opinions wanted

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Registered: 04-19-2007
opinions wanted
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Thu, 04-19-2007 - 3:23pm
I am a SAH mom of 2, one on the way and babysit 2 other kids. I sometimes feel overwhelmed by all thats going on, and find it hard to balance everything on a daily basis. Is it normal to feel frazzled, aggrivated and overly anxious or do you all think irs something more internal? Sometimes it causes me to become angry and then start yelling at the kids, which I dont like. I have been home now for 2 years and sometimes I wonder if having free time to think is causing me to become overly paranoid about my feelings. Is this normal??? All comments welcome.

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Registered: 04-17-2007
In reply to: kllsmon
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:09am
Isn't it great how kids can wake you up some mornings and set the tone for the whole day? I'm one of those people that need 15-20 minutes of quiet to stretch and just wake up a little...I could never be a firefighter! But it's great to hear that you are trying! It takes a ton of will power, but each day is better!
Tara
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Registered: 04-19-2007
In reply to: kllsmon
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 8:07am
I was just thinking that. Most of the time, my son gets up before me, and I am not ready to get up yet. I too need to lay there for a minute before jumping out of bed. I was thinking about trying to beat him up, where I could have time to do my laying around and get my head straight before he wakes me up. So far, I just go back to bed. HA!!Imagine that.
I think alot of my problem too is the tone I use when I talk to the kids. I think its a tone that I got from my mom. Its very sharp and I dont ever do it intentionally. It just comes out that way. I am trying to become more aware of the way I say things, but thats hard to do sometimes. I think that my tone can set the mood for everybody. I heard my son talking to my daughters baby doll the other doll, and the way he talked to her seemed so mean, and I just wonder if thats how I sound to them. I guess nobody shows you who you are better than your kids.

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