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  • PPD? Something else? DH is gone for four days, and I am literally falling apart handling my 3yo and 6mo. I am overwhelmed, exhausted, and so upset that DH gets free time (though I am not in any way angry with him as I know it is irrational). Why can't I eal? What is my problem??

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    05.02.08, 03:55 PM [ Flag ]

    • then I must have it, too. I feel like this everyday (sahm w/ 1 & 2 yo). Kids are NOT easy.

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      05.02.08, 03:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • OP: Some days I ask myself why I find this so hard. After all, single mothers or divorced mothers have to do this EVERY weekend. WTF? I don't feel like what I am feeling is proportional

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        05.02.08, 03:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • you dind't have the same ramp-up. you're not used toit. also, they freak otu and get extremely overwhelmed!!!!!

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          05.02.08, 03:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • np: it doesn't matter what other people go through. it matters what you go through.

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          05.02.08, 03:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • listen to this, OP !don't compare yourself to others, just worry about yourself. by beating yourself up you make it harder!

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            05.02.08, 03:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • not everyone can be "superwoman". See if you can get some help from family or i was even thinking of joining a gym so I could have 1.5 hrs to myself while the kids go to the nursery!

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          05.02.08, 03:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • OP: I have considered this! I just feel like nothing I do is for me. I also work part time

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            05.02.08, 03:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • np- do the gym thing. DO IT. only way i keep my sanity, w/ a dh who is never home.

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            05.02.08, 04:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • she said she has no free time so i don't think this is an option

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              05.02.08, 04:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • if the gym has daycare it is

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                05.02.08, 04:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • if she's home w/ the kids during the day, it certainly is. she needs to make time for herself, and since dh isn't around putting dc's in gym daycare for an hour or 2 may be the only way she can get it. plus exercise will help her so much.

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                05.02.08, 04:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                • itd. not when i had ppd. i could barely get myself dressed and i only had 1. to lug him to the gym from where i was , there was no point. kid had to eat, nap, etc. i know the excercise thing, but this option isnt feasible for all

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                  05.02.08, 04:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                  • mine napped right in the daycare, fed her right before and you can leave them with a bottle/drink. we go at 9am everyday, she just had breakfast. i had ppd too and it helped me more to force myself out than sit at home crying.

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                    05.02.08, 04:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • PPD and exhaustion. call somone to come help and call for an ob appt

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      05.02.08, 03:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • OP: I think I agree. I just feel like it shouldn't be this hard. THough, I am not sleeping at all these days (baby up ALL the time), so I am a mess

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        05.02.08, 03:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • sleep deprivation makes everything a hundred times worse. can someone come over and help with baby so you can get some rest?

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          05.02.08, 04:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • you are being way too hard on yourself!!

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      05.02.08, 03:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • maybe you need to rethink your choices

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      05.02.08, 03:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • It's hard. What you are doing is very very hard. You need abreak and some time to yourself. Fnd a way to get some when DH gets home (or sooner if possible).

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      05.02.08, 03:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • ppd wouldn't be starting now (at 6 mo) unless you've already had it, so you're probably just tired and overworked - it happens to all of us! Cut yourself some slack!

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      05.02.08, 04:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • TV as a babysitter is underrated

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      05.02.08, 04:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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