STMs: Tell It To Me Straight

[michelle142]

Welllll... my DS is 3.5 and I'm still exhausted.

So I guess my answer will be this: maybe when the kids move out. Hopefully.

[michelle142]

But really, as LO gets older, you need to find time for just you. Use that as your quiet/relaxation/recoup time. Schedule it. Follow that schedule. It will save your sanity.

[WittyLittle]

Ugh well that's depressing

[miniwheat]

HAAHAH! I was so much more rested with one than two. I anticipate I will feel rested never.
BUT, I wouldn't have it any other way.

[misshart00]

I have a 1.5 year old and the baby. Yes, I'm exhausted. But it's not terrible. I find as long as I'm doing something, I don't feel it and I generally have more energy, as crazy as that sounds.

[lotsofdotts]

When they leave for college?

I wish I could say it gets better, but I have a 14 and 10 yo and 4 month old. It is just a different tired when they get older. My 14 yo has football practice everyday right now and he has to be on the field at 7 am, so we have to leave around 6:15 so that he is there and has time to dress before practice. The 10 yo is equally busy, so it is just different but still exhausting.

Sorry for the Debbie downer post but kids are freaking exhausting.

[natsgirl]

Maybe you'll feel more rested when your baby starts STTN? I've been blessed with two outstanding sleepers who started STTN at 8 weeks and 6 weeks. I've never really experienced sleep deprivation outside of the first few weeks after birth. I honestly have no idea how other moms function. My husband and I agree that you only know what you know and since we haven't experienced it, we don't understand it.

Until your baby STTN, take advantage of any downtime you can get. Best of luck!

ETA: just wanted to say that DD1 is 3 years and DD2 is 4 months.

[angeldcf]

After several months, DS slept 7:30p-7am consistently so we got decent sleep. Once he could entertain himself more, go up/down stairs safely (2-3yo) and now pee/poop/wipe himself (4yo), it was awesome.

[maryxc1]

As far as I can remember, there was a turning point around a year and then again around 2 1/2. DS just turned 3 so I'm not sure about after that.

[toadandbuggie]

I agree with misshart00 in that as long as I am doing something, I don't feel as tired. But when I sit down... it all hits me at once.

I feel like I've adjusted to getting little sleep. I'm pretty to the bones exhausted a lot, but it doesn't bother me as much.

Not sure how I'm going to feel with two though!

[RedGiant]

Obviously, every kid is different. My DS was/is a terrible sleeper. DD is a wonderful sleeper. But they don't nap at the same time often. So I'm not as exhausted as I expected, some days go pretty well actually. It really does help to schedule some "me" time away from the kid(s). For me it was going to the gym and utilizing the gym kid care so I could get a 2 hour chunk of time to exercise and de-stress while I knew DS was having fun playing as well. Can't wait until DD is 6 months old and can go to the gym kid care.

[misshart00]

That was the big realization for me: that they don't nap at the same time. That's probably the most exhausting part. With one, I could lie down and relax or get something to eat. Not so much when there are two.

[constancegoodspeed]

DS didn't sleep through the night until he was 18 months old, but I started feeling better around 1 year. I got pregnant then, so he must have really turned a corner for me to notice feeling "better" while pregnant.