Struggling with tiredness in school holidays

[bloom123]

I am 26 weeks pregnant and am in week 2 of the Easter holidays with my reception age DS at home with me. I am EXHAUSTED ! We have tried to do a play date a day, and some quiet time at home also, but he has so much energy and I have so little and I am getting very anxious about the May half term if this is how I am feeling now ! Any useful tips ??

Bucket of water and a big paintbrush - ask him to paint the outside of the house.

Pavement chalks and let him draw all over the patio - it'll wash off after a few rainstorms. If you can get down, draw around his body and let him colour himself in. I'm 26+5 and did this the other day with my two - worked a treat (although it took me a while to get back up again ).

Scavenger hunt - give him a list of 5 items he has to find (feather, stone, etc.). Repeat as much as you can get away with.

Playground - just you and him. Playdates are great but can be tiring and kids can get a bit wound up at times. Sometimes just going to a playground and letting them be in charge of how long you stay can be great.

Hospitals - you get to be the patient and lie on the sofa, having a nap. He can bandage your foot, or whatever it is that little doctors do.

Use the next half-term to shamelessly drop hints at the school gates about how tired you were with DS in Easter hols and hope that some kind people offer to have him over for a playdate in May half-term.

Great ideas Prinpo, thank you ! I will start shamelessly dropping hints as well :)

I felt much worse in the last holidays (Christmas and half term) than I do now (I'm 39 weeks tomorrow).

I was expecting to feel really really awful at this stage, but somehow miraculously am coping much better.

DS is 4 so a bit younger than yours, but still full of energy.

I do resort to dark chocolate quite often though. It gives me a boost like coffee would. Not sure if its good or bad to be doing that. But it really picks my energy up, if I'm feeling low.

I sympathise, Im 27+4 with dc4 my oldest now 12 does his own thing thankfully. But i also have ds2 who's 5 and ds3 who's 3.5yr. Found recent good weather great as they are just in garden or we go to park. Bought some new paints the other day as 3 for 2 in mothercare, filling paddling pool tomorrow and they will be in/out of that all day, and then can do finger/foot painting in the garden as well.

Im really suffering with PGP in this pg and still have MS so am struggling alot more. Have at least 13w to go so looking forward to having my body back, but also feel very blessed with this last baby. Its the summer hols that will be fine, with the two little ones and trying to get a newborn sorted as well!!