To think I shouldn’t be this tired?

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I have a 2 year old and a 4 month old but luckily they both sleep through the night. I’m sleeping 9pm till 6am most nights and yet I’m exhausted in the day. It gets to the afternoon and I just can’t keep my eyes open. My toddler has dropped his nap which means no chance of a daytime sleep for me.

Any ideas why I am this tired?

Low iron count?

See your GP, have bloods run, there well may be a deficiency

Get your thyroid, vit d and b12 checked

You shouldn't be that tired, although you could just be making up the sleep deficits from before?
Also from experience the 2yo nap drop is a phase, they still need it 99% anyway and you should persevere!

2 year old is 3 in October. He definitely needs the nap, but since we got rid of his dummy a few weeks ago he won’t nap! Unless we go out in the car but then he is evil when I wake him to bring him inside!

I will try to book a GP appointment. I’m breastfeeding which I know can make you feel tired but given that I’m getting plenty of sleep at night I don’t think I should be this tired in the day.

Assuming you are on maternity leave - does your partner do his fair share of childcare and housework or are you running around trying to do everything?

Any chance you are pregnant?

I agree to get bloods run if neither of these fit, as you may be deficient in something. Or just try a multivitamin first. Some people seem to get more wiped out by breastfeeding than others.

I would say it's normal with u have two young children. Adding in breastfeeding. I think it's totally normal

I would assume a deficiency in the absence of any other symptoms.

Yes I’m on maternity leave but I do everything as DH isn’t home until 7pm every evening.

I felt like this through pregnancy and it was low iron stores. Now I'm breastfeeding I'm taking a breastfeeding supplement from boots and feel sooo much better (even though I'm still not getting much sleep at night!)

Could you leave stuff to be done after he gets home? It probably is just normal tiredness if you are doing that much but very draining to live like this especially if it's not temporary. Would it be an option to hire a cleaner or anything like that?

@BertieBotts I’ve been trying to hire a cleaner for a while but we can’t find one that works in our village.

Problem is if I leave things till he is home they still don’t get done. He doesn’t see mess or dirt but if I ask him to help says I’m nagging him.