Hi I'm just seeking some advise....
I have a 1 year old and I am due to have another baby in 7 weeks!! I am starting to get really tired and the house work is getting really overwhelming for me to get through!!! My husband is amazing today he has vaccumed moped helped me with washing taken our 1 year old out so I could sleep!! He is even happy to cook dinner most nights as this is his way of relaxing!! So I do have a lot of support however I just feel defeated I wake up and set small goals for the day and even there a struggle to get through! I also don't have any family near buy to ask for help! I guess what I'm asking is did anybody else feel like this in there last weeks of pregnancy and do u have any suggestions on how I can get at least some things done around the house??
feeling overwhelmed
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OMG I felt like a beached whale!! And of course looking after a baby in top of feeling like a beached whale, you are very very brave. Honestly is be getting hubby to put baby gates up, play pen for 1 year old and child locking everything now if you don't already watching a new born while a 1 year old is getting into everything is hard!
Don't do anything you don't have to. Rest up as much as possible. It will keep. If you can afford it get a house cleaner to come in once a week until the baby gets here, or treat yourself to a robot vac!
Been there!!! Except my bub had not turned 1 yet and was having twins!
I will say - OMG, i so want a husband like yours!! I love mine but he's a shit, wouldn't even wash a bottle after the twins came along.
Anyway, do what you can. Don't set goals and upset yourself. Rest up while you can. Pushing yourself will only put stress and strain on you and bub. All I could manage was the dishes and the clothes (the clothes were a struggle. So long as little man can't get hurt by anything it isn't that big a deal. Your house isn't going to immaculate for awhile so just shrug it off and put your feet up. I did put toy boxes in a few different places so i could pick up toys while wondering around and put them in the nearest box. And my lil one thought it was great. Start encouraging him to help you now too that way he will help pick up his toys when bub comes.
Congrats on the coming addition to your family xo
This could be me writing this!! I am 12 weeks of bub number two with a one year old at home, no family close by either but like you, a very supportive hubby most the time!
I recently hired a cleaner that comes once a week for two hours. She charges $50 and is fabulous! I go out with my daughter and come back to a clean house and don't need to vacuum or anything in between, just general tidying! That's taken a huge weight off my shoulders but I am still struggling with the daily tasks of life, I think it's normal to feel this way! Sending you a big hug and this stage of your life will pass and in a few years you'll look back and miss it... Xox