Ever get overwhelmed?
By 2minicoopers
@2minicoopers (239)
United States
September 6, 2008 7:38pm CST
Do you ever get overwhelmed as a mom? What do you do to keep your life in order and still have time to yourself?
6 responses
@faln_angel1205 (1192)
• United States
9 Sep 08
LOL is there any moms who dont get overwhelmed at some point or another..lol. I am a stay at home mom, my son is 5 and started full day kindergarten this year. Prior to this though, yes i was very overwhelmed, all the time. WHen it did get to bad though, i would simply make sure to take sometime in the evening during that week or whatever that was so bad, and go out, rather it was for a long drive, or to window shop or just hang out with a friend that didnt have kids..lol. Now that my son is in school, i still get a bit overwhelmed in the evenings with doing homework, cooking, etc...but i know that whiel he is at school i have many hours of time for msyelf. I am searching for a job right now, and when that happens im sure things will tense up again, but i will be sure to make time for myself again..most likkely i will only work part-time to start so that i can work back into a fuller schedule, slowly.
@leyahme (1)
•
9 Sep 08
Having kids is a great blessing from God.. As a mother we need to have time for our children inorfer to motivate them to pursue whatever dreams they may have when they grow up... This is not the only role that we have it is also our obligationto look after the house like cleaning, cooking and budgeting.. As a mom we need to budget our time to make everything in order.. This just depend upon us so we need to be careful enough we need to make everythin minute. second a fruitful one.
@newlands6801 (986)
• United States
7 Sep 08
i do get overwhelmed sometimes.i am a stay at home mom with a 4 year old and an 18 month old and all i hear allday sometimes is moma,whining,or they just won't listen. i try to just look over it sometimes and not let it bother me but sometimes you can't help but get overwhelmed i'm sure all moms do but then again most days are great with the kids.i try to get my time in when my 4 year old goes to pre-k and 18month old takes naps but there is still the house to clean and errends...i just have to stay on top of things and hardly ever get time to myself and now if my kids aren't around i get lost i guess i am so use to really not doing for myself and always doing for my family i just fit time in for me just whenecer its not an all thhe time thing
@anyabecker (98)
• United States
7 Sep 08
Do i ever get overwhelmed as a mom?? Absolutely I think all moms at some point feel this way... It takes alot to be a mom and in the process you usually have to sacrifice some of the time for yourself. With that said you also need to make a little time to do things for yourself.. whether its just take a bubble bath after the kids are asleep or a milkshake on the way home... you will go insane if you dont do some things for yourself. it also helps if your partner is actually a partner and helps out with the daily grind...
@tiff1984 (385)
• United States
7 Sep 08
I do get overwhelmed. When your a mother I think there will always come a time that you are overwhelmed. I have time to myself after my son goes to bed. I try to make sure that he has enough activity and schedule that he goes to bed at 8:30 every night. That gives me a nice 2 or 3 hours before I go to bed for some me time.
@rakittera (802)
• Philippines
9 Sep 08
oh, definitely! I've had countless moments of thinking of how it would be like to have a loooong vacation all by myself. No work at the office, no laundry, no cooking, no sleepless nights with baby, no pumping milk... I'm definitely overwhelmed at times. But I think it's part of our lives as women. God gave women the talent to do many things at the same time. A woman is a natural multi-tasker, that's why we have soooo much work to do. Sometimes, my milk supply depletes when I'm thinking about so many things while pumping milk for my baby. It's like doing one thing while your mind is busy organizing the next things you'll have to do. It's a viscious cycle.