Anyone else feel Bob constantly

[Lilililil]

Ugh energy levels are crap. Digestive system is all over the place. Moods are up and down. Unmotivated. Out of routine. Partner's irritating me after five months of working from home. I'm pretty sure I'm irritating him too.

Next week school restarts and I have got to somehow have my life in order and get to the other side of town twice each day on foot 1.5 miles to take my child to school with a toddler who still has no road sense and gates his pushchair.

Considering I have no energy I am dreading it. I feel I'll get half way there and need a lie down lol

Plus I'm a little on edge after all this time at home.

Please join me 😔

Bob?
Feel him constantly?
Puzzled to think what Bob was a typo for OP.
But sympathies for your state of being right now.

Lucky Bob!

Seriously though, are you looking after yourself well? Getting all the right foods in your diet and getting enough sleep? I would check this and contact your GP if needed.

Bag O' Bollocks?

Feeling bad constantly?

Yes, I do 😔 And I have to pull it together to change jobs, and so much extra stress and worry.

Think practical solutions. Can you get into a better sleep routine? Do you have a toddler harness? Can the toddler go in a backpack? What can you do to meal prep? Can you start eating to a routine?

But yes, I think you are most definitely not alone!

Can dh do some school runs if WFH? Does the toddler need to go with you/him if you're both WFH. It is exhausting thinking of these normal things after so long off, but you'll get back into the groove and hopefully feel better soon. This enforced laziness has just made me more lazy and exhausted than ever, but I did it all before and can again. X

I honestly think you’re going to feel so much better when school starts again op. The long walks will feel tough at first but the exercise will be great for mood, sleep, digestion.
It has been too long without routine and everyone will be better for it.

Not entirely sure what bob is but I completely identify with your post. Haven't a clue how I'm going to get up at 6 every morning when heaving my heavy bones out of bed at 8 at the minute is hard enough.
Am hoping it's just a case of getting back into routine and things will slip back into place.
You're most definitely not alone though!

Bob means rubbish in this context. Bob can be substituted for lots of words. That's Bob on, i.e that's correct or fitting. You can Bob off, i.e.. get lost. Feeling Bob, i.e. feeling unwell.

Hands off my uncle, he's a married man!

Can you get a child bike seat or attach a seat to make a tandem? Then one cycles the child to/ from school and the other one entertains the toddler. Much less time. Is your toddler starting a playgroup at least to give you a break?

Does Bob like it 😅

@TheCountessofFitzdotterel

I honestly think you’re going to feel so much better when school starts again op. The long walks will feel tough at first but the exercise will be great for mood, sleep, digestion. It has been too long without routine and everyone will be better for it.

Definitely this,

I was feeling like that in lockdown, now back at work and some sort of routine - life is more busy and has moments of rushing about/momentary stress which I maybe didn’t have in lockdown, but my mental health and energy levels are so much better. I’m a person who really needs the social company of other adults. The kids are also happier to be back in routine so less whining which really gets you down too.

I do identify with the toddler/pushchair drama though. Can you leave him home with dh... or worst case scenario a bit of bribery to get him in the buggy? Must admit we’ve resorted to iPad and raisins when our stubborn toddler has been at her worst.

I know what you mean. I am looking forward to my kids going back but the staggered start and finish times mean an hour a day standing on the yard... In the cold.... With a baby. Dreading it!

I have literally no idea what or who Bob is but yes I feel exactly like this. Very hopeful that things will improve when kids go back to school.
Ours is not opening until the 7th for some poorly explained reason. Counting the days.

It sounds to me like routine and enforced time outside is exactly what you need. Hopefully once you're back into the swing of things you'll feel more like yourself.

Not since he passed away. Oh, how I miss those days!

I wouldn't be committing to walking 6 miles a day in all weathers - you're really going twice ?

Sounds shit - get a car/one of those bike thingies with a side car/ a bus ?

I totally appreciate how good it is for your health but I would dread that - and it takes so much time up - 3 hours a day?

I walked that everyday for years when mine were at primary school. It's really not that far though I appreciate it's hell on Earth with temperamental toddler. (Mine are way past toddler age now but my youngest hated walking, hated the pushchair, didn't like rain on him but also didn't like the raincover etc etc)

I'm not looking forward to getting up again. Why does school have yo start so early? Although they are staggering start times at my DS's school so he's in later than normal.

I'm actually hoping the walk will kick start my weight loss, god knows I need it!

Definitely try and get some push bike type thing for your toddler. We walk 1 mile to school (so 4 miles for my toddler there and back) and the constant energy required to encourage him to walk faster than a snails pace is painful! It would be quite enjoyable otherwise.

@LaurieFairyCake my average time per mile when walking is 15 mins. So it would probably take 1.5 hrs plus perhaps a bit extra for time with kids. Honestly, in 'normal' weather (even if it was cold) I would say this is a brilliant thing to do if you have any weight to lose, it's how I lost about 6 stone over a decade ago. But I agree with you about the weather, I think @Lilililil you should think up a contingency plan for what to do if it's raining/snowing/hail or very icy and slippy.

Oh also @Lilililil if you're able to think of any ways to coax your toddler to use the pushchair, do you think you'd feel less anxious? I can tell you how to put your phone on to YouTube Kids in a way that he couldn't mess around with any other things on your phone, and then perhaps he can watch a few songs or something while you push him along?

@Frazzled2207

I have literally no idea what or who Bob is but yes I feel exactly like this. Very hopeful that things will improve when kids go back to school. Ours is not opening until the 7th for some poorly explained reason. Counting the days.

My y3 goes back the 8th but only in 2 days that week. My reception one isn't back til the 15th!!

I would be resorting to any kind of bribery possible to get him to stay in the pushchair. 1.5 miles is a quick brisk enjoyable walk at adult pace but an hour of torture at toddler speed.

SuckingdownDarjeeling

Yes, if it was just me my walking time would be the same - with a temperamental toddler plus a tired child at the end of the day it might take so much longer

Does toddler have to go- does your husband have more flexible work times and can look after them till you're back? You could make it more of "you" time then- drop the older child off and enjoy the solitary walk home.