I am a total disaster right now. Lately, I feel like I am constantly having meltdowns. How often do you feel totally overwhelmed?
I am a total disaster right now. Lately, I feel like I am constantly having meltdowns. How often do you feel totally overwhelmed?
pomelo / 5258 posts
I'm with you today. I thought about not getting out of my car at work and just taking a nap. Most days are good but LO was sick last week so I missed three days of work. It seems like any time something like that happens it takes 2-3 weeks to really be back on track.
pomelo / 5469 posts
Oh my gosh still like every other day at almost 5mths pp. Mostly because it feels like a huge mission sometimes to make it out of the house, or because something really quite small will go wrong and that will make me just spiral.
honeydew / 7917 posts
This is me this week. I am on my own taking care of my 2.5 year old and 3 month old during the day. For the past two months my sister has been around to help, but she is back in school now. Mommy breakdown.
persimmon / 1081 posts
Almost everyday! Especially days when I have both DDs on my own (DD1 is 3 and goes to preschool 2 days/wk). I feel like I'm either neglecting DD1 or setting up bad habits for DD2. I know it's mostly due to the lack of sleep.
pear / 1699 posts
Everyday, DS still can't communicate well which frustrates both of us and he's continually testing me. I'm overwhelmed now and DD is due in 2.5 weeks....sometimes I look at DH and say 'what did we do?'
GOLD / pomegranate / 3688 posts
Pretty much every day, at least once, from about 3 months pp to 9 months pp. I finally figured out that my hormonal/depressed meltdowns were *not* normal and were tied to a medication I was taking. Since I stopped taking it, the feeling of being completely overwhelmed comes on a lot less - maybe about once a month.
eggplant / 11408 posts
Very frequently! The last week has been completely out of control. Trying to find a way to bring back some calm into our lives!
pomelo / 5678 posts
I super do right now. We have all of these things to do for moving and we are at a sort of stalemate. Not enough dollars to stretch for the move and I feel it all on me (I do all the finances). Urgh! So much to do and nothing is happening (I need to sell old things before I get new and I am terrible at selling things!) Just stressful and LO was up ten times a night the last week (she started cruising...)
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
Daily. It blows my mind that I used to be a highly effective and efficient clinician in a high stress/chaotic environment, and now I can't figure out how to get the freaking dishes done.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Not too often these days but a lot last year and the year before.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Lately a lot b/c of what's going on in our lives
We were in such a good place. Last year was a whirlwind b/c we got married, bought a house, had trips... So we thought this year we can take it slow, start TTC, etc. But then unforeseen drama entered our lives.
pomegranate / 3032 posts
so far everyday for the past 2+ weeks, between Fi not sleeping well = me not sleeping well, weather and the anxiety that goes with traveling in it, starting back at work after maternity leave, Fi getting sick and having to go to the ER for fluids, the whole house getting the stomach bug, Hubs going on 12 night shift work = me solo parenting, Ice storm, power outage, tree on house, basement flooding, staying with my inlaws, Fi not having a good 4 month appt and having to go back for a weight check, and now i hear rumors of a nor'easter coming up the coast tomorrow night. I quit life.....
papaya / 10570 posts
The past week, I've felt completely overwhelmed at least once per day. Last Friday, I had three breakdowns (tears etc). Today, I've only cried once and that was because LO is teething and I don't know how to make it better - I think that's a reasonable reason to cry!!!
The previous week, I don't think I felt overwhelmed at all. It goes in fits and starts.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
I've had a rough few days! My period is coming back so my hormones are kind of whirly, I'm ravenous, & my sweet sweet daughter is hitting a growth spurt & is so fussy & nursing constantly, even at night. I'm tired & little to nothing is getting done at my house & by the time DH gets home I'm embarrassed about the house & feeling so frustrated & defeated. "This too shall pass."
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@Silva: ahh motherhood! I try to tell myself that my "qualifications" for being a mom aren't measured by how clean I can keep our house but how well I maximize my time with my child. After all, the point of staying home is being with her, not cleaning the house. But I feel ya! I feel like such a failure when I've been busy all day & somehow still nothing has gotten done. What did I do with my day??
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