Ever since I got pregnant, serious allergies have set in. I have never had allergies like this before. I have huge sneezes every few minutes. I have to blow my nose every 5 minutes. My skin itches all over, including my head. I am really wondering if perhaps all these miscarriages I have had and these allergies are related. Maybe my body was just rejecting all the pregnancies.
Anyway, the point is, my children are really on my nerves. If I ask my teens to help with the baby (1 yr old) they don't really do it. They might stand across the room and say "what is wrong" to the baby, barely even loud enough for him to hear. I will ask them to just pick him up already and go play with him or something. Usually, when they finally do pick him up, they will just walk him to the next room or something and set him down and walk away. These two have extra activities 5-6 times a week that take up hours of my time each day they have them. I really think at their ages, they can help a little more than this. I simply asked my daughter to sweep the floor in the kitchen and she went on a tirade of claims that her brother never does anything. He actually does way more around the house than her. Then she started throwing in that her grades are much better than his. It is true that he often blows off his homework, but unlike her, he does not blow off his responsibilities in the home like she does. So, in with all this arguing, I feel like my itchy skin is going to crawl away and I am sneezing over and over again so I can barely respond and I have to blow my nose over and over again.
The kids in general never pick up after themselves. They get things out all day long but put nothing away. They clearing have been snacking around the house because I keep finding crumbs everywhere, but I never actually catch them doing it. My neighbor felt bad for me for all I have been going through so she sent me over a non-alcoholic bottle of a fruit drink that looks like champagne, only is not. It was wrapped and all. I put it in the fridge after I opened the gift, but did not open the bottle. But one of the kids opened it and drank half of it. Now it is no longer fizzy.
I finally decided to watch a TV show on Disney with the children. But the remote was missing. I asked the kids if they had looked through the couch cushions and they assured me that they had. So, after searching all over the house, we concluded that we just won't watch the show. Later, DH comes in and tell the kids to look again in the couch cushions while he watches. I had not watched them look, I just took their word for it. Of course, it was in the couch cushion.
In addition, because of the constant sneezing and nose running. I carry a box of tissues with me in every room. The baby sees me holding the box of tissues and wants to play with it, so I am struggling to hide the box.
Anyway, I know the allergies are the main problem. But I am 15 weeks pregnant now and they have not tapered so I figure I have 25 more weeks of my entire body itching like crazy and horrible sneezing all the time. But also, the kids really are starting to run amok and it is driving me nuts too. Itching all over your body and kids making messes everywhere and not doing what they are supposed to is not a good mix. Oh, and the sneezing constantly has not been good on my bladder, meaning, I really need to try to keep my bladder as empty as possible all the time so I run to the bathroom a lot.
Any suggestions? Please be kind, I am already a little bit on the miserable side.
