I have three dc, 3,6 and 9 and I am feeling grindingly and totally worn down by parenting. I just feel that I'm not cut out for this-dd2 wakes at five, I have no energy for doing lovelyness with them and by bedtime I'm just a mess of tiredness. The days we are together are about trying to put out fires and praying for the gaps between "mummy" being called. I am screamingly desperate for space and yet when 8.30 pm comes I'm too worn out to enjoy it.
Sorry to be so moany, I just feel that no one is benefitting from me being a mum at the moment. And there is no spare cash for treats or days out to spice things up.
I guess, beyond the dreadful moan about a situation I chose and spent huge effort to get through significant fertility issues for, I just want to know if, with three, when they're older there might be space to enjoy things? I see it a bit with the older two who can play nicely and independently together and when they do (brief windows with all three) I love it.
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I feel broken by the demands of parenting :-(
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BigBirthdayGloom · 29/05/2015 18:38
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