Help I am so overwhelmed by my toddler.

I hear you, that’s a really hard age. My son was the same way, it was really helpful to put him in Occupational therapy and speech therapy. Message me and I can provide you with the info for free therapy’s !

I send you all my support, I understand you and please don't be hard on yourself. Try to find games that are much less tiring. And you know, at that age they have a lot of energy. If your baby has a particular favorite and enjoys playing alone, let them play. Take some time for yourself when you can.

It gets easier as they can do more and when they start to speak, you can reason with them. Till then, do low energy things like reading books with him, give him dry pasta to move between containers, let him play with sponges/dishes in a tub of water or in the sink. Let him help you make cookies. Sit and play magnatiles or leggos. And it’s also ok to go get your much needed alone time. Also, perhaps you need to do a general check up to make sure that nothing else is contributing to your tiredness.

Oh and make sure that he’s getting enough sleep! My toddler is always very clingy when he’s tired.

What Valeria said! Plus: Try to let him help you with chores! Whenever I do the dishes little one stands next to me in his toddler tower and plays with water.. when I do laundry he helps me throw clothes in etc...

Do you enjoy audiobooks/podcasts? Could you put one headphone in as a bit of a sanity saver so when you're with him/playing or whatever it's not just you and him for you? Or would that just make you more overstimulated? It's tricky!

My daughter is the same, we just spend most of our time outside. She wakes up, we have breakfast and then go out until her nap. Then we come home, she has her nap when she wakes up I give her lunch and then we go out again until 5pm. This is the only solution works for me at the moment.