Moms of 2 non school aged kids and pregnant with third....

How are you doing it? I hace not even gone to the dr yet so I am not sure how far along I am, but I would guess 5 weeks. Im already sick as a dog and exhausted. How can this be done??? I am actually worried, lol.

Re: Moms of 2 non school aged kids and pregnant with third....

My 2 kids will both be doing prek a few days a week for a few hours starting in sept. Im due end of nov. But right now they are both home and I have such bad MS, i feel bad for them , im lazy and its hard for me to be out in the heat. I try to plan some things for each day to keeo them occupied till DH gets home. How old are your 2??

Moms of 2 non school aged kids and pregnant with third....

My boys are 3( will be 4 in July) and 18 months. I feel bad for them. I have no energy to get off the bed. lol

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I totally understand! I feel so much more tired this time around! Have you thought about sending your older DS to prek in the fall? I have a 4 yr old DS, and my DD is turning 3 at the end of the month, while they have different days they are at school and its only a few hours, I feel like 1 kid will be easier than 2, well I hope so

Im about 14 weeks now and starting to get more energy on some days now, so there is light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there!!

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i have a 4 and a 3 year old..

I am SO tired I am not functioning properly. We are watching more movies now than ever!
Thank goodness for DH

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I have 2 girls- my oldest is (just) 3 and my little one is 18 months.

I was lucky in that I didn't have any MS (aside from a bit of dry heaving while brushing my teeth). However- I did get the stomach virus that was going around and that 24hours was HORRIBLE! It was a Sunday but my (ever so NOT helpful) DH wasn't home- so my poor girls were stuck inside on pretty much the first nice day of the year watching TV and napping with me all day.

Every time I stood up I either had to go to the bathroom or throw up.

Thank God I didn't have MS this time around!!

The only issue I've had was EXTREME exhaustion in the 1st trimester. I'm still tired often, but not as bad.

I am in bed early every night- I may not sleep right away, but I need to lay down because I am just DONE by 8:30.

Dh has been pretty helpful with housework, but some of it has been brushed aside.

Somehow, some way- you just get through it!

My biggest issue is that my 18 month old is a bit of a challenge at times. Her tantrums + my highly hormonal and emotional state= tears for both of us. I've left many a full shopping cart in the past few weeks because she loses it and I just can't deal.

I'm hoping she chills out a bit in the next 3 months!

Feel free to FM if you ever need to vent/chat!

Good luck!

ETA: DD1 will be going to pre-k in September, but she's supposed to start the week I'm due. I'm sure that will go over REALLY well. "Well, here's the new baby- now we're shipping you off to school!"

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I'm due in a few weeks the my 4th.
My kids are currently 5, 3.5 and 19 months. The 5 and 3.5 year old only go to nursery school 3 mornings a week (9:30-12PM).
I was very sick in the beginning - sucked royally, but unfortunately there is no real solution aside from prayer

Feel well!!

Moms of 2 non school aged kids and pregnant with third....

My kids are 11 & 5 and go to school...thank goodness I cant imagine having a toddler to run around after .. thats exhausting in itself. I give a lot of credit to you Moms with babies already. My 5 yr old only has 1/2 pre-k but is also self sufficient and independent. I was never really sick but I was very tired in beginning and 3rd tri so she wld watch tv or lay with me for an hr or so.otherwise I was running around with her doing our daily stuff.

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Crashing...my twins were 18 months when I got pregnant with my 3rd. The first trimester was tough. I was home alone with them all day and DH was working long hours. Things got much much easier in the 2cnd tri.

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I have a 2 year old, 11 month old and 13 weeks preggo with #3. First timester is always the hardest. Thank goodness i didn't have MS for that long this time. I got through it by putting some dancing and educational dvd's on for the kids while i lay on the couch. Now i feel better, and back to my regular routine. You get through it and it eventually gets better!