Very active 10 month old and 7 months pregnant! Help!

[pinkladyslipper]

Hi, irregular poster but wondering if anyone has any advice for me. I am 7 months pregnant with a 10.5 month old. I am on holidays at the moment and finding being at home with DC1 very hard at times. He is at the crawling/climbing on everything/cannot walk but wants to be doing everything stage. Then gets extremely clingy at times so I cannot put him down which then causes a tantrum if I try put him into his walker/high chair/ cot. Being down on the ground with him is getting very difficult and uncomfortable but its all he wants to do. He is getting a few mins stimulation from books, toys but is more interested in climbing to the TV etc
Its difficult to explain but the hormones got the better of me yesterday and I spent the best part of the evening crying, feeling like I am not being a good mother, that if I send him to ILs for a while that its me not being good enough, that having two small ones will be so hard that I wont cope. DC1 is great today and we have been out already which helps.

After all the rambling, basically does anyone have any advice on how to make the next two months any easier on both of us? I feel that once DC2 comes I will feel so much better, its just this pregnancy has me drained, feeling like a big lump and I wonder when I am maternity leave how much more difficult being at home will be until I deliver.

Ok maybe just writing has helped! Feel better now!
(BTW DH is amazing and takes over when he gets in from work).

That does sound really hard, him being at the active-but-not-yet-quite-independent stage. Firstly, go easy on yourself. It's only for a few months and you might feel like you're not giving 100% but he'll be absolutely fine. You need to look after yourself as well, and take it easy if you possibly can.

I'd really recomend getting out of the house every day if you can, I go stir crazy if I'm stuck indoors all day and some fresh air and a change of scenery really helps. Can you get to soft play or a stay and play session or similar where he can crawl and climb in a safe environment? Or even just a walk in the pushchair, it kills some time and is good exercise for you too.

And if the ILs are happy to take him and he enjoys spending time with them, I'd absolutely recommend letting them take him. You might not get much "me time" for a while once the baby is born, so take advantage while you still can! It's not you "not being good enough", it's giving him the chance to spend time with his grandparents who (presumably) love him and will take good care of him. And the rest will only do you good too :)