I am exhausted. Constantly!
I have wondered out loud that maybe I have low iron or something but DH thinks its because I am just doing so much. Am I? We have 2 kids, 6 & 3 and take turns getting up every other day as youngest used to get up at 5 but now it is more like 6am. This is a typical week...
Mon - Get up, get kids ready, take youngest to nursery, go to work, go to the gym, home at 7.15pm, make tea, put kids to bed.
Tuesday - get up, get kids ready, take eldest to school, go to work, collect both kids (DH working lateish) on way home, cook tea, bath kids, hoover/put washing away, go back out for hobby at 7pm, home at 9.30pm.
Wed -Get up, get kids ready, take youngest to nursery, go to work, go to the gym, home at 7.15pm, make tea, put kids to bed.
Thurs- get up, get kids ready, take eldest to school, go to work, collect both kids (DH working lateish) on way home, cook tea, bath kids, hoover/put washing away, put kids to bed as DH out as hobby.
Fri - day off with 3 yr old. Take eldest to school. Take out youngest for a few hours, food shop, collect eldest from school, give them tea and get to the gym for 5. Home at 7.15 to cook more tea, kids to bed (depending on who is cooking).
WE also have the usual day to day stuff like putting on the washing, dishwasher and general tidying to do. Kids are in different places at pickup so takes longer and they eat their tea at childcare before I collect them so evening cooking is just for adults.
Saturday and sunday are a bit more chilled but we have swimming lessons on a saturday at 9am and spend 2 hours at the gym sunday morning. The rest of the weekend is spent doing whatever we fancy.
DH pulls his weight and helps with school runs, basic chores (not cleaning though because he will happily live in squalor!) tidying and doing bins etc.
I am shattered all the time and getting very grumpy with it. I turn 30 this year and feel like I should have more energy.
Is this normal with young kids and work or am I doing too much or ill?