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To all you other in home daycare providers who are also stay at home moms, do you ever just get so sick of all the little mundane things you have to do EVERY day that you think you're going to lose your mind? I live in Canada, we've had snow and below freezing weather for MONTHS, the kids have been sick pretty much all winter and I feel like if I look down and see that my floor needs to be swept ONE MORE TIME I am going to have to drive myself straight to the loony bin. My husband is gone 11 hours out of the day and I feel so isolated, I can hardly stand it. I just feel like because I do daycare my house is destroyed every day (I'm sure you all relate: its not like I leave all day for work and can come back to my house in the same condition it was when I left it) and then I have to clean up the daycare mess for my family, make supper then clean that all up and the rest of the mess my family makes for the daycare kids in the morning...ugh, I'm just done. My husband is wonderful and really tries to help, but there is only so much he can do when he is gone all day! Tonight at the end of the day I just cried. I'm sorry, just really looking for some support right now because after the day I had I'm ready to lock my doors....
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I cried at naptime you are not alone. I think its winter I am so sick of winter and now we have more snow coming tonight. Are your own children older that they can help a bit? I have my 6 and 7 year old help me with dinner and dishes and cleaning Im a bit of a warden :
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I had the same kind of day as you and I just want to close up shop I am hoping its the winter blues.... you are not alone hugs tomorrow is another day
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ThanksI cried at naptime you are not alone. I think its winter I am so sick of winter and now we have more snow coming tonight. Are your own children older that they can help a bit? I have my 6 and 7 year old help me with dinner and dishes and cleaning Im a bit of a warden ::
I had the same kind of day as you and I just want to close up shop I am hoping its the winter blues.... you are not alone hugs tomorrow is another day Im not sure if that is a good thing for me ::
No my kids aren't older, my daughter just turned 3 and I'm 32 weeks prego with the next one...loony bin here I come! 
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That's how I'm feeling right now. Not really daycare related stress though...marital stress mostly. Seriously, husbands are over-rated sometimes. I'm sick of winter and parents who don't want me taking their kid outside because high 40's is "too cold" (in freaking Ohio...) and if my DH gets on my case about the kitchen being a mess ONE more time, when he doesn't even put food away after he gets it out, I'm going to check into the loony bin in the room next door to you Sunny! I have a 3 yo girl and I'm 28 weeks pregnant with my second also. I'm right there with ya!
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Oh, I feel your pain. I do 98% of everything and 100% of my kids care and activities. It's hard. Damned hard.Comment
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i am a neat freak and I before I started doing DC I always had to have my house clean before I could even think about sitting down to go to bed.
Now, I give up... I make sure all the food is put away and anything that could be dangerous cleaned up... I get up early in the morning and clean the house. This way, everything is perfect for my day to start.
My husband is gone all week so I have no help with anything. You have to realize that cleaning house is like rolling a rock up hill, it's always going to roll back down, just so you have to push it up again....
leave some things be and find a momnent to relax and do something for yourself. the mess is not going anywhere and stressing about it will only make matters worse...
hope your day gets better!!!Comment
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Hugs and sending "keep your sanity" vibes to OP and you other ladies who are feeling the same
It has been a looong winter here in Michigan, and I have had those days myself. Was just recently talking to another provider in the same town as me....she was losing it that day too.....
Maybe we could get a group rate at the loony bin!::
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I think maybe we need to reopen discussion of that cruise that was discussed a couple months back? That would be a nice floating loony bin for us all to check into...Hugs and sending "keep your sanity" vibes to OP and you other ladies who are feeling the same
It has been a looong winter here in Michigan, and I have had those days myself. Was just recently talking to another provider in the same town as me....she was losing it that day too.....
Maybe we could get a group rate at the loony bin!::Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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group rate theres an ideaHugs and sending "keep your sanity" vibes to OP and you other ladies who are feeling the same
It has been a looong winter here in Michigan, and I have had those days myself. Was just recently talking to another provider in the same town as me....she was losing it that day too.....
Maybe we could get a group rate at the loony bin!::
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I feel this way many days too - last week I had my low point. I just wanted to scream, and cry - mostly over the weather I think. 32 weeks pregnant is tiring anyway. I'm only 24 weeks right now, and i'm starting to feel it. I can't wait for spring to hit - this freezing winter is so depressing. Hope you're feeling a bit better soon. Maybe just hire a sitter one evening so you can go out with your friends and relax
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YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
By the time I was done working and cleaning yesterday, I fed myself, dosed up on the ibuprofen, and crawled into bed at 11:43pm.
Summer will be here soon, and that will, hopefully, help. At least we'll be able to open the windows up!Comment
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Last Friday, I gave my last dcb a big hug and a have a good weekend, I shut my door, and sat on the couch and bawled my eyes out. There are just days when I look around at the sheer disaster area, knowing everything that needs done before bed, just to get up and do it all over.
I have four kids and one on the way. My older kids do help out. That is really nice. I used to feel guilty asking for their help, but I decided having a daycare is what is best for our family, and having everyone pitch in here and there is part of being a family.Comment
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Yep! I feel like I can never get ahead! There is always 100 things that I need to be doing! My hubby likes to THINK he is helping, but he is as bad as the kids. I hate having to ask for their help. Why can't they just SEE what needs to be done! They see how I keep house, so they have to see when things aren't as they should be. Why can't they just help without me having to constantly ask?! That is where I am at. I feel like a maid, cook, nanny, and daycare provider for other kids. Oh, don't forget chauffer, house keeper, tutor, and on and on. I am at the point where I just don't feel like the work load is even, and it is making me resentful. Ugh. I feel ya. I could have written your post for sure! Maybe the fact that you aren't alone will make you feel better? Sometimes misery just loves company! Hugs!Comment
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I know that some men (not my husband) but some men that I know think that I should assume all of the household chores and the kids because I am home all day. They have NO idea what it is like to care for our own kids let alone others. They see it as assuming the role of a house wife...
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