Can I ever be Home for a Day?

[MaryLang]

I am going nuts lately everyday there is somewhere I need to go. Even a small trip messes my day up, getting 3 under 3 out the door, into where ever I'm going, in and out of car seats, back in the house, and then everyone is crazy tired for naps. Am I just not stepping up enough? Why does this drain me so much? It shouldn't screw up my day so much like this, right? I feel a lot of pressure, to keep pressing on and living like I used to, but it's just hard and I JUST CAN'T ANYMORE!!!! Doesn't anybody understand what its like with three little ones, that all need diapers and naps, we co-sleep and most nights they all wake eachother up at night. I can't just jump through hoops all the time. And on top of it, my DH went back to school this year on top of his working overtime. I guess I just needed to vent. I just need some reassurance/or someone to tell me to try harder, am I crazy that this constant running is throwing me through a loop? I'm starting to have all kinds of behavior issues with the kids, because its like they aren't getting enough one-on-one time, so I get even less done around the house. ahhhhh. breathe. thanks.

[lilyka]

there once was a time i felt like you. So i just stopped doing stuff. no more tsory time, no more lessons, no more library books, no more trips to the store unless it was an absolute emergancy (and it never was). after a few weeks like tht I carefully planed out week. tuesdays were full start to finish. it was maddening but all the madness was on one day. one day was grocery shopping/errend day and one day for homeschol related activities. fridays - I didn't care if the pope, president and Johnny depp were al going to be throwing a party in my honor we did not leave the house. period. and I wasn't ashamed to tell people or scared to let them down. we missed field trips and parties, and special calsses. didn't care. two days a week were taekwondo lessons for the girl but i carpooled with a friend so I only had to go once and could through dd out the door the other. and we only left the house once a day. we didn't do something in the morning and then in the afternoon. if we needed to run an errend it was tagged on to some other trip. it took planing and commitment but things got so much saner.

it was the best descision I have every made. these days it is easy. there is not much tempting out there. My friends run around like crazy and I just watch them. when they ask why I am not taking advantage of al these great free programs I sometimes remind them of the cost. and sometimes i blame it on gas prices. but it takes something awfully cool to lure me out into the world with the three kids.

[FancyPants]

If possible/affordable can you also order your food online some of the time? If you figure out everything you need for a week or two I know that Albertsons and Safeway deliver (not the cheapest but they do). There must be others.
You can't live like you used to. Not a good idea. You have 3 under 3. They won't be under 3 forever. Worry about getting out more then. For now, stay sane!

[newmommy]

[marieangela]

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I only have two (3.75 and 14 months), so it's pretty different for me. I go insane (and they get pretty crazy,too) if we don't leave the house every day. On the other hand, I seem to end up leaving too many messes and never catching up on keeping my disaster of house in some kind of order. My dh works a lot, so I can certainly relate to how hard it gets when no one is around to help get the boys to sleep at night or get everybody ready to go on preschool days and such. Three under three would totally drain me. I think you probably ought to cut some things out of your schedule and try to take it easy on outings for a while.