MOMS or DADS: Are you overwhelmed with responsiblities?

Hello Glow!! To be a mother or father already being SUPER! Just be yourself - a normal mom..I am a working mom with a living maid but the responsibilities still lies upon me to raise the kids. Of course sometimes I feel like going MAD ..but at the end of the day, just looking at their dirty faces, the smiles with crumbs around the mouth and the uncomb hairs just make my day!!!! Tired?? yes..i admit it eventhough with maid helping me ( thank god)but now i enjoying it while they are still young and not yet grown-up to be an adult. I admit my house is like after war everyday but then my home is not a showroom either....hehehehehe....

i used to be like that, trying to get everything done in a day, but i find that i have less time to spend quality time with my son and when i do find time to bond with him, i feel cranky and just dont have the patience to deal with his antics. so now, i schedule chores for the mornings of whole week and bond with my son in the afternoons. i do the things that needs to be done first. don't mind all the dirty laundry piling up it wont hurt you anyway just wash the clothes that are needed first then take care of the rest when its laundry day. on cleaning the bathroom, i do a bit of scrubbing everytime i take a bath so the grime does not build up. i do the groceries once a week. true, us moms or dads have lots of responsibilities but that does not mean that we should wear our selves out trying to get those done at one time. sometimes the house is a mess but so what? i have a kid. i bet that my house is not the only house out there thats messy if you have children. i have 3 children in the house. 1 son and 2 nephews. we clean the house together. the first child who can put all their toys away gets more ice cream on sunday. make things fun. then you wouldnt feel so drained.

Just a question. How old are your kids? I have five and they very in age, but i do expect my older ones to clean up after themselves. I get up at 5am a go to bed between midnight and 3am. I am trying to finish my college degree online. I am always doing something. In fact this week has been weird for me, i have been off school for the week, i feel like have so much time :P Anyway also do you take vitemins? if not try super B complex, they give you energy and give you an extra boost. I also think that all moms at times feel overwhelmed. When my son was diagnosed with adhd and before he went on the medicine it horrible, everyday was a battle with the school or bus. then home life was a whole new battle. there were times i just gave myself a time out. The best advice to give about chores is to have a schedule and stick to it. Do you have some type of time management schedule in place? If not you should it really does work. make lists with times. Good luck

I have a husband and 2 kids. The kids fight with each other and my husband likes to sit and watch tv all the time when he is home or he is on his computer. When it comes to the general cleaning, I am main person that does. I clean up after all 4 people. There are times I just don't like to do it and there are days that I refuse to do the house hold chores because I know I am the only one that does them. I get so upset that my family won't even assist. I have also got 3 small contracts to work. The pay is small but at least I can be home for the kids. Then I have my husband on my back to find a job so that I can get better pay. I then think, what about the kids. They come first. I will acknowledge that my kids do help me with the contracts because the money that I earn from those goes to their school excursions. Some times, I wake up in the morning and think, do I really have to get up in the morning. So yes there are many times that I am overwhelmed with responsibilities.