How do you all cope?

Please! Try being a working mom, and keep the house clean, and make dinner, and take care of 2 kids, and be pregnant. Stop whining! I would love to be a SAHM!! Gee that would be easy!!

Here's a secret your house is never going to be spotless when you have toddlers. It's almost 9am here. I have cleaned my kitchen, picked up toys and vacuumed the living room. This is all done because it's the weekend I also work full time M-F. As of now my sons toys are re-scattered on the floor.Theirs not much I can do plus I am 34 weeks pregnant so I too get tired lol. My hubby doesn't mind a few toys on the floor and that's is just how it's going to be with children. I keep most of my sons toys in his room and he has a special basket that I keep in the living room. It has toys in it. Well it did now their scattered everywhere. I find it easier to keep the room clean-ish if I only allow certain toys in here. This way I can just throw them in the basket and it takes 5 mins.

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welcome to parenthood! you have a young daughter and she's not making a mess on purpose. you probably are more tired b/c you're pregnant. just try and take one day at a time. you're trying to hard and you will have a mental breakdown if you don't take it easy on yourself. pick up the house and then get out of the house. take your daughter to the park or a museum. get her out so she can run around and burn some energy. then worry about getting home and making your husband some tea. personally, i wouldn't do it for my husband b/c i'm not going to stress myself out worrying about making every little thing perfect for him. and stop worrying about being a perfect mom and wife. just be yourself and relax.

you need to slow down!! routine is the key to a manageable life, i have 4 kids an i work 2 nights, i tend to most of my house work of an evening as there is to much to do with the kids in the day time, you will cope when your next baby comes if you learn to chill out a little bit with the house work, the only person you are letting down at the moment is you as you aren't enjoying being pregnant with this baby, slow down!!! the house work can wait an I'm sure your other half will understand.

take each and every day as it comes hun

i have triplets who are two weeks old now and i'm just taking it one day at a time!! i know i can't do all the cleaning and household chores so what i can't do i just leave! u're an amazing mum naturally xx

I'm sorry Hun you need to have the same attitude as i had back then i had twins and as long as the bathroom and kitchen are clean, and the kids looked after no one will expect your house to be always tidy it doesn't work like that, my hubby always came home from work and did something in the house so i wasn't so stressed, maybe you should talk to yours and ask him if he minds helping, im sure he wouldn't

Bless ya Hun, it's difficult to get used to but you'll do it. You could try having a play room, if you're that lucky to have the space! or what about a play pen? not a travel cot, a play pen is double the size, Pop your daughter in there whilst you tidy up and make the dinner. She'll be able to see you and play safely. If you time it right just as daddy comes home he can take your daughter out of the play pen into the tidy room as you dish up dinner. I look after three under 3 year olds and the only way i cope with dinner in using a slow pot , dinner slowly cooks through the day and is ready for my hubbie by the time he gets back. But hey looking after a little one and being pregnant is a full time job too! Good luck with the pregnancy and try not to worry to much.