36 weeks with dc2 here and feel brain dead most of the time, or shattered, or distracted...
I loved my maternity leave first time round (took the full year, and plan to do the same again this time) but I can't imagine ever feeling energetic or engaged enough to make the most of it. It's been tough juggling work so maybe once that's out the way (mat leave starts this week) I'll be able to focus and chill (with a 2.5yo?!?!) and switch into Engaged Proactive Mummy Mode.
But I fear I'll want to sit on the sofa browsing on Pinterest or MN whilst relying on a peppa pug DVD to entertain my poor DD who, quite frankly, deserves more. Can't even begin to imagine how I'll find the energy to enable a newborn to thrive?!
I've heard people say they found it easier once dc2 had arrived rather than being pregnant with a toddler in tow. I'm seriously hoping I find the same. Haven't had a difficult pregnancy or anything, I'm just so zombiefied.
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Those of you who say "it's easier having a newborn and a toddler than being pregnant with a toddler", please step this way.
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