Anyone else feel/felt this way?

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I have a 10 month old DD, she's my first and she's a relatively easy baby but I find the whole parenting process so, so tiring. I am going back to work soon and I'm panicking about being exhausted.

She doesn't sit remotely still, she's climbing up and over me, crying for milk and then doesn't want it, tired but won't nap. I give her a little bit of breakfast but she doesn't want it, she hates her nappy changed etc. The constant memory space it all takes up - does she have X,Y and Z.

I definitely have less patience and I'm always exhausted since I had her (I don't even know why, she sleeps brilliantly).

Ugh

Imo it doesn't get easier once they start school, it gets worse. My daughter is 8, has the attitude of a teenager... 😂 Not to mention all the different 'days' the school have, homework, reading, certain days for PE. I coped alright with the baby and toddler stage but these days my head is like mashed potato 😂

I felt (feel…) like that and I bloody hope it gets easier! Actually it already has - at 2.5 DD can be left alone in a room for a few minutes, will sit still to watch TV for half an hour, can move herself around without risk of falling/crashing/smashing stuff, follow instructions, doesn’t need nappies/wipes/special food/much remembering to leave the house, and crucially she can TELL ME WHAT SHE WANTS! It’s completely different from those early days. Completely. I still find it exhausting (sleep is NOT good) and there’s not much of me left for me BUT I don’t have the existential crisis any more. She’s a person I have a relationship with, not an incomprehensible bundle of always-urgent needs. It gets better OP. And you might find work is a break - at least mentally. It is for me. Keep going!