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No. I am excited to see DD! I'm way more tired at the end of the days I am home with her!

@mrbee: yes but I find the energy because I have to be present

My DH is wiped and will sit on the couch and relax after work - I don't feel like I have that luxury. I usually play with the kids or am cooking dinner or making lunches for the next day - I don't sit down until they are in bed - I have way too much that must get done

I'm pretty wiped out by the end of the day. I'm curious how other people do it. I feel like after work is so hectic and I'm exhausted. When I get home from work, I nurse LO, wash all the pump stuff, get her dinner ready, feed her, bathe her, get her bottles/food ready for the next day, put her to bed. Thank goodness DH gets our dinner ready. I'd love to take her for walks in the stroller but time wise it's just not feasible on a work day.

Absolutely, depending on the day. I try to rally though until bedtime, but after bedtime, all bets are off.

I hit a serious wall at 6:30. I never used to, so i'm blaming pregnancy. I can usually muster up the energy to "supervise" or play blocks with her and then at 6:45, we all watch an episode of TV before bed.

No, but only because I get to sit and relax all day at work! I mean, not really relax like on vacation but you know what I mean. Not chase around an 18 month old and deal with tantrums all day. So by the time I pick him up I am excited to see him and have plenty of energy for nighttime routine. Also, he goes to bed at 6:30pm so that def helps!

Being pregnant and working all day makes the night tougher with LO. Last night, we played in the park and then went home to do bedtime routine. I practically fell asleep on the kitchen island while he ate. I felt better after some food, but forgot to plug in my phone to charge when I went to bed. Exhaustion levels are high for me these days.

Pregnancy has wiped me out, normally I'm okay, but lately the thought of making dinner/cleaning up makes me want to cry. I just want to lay/sit down and relax for a bit with my feet up.

I wake up wiped out and it goes downhill from there!

In the evenings I'm emotionally drained. I manage two difficult services with needy clients and an horrifically challenging team so by the time I get home I have nothing more to give. Physically, Im ok; I can clean, I can cook, I can walk the dogs but dealing with whining, tantrums or screaming at bedtime - give me strength.

Totally wiped out. I have energy to cook LO something but that's pretty much it. She's been getting a lot of TV after we get home.

Yes. I just finished cleaning up after getting Megan to bed and wanted to make cookies. Then I realized it's already 8:20pm. Now I just want to cry.

Yes! Lecturing takes a lot out of me. And I am dreading next semester when I teach at 8 am until 10 pm (with breaks). And I'll hopefully be pregnant!

I'm usually tired but I have enough energy to make it through to bed time. I get home at 5pm and DS is in bed at 7pm. In this time we have dinner and bedtime routine. If I'm really pooped then we read, DS loves his books.

Then after bedtime I usually watch tv with DH or do a craft and fall into bed around 9:30.

Yes, but now that we commute on the train it's a bit easier. IF we can get a seat we both totally pass out. Then once we get in the car to go pick up the kids from daycare, we have to have a burst of energy to last another 1.5 hours until bedtime. Pickup, home, dinner, play, baths, bed. Then after they're both in bed (usually by 7) we clean up, pack lunches, and then move on to whatever other chores we have that day. But in general we pretty much crash on the couch around 8 and totally zone out for the rest of the night.

For us, we're both people who thrive with productivity so as long as both of us are going at 100%, we both push through. We're both nonstop until both kids are in bed. Some nights one of us will be extra tired so the other will do the cleanup and lunches while the other rests. Some nights we're both so exhausted that we give ourselves a break... then at 10pm we say CRAP, we still have to clean up and pack lunches.