Hi Mamas
Hope you are all well. Its been a while since I have been here. I used to be a regular but as the title suggests I am stressed and busy busy busy.
Once upon a time before hubby and two kiddies I was a chilled out person,radiating beautiful energy,skipping through the meadows.!!!
Now few years later I feel I am on the verge of a continuous stress attack. Life is full of stress,money worries due to recession here in Ireland,working full time and raising two small kids ,4 and 7 months.
Of course I count my blessings,a lovey hubby etc etc etc.
So is it a normal part of life to go through a few stressful years and does it get better and settle again in later life.?
I am 38yrs,partied through my 20's and settled in my 30s.
Love to all
B. k
missed you too Tracy K. Hope all is great in your world xx
Yep. I'm forty one now and looking forward to getting through this box of angst that was my late thirties. I'm a lot more chill than I was two years ago. (My son is now five, too, there is a correlation!) You also have two small kids, too, and work full time. It will get better.
I HATED when 'everyone' said 'You're going to feel crazy until your youngest is 2.'
Not me!!! That couldn't possibly be...
True.
So true.
So completely and totally true.
I had antepardum depression, so I felt like a million bucks after my son was born. Sooooo much better. And for awhile, every single week that passed I just felt more and more like myself. But then thus thing happened: I looked up about 2 years later and realized: Shite. They were all right. I finally feel normal / like myself again.
Darn.2 whole YEARS this took?
Well, better than stressed out, exhausted, crazy making for ever!!!
Sounds normal to me. It is harder to be carefree when you have to little lives depending on you. It does get easier as the kids get more independent, but being a parent usually puts a big reality check into your life. I know lots of people who became carefree again, but their kids were grown.
This is your new normal, just accept that there are good and bad parts of every phase of your life...focus on the good.
your title got me :)
You're in the nitty gritty of stressful babydom ... kids that age are sooo much work!! But, yes, it does settle down again and you settle into a routine. As for money ... it's a tough time. Probably for most people. I always try to remember that someone somewhere has it harder than I do.
*I am 43 yrs, partied through my 20's and settled in my 30s*
awww, hi. I missed you.
You don't even know who I am! I used to be T. K, until another T. K popped up. Now I'm all hugs and kisses.
It always settles. Just gotta find your grove. :)
Hey, B., good to see you again!
I think when we have small kids, we are always in survival mode. I'm HOPING that it will calm down when they get older!
I hope it's normal because I am in the same boat too! Maybe as the little ones get a little older, I'll get back to my former self.
My story too! 38 yrs, my son is 2 and baby girl is 5 months. I am looking for work as my business might not survive another year. I have not met my exercise goal for the second week and feel miserable. I love my sweet hubby and my babies but am frustrated at my mushy brain and long for simpler times. Hang in there and keep sharing, we all need the support.
This too shall pass.
Some of us have been though, some of us are going through, some of us are still wet behind the years and have no idea what's about to happen.
You will be OK, you are a strong woman.
I have missed your posts but know you are busy with life...
Post on, you can probably use our ridiculous therapy, lol.
Yup. In the same boat. Feel the same way. Exercise helps mellow me out but I am hoping things get better when the kiddos go into preschool and kindergarten in the fall. Maybe then I will have some more time for myself?...I hope.
