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January 30, 2008 at 3:24 pm #47819

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How do you do it???? Everything!!!!!! sometimes i feel like i need more energy to do everything (am i the only one feeling tired all the time?) We are looking into the possibility of me working (DH says i really need to get out of the house and interact with more people specially adults) But I feel like i have limited energy to do it i have tried taking vitamins, exersice in the morning, etc.. and everything seems the same sooooo how do you do it? Specially you working moms

gabbs2008-01-30 15:25:45

January 30, 2008 at 7:54 pm #47834

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There are actually lots of days that I work when I feel less tired than I do when I stay at home. I think it’s partly due to the change of environment on the days when I work. Of course, it also helps that dh helps out more when I’m working. So, I don’t think that I’d like it if I had a dh that didn’t help out.

January 30, 2008 at 8:01 pm #47838

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I think the thought of getting both of us ready and out of the house is tiring in itself. BUT honestly I think once I get out.. its refereshing..and I kind of get a little burst of energy. Then when i get home. …i feel like crashing. 😉

And on the days that I work.. I bring Shane with me ( I am a daycare teacher). But I actually am not as tired either when I get home.. as when I am home all day! I dont know why it is.. because there are 3 other kids at daycare!

shanesmom2008-01-30 20:03:39

January 30, 2008 at 9:24 pm #47851

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I’m tired. I think I’ll be tired for quite a while. I have 2 children, one 4 & 1/2 & one 18months.

I work full time out of the house. I have a dh who helps SO SO SO MUCH. thank god!

I have low thyroid. it’s very common for women to have this, especially after having a baby. I’d get yours checked out, just in case. (I take meds for it)

I don’t get everything done. My house is cluttered. I’m bad about putting things away. I don’t plan my menus on a weekly basis, I just throw dinner together. THANK GOD my dh is (fairly! lol!) ok with this…

I wake up, rush around to get ready & Jonah ready, dh helps, I leave the house, go to work, work, leave work & pick up jonah, come home, spend a few minutes w/ ari & jonah, throw something together for dinner, maybe just dinner for the kids, feed them at 5:00pm, get everyone ready for bed (bath, books, bottle, etc), eat w/ dh if I/we haven’t yet, hop on the computer, maybe do a load of laundry, clean up dinner mess, get in bed, watch TV, fall asleep, maybe get woken up by jonah needing to pee and needing me to help him get back in bed (blankets MUST be arranged a certain way! see my eyes rolling here?!), maybe get woken by Ari teething, both boys have a cold tonight….then start all over again.

can you tell I’m thrilled? LOL!

I’m grumpy so maybe I shouldn’t have answered this!

but you do what you do…it all works out…or so I tell myself…

January 30, 2008 at 11:22 pm #47855

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Thanks for replying cause i know what a good job everybody does as a mom its just that i think its normal to feel SOOO TIRED ALL THE TIME

I feel that my energy left long time ago

gabbs2008-01-30 23:24:12

January 31, 2008 at 9:02 am #47857

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I work 3 days a week and I think it’s a good mix of both SAHM and working mom.

I think it’s harder on the days I’m home than if I’m at work. Each time the kids are sick and I have to call in sick DH always says why don’t you just stay home with them. Which I could NEVER do! I think the social time is important for both them and me!

I had to laugh at Laura’s post b/c I thought that was only my life!

I happens when you have kids and if you think you can change it I say GOOD LUCK! It will MAYBE become a little easier when your kids get a little older and can pick up after themselves. I’m finding this with my 4 yr old as he will pick up his own toys at night while I’m doing a load of laundry or dishes and it does help out. But still, you are the mom and a lot is on you. I also feel like my mind doesn’t shut down EVER!! I’m a mile a minute every minute of the day.

If you stay at home with your son and don’t really leave the house, I would say GET OUT!!!!! I feel so much better when we just go to the library or a store even if we don’t buy anything. It’s just nice to go out.

January 31, 2008 at 2:19 pm #47873

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i work a pretty crazy schedule right now….i work a twelve hour night shift on friday (7pm-7am), go home and sleep to midafternoon on saturday, turn around and get up in the morning for dayshift on sunday from 7am-3pm, then turn around and do nightshift again on monday night from 7pm to 7am. it’s pretty wacko, but somehow it works. i don’t typically do this, but i have been for the last five or so months, b/c i’m five months pregnant and i don’t get paid when i go on maternity leave and we need to save up some money. thankfully, this schedule enables us to avoid daycare and i get to be home with riley more often than not. that being said…..you’d think i would be horribly exhausted! let me tell you, i used to be! i needed a constant caffeine infusion during the days, i was grouchy, i always napped when riley napped (which didn’t leave me much time and/or motivation to keep up with laundry, the house, etc), and my thoughts were fragmented to say the least! everyone says that happens after you have a kid, but i felt like i was approaching alzheimer’s! my sister, who is not a nurse and who attends school during the day, said she felt the same way too. it was tough. put being pregnant on top of that and i was a DRAGGING. i tried many vitamins, but nothing seemed to give me anymore pep, which i was hoping would be a lucky side-effect. then i began researching liquid vitamins and really delving into a more complete vitamin. i found one that has literally changed my life (i sound like a televangelist, lol, but i swear this has been amazing). it’s by ‘nature’s way‘ and it’s called ‘Alive! Whole food energizer’ liquid multi. the change in me is dramatic. i have energy, and i don’t mean the ‘i just drank two pots of coffee and i’m buzzing’ energy. i found i could do my shifts with ease, even with the turn around in days and nights, and i was so much less grouchy! wowsers! the best to me is i felt like i got my brain back. i rarely nap anymore unless i ‘have’ to get some sleep in before a nightshift. i only take about 3/4 the recommended dosage and i feel this way! i’m not a rep for the company, i swear , but i certainly could be. my sister now takes this, as well as her family and a friend of mine, all b/c they’ve seen the change in me and took the plunge (i’m working on my husband ). at around $25/month, it doesn’t break the bank either.

my life is still incredibly hectic, but i find i can now keep up (most times, lol!) and i feel so much better. if this can help just one more mom out there feel better and function better, that’s enough for me!

sorry for the length

January 31, 2008 at 3:28 pm #47876

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congratulations on being pregnant!!!!!!! Nice to “see” you, Gina!

Ann Marie

January 31, 2008 at 5:53 pm #47885

hellbennt
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Hi Gina!! Congratulations!

I know how you feel about when you love something you sound like an infomercial! that’s how I am about slings/babywearing, lol; when I post links to sales I always preface it by saying ‘no, I don’t work for these folks!”

well, I certainly am tired & grumpy so I will check those vitamins out if & when I ever make the trek to whole foods (which, by the way, is on my ever growing ‘to do’ list…)

January 31, 2008 at 6:15 pm #47886

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thanks guys! we’re pretty excited! we found out we’re having a GIRL! very shocking, actually, b/c we were totally convinced this was a boy. shopping is much more fun this time around

laura, i completely understand about the ‘to do’ list. and you can be ‘lazy’ like me and go to ‘vitamin shoppe’ and order it from there! hee hee! it’s 43% off on there, i’ve found, and it just comes to me in the mail without me leaving the house

take care!

February 4, 2008 at 8:52 pm #47985

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Hmm..I agree with everyone. Getting out definitely helps! Even though Ariella STILL does not sleep nights and I barely get 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep a night, I still feel that I’m so much better off going off to work every morning. I would love to look into those vitamins as well. Being constantly sleep deprived, working full time and 33 weeks pregnant, uuuufff, it’s tough!!!
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