Feel a bit like I’m going mad

Just feeling very overwhelmed now that I’m also trying to sleep train him day and night.. just feels like a full time job where I get literally 0 time to myself to do anything ever … don’t even end up eating lunch till like 4 and it’s always rushed and mostly breast feeding at same time, not relaxed on me own, and whenever he does fall asleep it might be 10 mins it might be an hour on a good day - I just run around rushing trying to do the dishwasher, go into town to buy stuff for lunch or dinner, do washing up, do baby’s or my laundry, tidy the place as constantly messy, my own personal to do lists never have time to get done and I just wonder when this sacrifice of my own time will end. I also am dying to do some sort of good exercise like a gym class or something but when the hell can I go!

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I could have written this, I find I have to get out the house so I try to mix his naps so train in the cot when I'm home and train in the pram and the car, I've been trying to remove feeding from sleeping but all attempts at napping today have pretty much failed and by the time feeding comes around he's so tired he falls asleep on me, some days I can get a couple of cot naps so I take my wins but it's pretty tough because like you I have no time for anything other than working on his naps or feeding! I have another child so I do know it gets better so I think sadly for now we have to tell ourselves it's a phase and that it will get better, I can look at my almost 4 year old and say for a fact it gets better 🩷

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Sounds like you’re trying to do too much. You’re tired and running on low energy, you can only do what you can do and for now it’s just focusing on the baby and carving out the odd couple of hours here and there for time for you to do whatever fills your cup. It’s tough but this is just a season and it will pass.
Also, how old is your baby? If under a year, forget the sleep training. Too much happens developmentally to make it work. Those who say you can will probably just have low maintenance, sleeper babies!

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Just on the exercise, depends where you live of course but I find there are way more classes where you can bring the baby now than when I had my first. No baby will behave perfectly but they + a good teacher do help you get some exercise in!

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It’s completely normal to feel overwhelmed and like your life has been completely taken over, it has. You are doing the best for your baby so don’t feel hard on yourself when the to do list gets set aside sometimes.
It feels all too much sometimes but this stage doesn’t last forever.
If you have anyone who can help be with baby for a couple hours so you can do bits or go gym (partner, grandparents or friends…) then use that and ask for help. Maybe try pump some milk to give you a little space from breastfeeding so someone else can help.
Remember to enjoy your time with baby too, pop them in the pram or carrier and go for walks or to the shop when they are due a nap and the movement along with fresh air will usually help with getting them to sleep.
You will find a rhythm and it will get easier even if there are bad days, good days will come along too.

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