How do you know when it is another burnout hump and when it is just time to admit you might be done?
I find myself burned out every few months it seems. It lasts a week or so and I eventually get out of the slump. Right now I have a 6yo, 4.5 yo and a 2.5 yo. The 6 yo is homeschooled and would be going into 1st grade but is already in 2nd grade math and 1/2 was through his 1st grade stuff for everything else (we school in the summer just not as much). My 4.5 yo is special needs. Some days he takes EVERYTHING out of me. Some days he is great and life almost feels normal. He does go to public school. He will be going 5 1/2 days in the fall. I know this will take some of the stress off me as last year he did 2 1/2 days. My 2.5 yo is smart ( I can see him passing his older brother when he gets to be his age) but LOVES to imitate my SN 4.5 yo which you can imagine is NOT good. I am just TIRED of everything and just WIPED! I am TIRED of my house always being a wreck, they destroy faster then I can clean. I am TIRED of finding things broken left and right. I am TIRED of seeing all the stuff they get into. I am TIRED of the stress, and the screaming, and the whining, and and and and. So I find myself wondering well what if I just put the 6 yo in school. Then I will have 5 1/2 days where it is just me and the 2.5 yo. I can get stuff done, I can clean, I can play with him, I can run errands, I can do so much. Of course just typing this makes me want to cry. I mean I know if I put him in school he will be bored. He is way ahead of them. He is NOT my problem kid. Yeah he makes me nuts sometimes but he is not the destructive one, he generally listens, and he is not a bad kid. I know school would add more stress, getting up in the morning, homework, the schedule crunch ect ect.
I guess writing this all out answers my question but it still is not getting me out of my slump. I just am hating all the chaos and I just can not figure out how to make it go away.
I find myself burned out every few months it seems. It lasts a week or so and I eventually get out of the slump. Right now I have a 6yo, 4.5 yo and a 2.5 yo. The 6 yo is homeschooled and would be going into 1st grade but is already in 2nd grade math and 1/2 was through his 1st grade stuff for everything else (we school in the summer just not as much). My 4.5 yo is special needs. Some days he takes EVERYTHING out of me. Some days he is great and life almost feels normal. He does go to public school. He will be going 5 1/2 days in the fall. I know this will take some of the stress off me as last year he did 2 1/2 days. My 2.5 yo is smart ( I can see him passing his older brother when he gets to be his age) but LOVES to imitate my SN 4.5 yo which you can imagine is NOT good. I am just TIRED of everything and just WIPED! I am TIRED of my house always being a wreck, they destroy faster then I can clean. I am TIRED of finding things broken left and right. I am TIRED of seeing all the stuff they get into. I am TIRED of the stress, and the screaming, and the whining, and and and and. So I find myself wondering well what if I just put the 6 yo in school. Then I will have 5 1/2 days where it is just me and the 2.5 yo. I can get stuff done, I can clean, I can play with him, I can run errands, I can do so much. Of course just typing this makes me want to cry. I mean I know if I put him in school he will be bored. He is way ahead of them. He is NOT my problem kid. Yeah he makes me nuts sometimes but he is not the destructive one, he generally listens, and he is not a bad kid. I know school would add more stress, getting up in the morning, homework, the schedule crunch ect ect.
I guess writing this all out answers my question but it still is not getting me out of my slump. I just am hating all the chaos and I just can not figure out how to make it go away.
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