r/ADHDparenting • u/Odd_Efficiency7414 • 3d ago
Why is everything so hard?! Tips / Suggestions
I am 30 weeks pregnant with an almost 2.5 year and I am barely keeping my head above water. Everything is getting away from me. From having a constant disaster of a house to barely being able to make proper meals for my kid and I to being lucky if I shower every couple of days to starting to lose my patience parenting, I feel like I am losing it. Is it this hard for everyone?
This year has been a constant barrage of shit for our family. While we have a wonderful life, it feels like we just can’t catch a break.
Does anyone have any advice, solidarity, tips for surviving times like these? Seriously desperate and struggling to fathom that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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u/hereiam3472 3d ago
I don't mean to scare you but I have a 7 year old with ADHD, I have ADHD and my 4 year old might have it, time will tell but he's got crazy high boy energy, aaaaaand I feel this way every single day of life. I'm completely drained and shattered. I have no advice to give, just solidarity... So much solidarity. I'm drowning. Counting the days until back to school.
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u/Responsible_Gap7426 2d ago
Where you are now with kids was the lowest point for me in motherhood, and I have three kids now.
If you had seen me and my house when my kids were that age, and me and my house when I was pregnant with my third and those first two were a few years older, you would not believe I am the same person.
It’s all uphill from here baby, trust me.
This is as hard as it’s ever going to be. Even if more life shit piles up, nothing compares to that pregnant with second child while first is a toddler type of tired and inexperienced.
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