Overstimulated

Hi! I totally understand. I work from home too and its a lot to take care of baby and work. I do out source laundry and cleaning to cleaners. Which helps so much. You got this mumma, this whining phase shall pass too.

I feel like you literally read my mind word for word so you should know that you’re not alone! This can be such an isolating experience.

I hear ya! It’s definitely not easy especially if you don’t have the help you need. I like to take my boys to the gym and they have childcare there. Even if I get a few minutes to sit on a mat or walk on the treadmill with some nice music I feel like it’s a nice “break”. They also offer yoga classes and have a sauna. Maybe you can find a gym by you that offers childcare.

As for laundry (every mom’s arch nemesis) I have a system which I only do it Monday, Wednesday & Friday. It’s about 2 loads each day but at least I feel like I get a break from it the other days. I also don’t do any housework on Sundays. I take that time to be with the Lord and my family. Hope this helps.

And in case no one told you today, you’re doing amazing job holding down the fort and showing up everyday for your baby!

Definitely in this boat too. I was thinking recently about how they say the newborn stage is so hard, and like yes it is, those first few weeks are hard no doubt…. But they say it gets easier.. but idk about easier. It just continues to be hard just in different ways lol. Not bad, I love everything about being a mom to my baby, but every stage comes with different types of hard. We went through a whining stage… turned out it was his two bottom teeth coming in and I had no idea until they popped out haha because he had been teething for months

It is SO hard to always be on. And so incredibly difficult to balance working AND being a mom. How old is your little one?

Most of my decompression truly (when she is awake) is turning on a show I enjoy in the background when I am playing with my baby / keeping her entertained or folding laundry or whatever it may be. And also babywearing saves me SO much sanity when trying to juggle everything at once.

Find ways to simplify meals as much as possible, honestly Pinterest and chatGPT are so great for activity suggestions and random household items / things to entertain them. I invent toys for her all the time mostly with like dollar tree supplies or stuff I already had lying around!

I got her a playpen with just a few plastic balls and I throw some balls and some of her toys in there and she does great playing on her own for a little while.

I also have 3 separate bins of her toys and rotate them at the end of every week so that it keeps things fresh.

I have found that giving her one object at a time instead of all the toys at once keeps her happier for longer and then she’s not so overwhelmed or overstimulated.

I also find sometimes working with her in the back carrier when she is awake keeps her happy and if I can get enough accomplished during that time then I can decompress guilt free during her nap if that makes sense.

Also I wake up at least an hour before her to get a jumpstart on the day/feel like a human being before she wakes up. So sometimes I’ll do something to decompress in that time or I will get a jumpstart on work so that I feel like the day started off on a productive note and then I can keep the momentum going

It is SO hard to balance and I am so amazed by you. Give yourself grace and some serious credit, this is a HARD season. Things will improve and get easier, AND it’s ok to acknowledge this is tough. But you are TOUGHER ♡

I completely get it. I work nights from home and I’m up with the baby all day. I get like 2 hours of sleep a day (one in the morning when I get off and one at night before work) because he’s only been taking like 3 30 min naps a day. The entire time, day and night, I’m constantly just running.