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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I give zero energy to my ILs and focus on our young children. They easily take up 200% of my energy! I play games with them, read books with them, clean up toys with them. [/quote]

This is me.[/quote]

Same. Except they run me completely ragged. They are all over my inlaws tiny house, I'm picking up nonstop because there's no place to put toys or hang coats even. They're always wanting drinks (we bring cups because inlaws only have glass and my kids broke several last time! ugh), snacks. It's SO damn exhausting. After Thanksgiving I felt like I needed a week's vacation.

Kinda jealous of the woman knitting or the woman sitting in a coffee shop. I hand embroider but it's hard to even imagine having time for something like that at inlaws. Kids are just 10x worse there and sleep worse than at home.

So my tips: sleeping pills help me sleep and not toss and turn on bad mattresses and sheets, bringing snacks and food for the kids to tide them over when there's no lunch (they like a big breakfast and big dinner, my kids like big lunch) that I keep in my room. [/quote]

#1: I'd bring a reusable water bottle for each kid.  Drinks are taken care of.
#2: Buy some lunch stuff!  Goodness.
#3: yes to the sleeping pill (unisom is awesome) and an eye mask and ear plugs.  Sleeping well helps me not be stabby.

Your kids will get bigger and need you a bit less.  And then you can run to the coffee shop while your DH does kid duty AND parent duty for a morning.  Also as kids get bigger it's clear they need to get out of the house, so you'll spend less time just sitting around the inlaws house and more time in the yard or at the local playground.[/quote]

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