worse! This pandemic is taking a terrible toll on me mentally! I try to keep reminding myself it could be worse & I’m actually extremely blessed, but man it can be really hard sometimes!

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