Increasing exhaustion, anyone else?

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I'm 39 and my DD is 2 and I feel that I'm becoming more and more tired and overwhelmed. She's an energetic little girl and thankfully is getting past the manic, aggressive stage and is more thoughtful but I feel as though I'm doing too much again. I work three days a week one developing my own business and two days in a job where I've to stand for 7 hours a day, when I pick her up from daycare she wants to career around the local park and to be perfectly honest it's the last thing I want to do. I try to lift her as little as possible as I'm not very strong and feel her weight across my back and shoulders. I like to get up at 5.30am to have an hour to myself before the ambush of daughter and husband descends at 6.30am and feel that I need to get to bed at around 9pm to be able to achieve this, DD is not sleeping until 8pm, I feel insane around ths time as I know that I'll only have an hour to myself!!!

Do others fell this that it gets more and more difficult to pack everything in as they get older, I need to downsize and build up my physical strength but what give??? I hate faceing the fact that I'm less capable because of my age but I know it will be a factor

Do you feel that this is a mental health issue? (Just asking because it is not immediately obvious why you posted it here - although everyone is welcome )

I don't think 39 is old enough to blame your age for how you are feeling. Is something getting you down? Are you physically ok? Not anaemic? Maybe have some bloodtests.

I noticed that you say 'I feel' a lot in you post and wonder if you are actually capable of all the physical things you do but the key is that you feel as though you will be overwhelmed? Something should change but you're not sure what? I'm not sure how much of your age should be a factor 39 isn't old to have 2yr old. Can you downsize and restore your strength? Is it an option?
I wonder if you have checked anemia thyroid etc. Although your schedule is busy you do have 4 days a week when you don't have to work so could dd go to daycare and you get a whole day to chill? Sometimes the mental stress of thinking you have no good rest time and are doing 'too much' is enough to make you shattered when in reality the actual hours are not 'too much' any chance you could talk through your options with a counsellor . sounds like you would get a great lift from it.xx give yourself a break it is tiring having a toddler and working not abnormal and you are getting up early and having full on days.