tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296535172181563270.post1580710727330730120..comments2023-10-04T05:44:16.989-04:00Comments on listen with your heart. speak with love.: One Exhausted MommaChristian and Lily's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907650985364910773noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296535172181563270.post-58461650630086073592009-06-25T14:08:44.699-04:002009-06-25T14:08:44.699-04:00We all need a support system we can always rely on...We all need a support system we can always rely on. In your case, it's your original family, your folks...........................FPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047589066802623538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296535172181563270.post-37271326574980608462009-06-16T15:24:24.766-04:002009-06-16T15:24:24.766-04:00Hang in there! It will get better, I promise! Just...Hang in there! It will get better, I promise! Just don't lose your focus and take one day at a time!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02985952566947294158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296535172181563270.post-59607419064187908992009-06-11T21:50:06.598-04:002009-06-11T21:50:06.598-04:00Oh, God. I really remember those days- with two ba...Oh, God. I really remember those days- with two babies, no family for any sort of a break at all, exhausting schedule, and being so darned tired that I was strung out. <br /><br />It DOES get better. It DOES get easier. They turn three. They put their own shoes on. They start to reason and aren't so darned difficult all day long! <br /><br />The baby gets older, sleeps better, and starts to interact with the older one (in both good and bad ways, lol). <br /><br />I remember things starting to ease up when Matt turned three. For some reason, him turning three and Nolan turning 1 1/2 seemed to be the tipping point TOWARD sanity. If it wasn't for the other moms in the "2x2" preschool group and the MOPS group, I think I might have gone insane!<br /><br />Do you have a babysitter? We didn't get one until recently (our speech therapist's daughter), and it is WONDERFUL! I wouldn't have left the kids any younger than they are now, though- just the nervous mom thing. <br /><br />In the meantime, I'm sending you some electronic pinot. And some reassurance that things really, really do get easier. Though my house is still a mess!leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004783118268323560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296535172181563270.post-58732564519814812742009-06-11T18:15:54.111-04:002009-06-11T18:15:54.111-04:00As I finished reading this (with tears welling, kn...As I finished reading this (with tears welling, knowing exactly how you feel), I started typing a comment and was then called away for a "dinner crisis" ... a mom's job is NEVER complete. Anyway, I worked FT from home with Kailyn (without any help) and I found myself up before the sun and going to bed in the wee hours of the morning. It was not easy. or fun in any way. but I wanted to keep my career and be that SAHM. I've never had family around to help out either. My heart goes out to you. I truly HEAR everything else you're saying too ... as moms it's so easy to lose who WE ARE for everyone else. We try to be the "supermommy" and even though we reach that status, before long we lose who we are. What I've come to learn in my 12 years of "mommying" is to love myself as much as I love my kids (which is truly easier said than done ... but TRY). So take time to rejunivate, get that spa and pedicaure and drinks with girlfriends, and DATE WITH HUBBY, and know that the laundry isn't going anywhere (and neither are the dust bunnies). The kids & hubby will be just fine because "when momma's happy, everyone's happy!" BTW - it was GREAT seeing you today! HUGS!tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440760114820803415noreply@blogger.com