Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Time to slow down
Life's always busy for a mom. Lately I've been pretty tired. This has been my hardest pregnancy & very different from the rest. I frequently have been having contractions. At least once a week I'm pretty worthless & can't do much, which is frustrating for me. I like to stay busy & get things done ASAP. It's hard to remember I need to take things a little easier now. The dishes, laundry, & house work can wait I tell myself, but its hard to watch the work load grow as I don't keep up! I completely took my past pregnancies forgranted. I've always felt great until the last couple weeks before baby comes. My doc says it's normal & I've just been very lucky in the past. He isn't worried since I haven't started dilating, so thank goodness no bedrest. It could be worse I tell myself!! So with life getting busier, mom getting more tired, and another baby on the way I've had to make some changes. One of the hardest has been the realization that it's time to stop babysitting & slow down. I've been babysitting for people pretty well since I started having my own kids. Our house is pretty crazy somedays, but I LOVE it! And my kids have LOVED it too. People always say I don't know how you do it, but I wonder how working moms do it!! Shane has been awesome with all the kids also. The kids LOVE when he gets home, they all pile around him.
Here is a picture of Tate & his "buddy" Ryker as he calls him.
They are only 3 weeks apart & have pretty well grown up together. I started watching him when he was about 7 weeks old. It will be a bitter sweet goodbye. Tate looks forward to the days he gets to come play with us. Hopefully we can still see him when his new babysitter needs a break. I plan to finish off the school year then take a break. We will see how I feel in the fall. I'm sure 4 kids will keep me plenty busy, but we are going to miss all our extra "buddies"!
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I know it's really hard to slow down. I hope you start feeling better soon. Good books have helped me keep my mind off of everything that needs to be done, at least temporarily.
It is so hard when your body just won't cooperate! At least you know you are certainly not alone. My body is also declaring mutiny! Good luck with everything. Make sure Shane gives you lots of love and TLC. He he he- he's just like Jake. Getting him to slow down too is the real chore.
You are so great with the kids and they love you too. You are a superwoman and I really appreciate all you do for my family and kids. We will continue to get the "buddies" together. We all need our breaks and you have been amazing. Love you!
good for you, I know how it is with the contractions, I had what my doc called irritable uterus syndrome of some sort but every time I bent over i would get a contractions, it got to the point by the end of the day i'd look at the what seemed the 1000th thing I had picked up from my kids and thought I can't do this, so i'd get on my knees to pick it up so i didn't have to bend and start another contraction. so not fun, you look so beautiful though, so good to see you guys when you just stop by i love it, and love that you come to see us!
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