Can't cope today

[Ineedsleepzz]

I've got 2 little boys ages 3 & 1.

I just feel so fucking exhausted all the time. I normally cope pretty well but the last week I'm just really sick of looking after them.

I feel like I don't have a genuine reason to be this tired as my eldest sleeps really well, and the youngest wakes for feeds 2/3 times a night, but she goes straight back to sleep. She can quite often get up around 5am, but I know that isn't bad compared to some babies. I recently became epileptic which causes me severe tiredness, and the tablets that I take for it make me even more tired. We have a lot of help from family, and I don't think we actually have it bad at all.

It's just the last week or so, I just cannot cope with them. I just want a few days off. My partner does loads and my Mum has the youngest one day a week for me and my eldest goes to nursery 3 days a week.

I have no excuse to feel like this, but I'm just so fucking tired all the time 😩😩

First of all you don't need an excuse but secondly you have recently been diagnosed with epilepsy which can make people incredibly tired. Cut yourself some slack! Make sure during the times your DC are not with you that you are resting xx

I find one toddler exhausting enough and she goes to nursery 3 days a week!

You absolutely have every right to feel exactly how you feel. It's all incredibly relentless at the moment. I have no words of wisdom other than things will get better - warmer, lighter months are just round the corner.

Take all the help there is without an ounce of guilt. Humans were not designed to raise children in small units - it's just too intense. This is without doubt the worst thing about parenting in a pandemic for me.

You have plenty of extra reasons to be tired but just being a parent especially during covid is reason enough. If you really can’t cope can DH take the day off? If not a day of picnic carpets and ceebies is fine. Do what you need to do to survive.