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Have 3 kids (5 and under), and a normal life (in terms of busyness) yet always seem to be flat out.

AIBU to wonder if its cos my kids or small or if it will improve atall?

As I am sailing close to the wind of knackeredness

YANBU, and it does get better.

Eventually.

It will get better.

Especially when your kids are old enough to cook for you and you'll be drifting on the sea of relaxation!

Am sure YANBU.

I have no experience of my own of having 3 kids under 5 (DS1 is 2, DS2 yet to be born!) but I'm certainly hoping that once my sons get to the age where I can give them jobs to do - setting the table, ironing, washing up, helping in the garden, vacuuming etc - then I'm going to make damn sure they do them before they get a sniff of any pocket money!!

It must get easier as they get older, surely?! I live in hope at any rate.

I have three kids aged 5,3 and 9 months when my youngest turned aout 5 or 6 months it started ot get so much easier and now although there are days which seem hard in general things are good
I think once the baby was a little bigger all the routines got easier and just fell into place. Hope that helps!

ha ha thanks guys

Hope so as I dont fancy being this knacked forever lol

Mumof, don't despair, I also have 3 kids and they are now all at primary school (it seemed as if I had 3 preschoolers for years!) Life is so much easier now in so many ways. Hang in there

I have 3 aged 7, 5 and 18 months. The elder two entertain their younger sister and are both at school.

It gets easier. Hang in there

I think you must be doing a fantastic job. I have a 5 year old dd, she is very well behaved and easy to parent really. I looked after my friends 3 children one Saturday, they are 3, 3 and 1. So I had a 5 yr old and 3 under 3. To say I was exhausted by the end of the day would be the understatment of the year!

Well done you!

It will get easier over the years. In the short term, I think this is a really tiring time of the year, and you will feel less knackered in the spring.

Have 2 DSs and not getting much easier yet (age 10 and 6) but then DS2 has low functioning autism so not sure if it ever will.

Yes, it gets easier, though not necessarily less busy.

DSS1 is 14, DSS2 is 12 and DD is 5, and they require less immediate supervision/micromanagement than they used to, and more intellectual input.

thanks

I have hope again

Sorry, they become teenagers!

However, you do get a lot more sleep so thought it is tough you are at least not so zombie-like.

thats it in a nut shell, zombie like!!!