Every minute of everyday!

Before my son started school, I was a wreck any free time I could get was sacred. My husband is in the Air Force and used to get sent out of town every other couple of weeks for two to 4 weeks at a time. My son used to act out everytime daddy would leave. At one point he used to take his poop out of his daiper and smear it into the carpets, over and over again until his dad would return. I rememeber putting him infront of the TV and then scrubbing the floors just totally in tears. It's very overwhelming, especially if they are not communicating yet. Hang in there it gets better. My son is now 5 in mainstream kindergarden, I get 8 hours a day to myself and I find myself going to the school for lunch just to spend more time with him. He may need more one on one time with you... I decided not to work until Jarrett was ready for school so I could give him the extra attention he needed, I went back to work once he got settled in Head Start. I recently quit again due to a high risk pregnancy.

All the time!!!! Hugs Denise

Yeah I feel like that and I am a stay at home mom.Right now my son is throwing egg noodles and I pick them up and he throws them again.Its giving me a break from pulling him down off the window seal.In January I am going to see Brad paisley and gonna let loose!

This may sound a bit dumb. I'm usually patient w/my kids. Oh no not yesterday. It was like they were all out to get me. They acted up all at once. Then bed time was finally here. I sent them to bed except for the baby. I decided I wanted some chips and dip. wich I hardly ever eat, so this was really a treat for me. As I was going for the dip, Tiffany decides in that 30 second window of opportunity she would spill my whole bag of chips too the floor. I thought I would loose my mind, cause all I wanted was like a few and not 1 was in the bag. She stood there w/ a smile like telling me "your not getting a break". Well that was my thing yesterday. I know it sounds off but I really needed like 10 min to myself. I'm good now..

thanks guys. it's nice to know that I'm not alone. Sam has come a long way but still there are days where he just seems to be worse than usual like today and I just need to let off some steam. It's nice to know that I'm not alone.

hugs
julie

when I was reading the title of this post I actually started to giggle. Do you ever get overwhelmed? I work shift work and right now I have 11 days off and often am wishing that I could go back to work just so I could have a break. I used get very annoyed that my children woke up at 6:00 or 6:30 but now I am thankful so I can come on here in the mornings well my boys watch cartoons.
It's good to know that we are not alone in our thoughts.

hell i would not know how to act if i were not overwhelmed. it would probably freak me out and send me to the ER thinking i was dying! lol!

I'm with P on this one, if there's no drama, I'm lost, or died and am in heaven! I just guess that because I am a single mom, and mostly have always been, that it is only me to handle and worry with all his care and needs, Hell, even if I had found someone to help, I'd be lost and have to do it myself! I guess it's just a way of life for me. But do get a break when hubby returns! I think it would be worse if I had someone to help with Alex and then be on my own to deal without any help, well then that would be even harder!