in Mamas with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders

Deep sadness

I am really struggling. I have a 2.5 year old that doesn't sleep, and the stress of life is mounting on top of me. I feel rage and outside of my body. I use to be able to come home from work and put my kids to bed then decompress. Now, I come home and have to struggle with my 2 year old until 11:30 p.m. then get up and drop them off at school and then work until it's time to pick them up and then this vicious cycle all over again. I've put him in the bath, room is pitch dark, playing meditation music and he keeps playing and jumping. I feel so depleted, and it's nothing I can do that will make me feel better. No, I don't have any family to relieve me. No, I can't afford a sitter and yes, he's in school Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. so he's getting plenty of play and outside time. I just want rest, peace and relief.

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I’m so so sorry you’re feeling this way. Do you think most of this is due to lack of sleep? Also, no judgement. I ask because I don’t do well on little sleep .

@Brittany Absolutely! The lack of sleep and not getting to decompress from everything going on throughout the day.

Is he napping longer than 2 hours while at school? If so, that may be the culprit. If my son goes longer than a 2 hour nap during the day, that means he's not fully ready to sleep until a much later time. Also, if he happens to be watching TV before his bedtime routine, I found shows like Trash Truck, Sea of Love and Lucas The Spider (all on Netflix) to be helpful when it comes to winding down for bed. Ms. Rachel also has a bed time routine episode on YouTube. All of the shows are low stimulating.

I was about to say the same thing as @Dyandra ! My first thought was the nap.

@Dyandra he doesn't nap at school, just lays there on the cot for 2 hours. I'm going to try those shows out. Thank you so much for your suggestions.

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