47 with a 9 yo. Feel exhausted

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear you, op. I’m 52 and my kids are in middle school and play club sports so I often do get home until 830/9. One is on the top team and likely to stick with it through high school and I’m - so - over - it.

You’re too old to have middle schoolers which is why you’re so - over - it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all for responding. OP here I do have thyroid. I see my other friends being done in 3-4 years but I am in long haul as the 9 yo will not be in college anytime soon. I dream of retired life where I am not waking up early in morning to pack lunches and make breakfast or rushing home to cook dinner and drive around activities. I know it sounds horrible but I just would like to get a book and curl up or for once just live for my self. Sounds horrible I know but I didn’t really live my life on my terms or my way just living for others all the time.

You can’t curl up with a book on Sunday mornings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear you, op. I’m 52 and my kids are in middle school and play club sports so I often do get home until 830/9. One is on the top team and likely to stick with it through high school and I’m - so - over - it.

You’re too old to have middle schoolers which is why you’re so - over - it.

DP what's she supposed to do? Suck them back into her uterus time machine?

[Anonymous]

The reason you are tired is that you aren't getting enough sleep. Period. And if you are feeling this tired, it's likely that it will take some time to make up the sleep deficit.

Start making it a priority to get more sleep. Go to bed earlier or sleep later. Your kids are old enough that you should be able to exercise around them. Leave your DH in charge of dinner one night a week and exercise after work. Exercise while your kid is at practice. Exercise on your lunch hour. Cut back on the exercise if you need to. Sleep is more important.

[Anonymous]

Do you live in DC? Practically every mom I know had a kid in her late 30s. Surely you must know other moms like you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear you, op. I’m 52 and my kids are in middle school and play club sports so I often do get home until 830/9. One is on the top team and likely to stick with it through high school and I’m - so - over - it.

You’re too old to have middle schoolers which is why you’re so - over - it.

DP what's she supposed to do? Suck them back into her uterus time machine?

How about not have children when you are too old only to complain about it later?
You just want people to make huge mistakes and say oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear you, op. I’m 52 and my kids are in middle school and play club sports so I often do get home until 830/9. One is on the top team and likely to stick with it through high school and I’m - so - over - it.

You’re too old to have middle schoolers which is why you’re so - over - it.

DP what's she supposed to do? Suck them back into her uterus time machine?

Why don’t you direct your comment to the mom? She is one who is so over it.

[Anonymous]

I would not prioritize exercise over sleep.

Get enough sleep first. Fit in your workouts around your schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear you, op. I’m 52 and my kids are in middle school and play club sports so I often do get home until 830/9. One is on the top team and likely to stick with it through high school and I’m - so - over - it.

You’re too old to have middle schoolers which is why you’re so - over - it.

DP what's she supposed to do? Suck them back into her uterus time machine?

Why don’t you direct your comment to the mom? She is one who is so over it.

She's allowed to vent. You're just being mean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my mom was 47 she had kids 5, 11, 12 and 14 yrs old, a full time job, a house to take care of, not enough income and that's when her marriage fell apart. She was exhausted all the time and really struggled getting us all through our teen years. She was a great mom but it was rough. We all turned out pretty good though.

I had my kids young, when I was 47 my granddaughter was five. Lots of people now look down on that but I wouldn't have had it any other way.

How the hell could you be a grandmother at 42? That is disgusting.

My sister-in-law became a grandmother at 34. She had her first kid at 14 or 15 and then that kid had her first kid at 19. That’s really young.

[Anonymous]

You really need to prioritize sleep. You're burning the candle on both ends.

[Anonymous]

I had my kids at 35 and 37, so just a year younger than you. I, too, feel exhausted a lot of the times, but I have plenty of friends who are 5 or 6 years younger than me with kids around the same age and they are always exhausted, too. It is what it is.

[Anonymous]

i recommend having all your kids by early 30s

[Anonymous]

A 9 year old is plenty old to hang out in the house while you read a book. Im 43 and have a 4 and 8 year olds and on Sunday afternoons. They play in the house-outside and i read something for a couple hours. And then i make dinner. Half the tome the 8 year old also curls up with a book and reads next to me while her sister enjoys no-one messing with her toys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again wanted to add husband does help. I do have a cleaning service.

What kind of housework is too much for you if you have a cleaning service? Have your kids do more, and have the cleaning service come more often.