staying home more towards the second half of your pregnancy

So i am a sahm with a 12 month old ds who is the size of a 2-3 year old and i am due in january... over the past few weeks i have been staying in more simply because carrying him (he does not walk) is getting difficult... my parents are all angry because i dont go over more then a day a week but honestly i just dont have the energy or strength... is it so wrong to want to stay home.. and also to want to enjoy the last little bit of alone time i have with ds before #2 comes along??


just a side not.. i have also been having the worst back pain so it makes carrying ds and chasing after him even more of a headache and my parents REFUSE to put the gate that they own up

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pfffffffft I'm only 5 weeks and we stayed home almost every day last week. DS is 12 months but very tall/ heavy. just going out w/ him for a little while is exhausting. Don't feel bad about it, they should understand

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you would think my mother would understand... her son (aka my brother) is who ds got the express grow gene from... at 12 months ds is in the 125% for height and 100% for weight.. it is exhausting carying him everywhere.. and then there is times like today where they insisted he had to be in the living room to play... along with 400 precious moments, three tables worth of food he is not allowed to have, and a giant stair case which he can go up but not down... too much for my huge belly

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I hear ya. I was actually saying to DH today that we are doing too much - I am so exhausted by the end of the day and feel so much pressure some days from how active we are all day (chasing around a 2 year old every where we go is not easy these days not to mention hauling around 30lbs!) I literally feel like the baby is going to fall out of me. I am so done and still have 3 more months to go! i'm definitely going to start cutting down in the next few weeks - but, I hear ya, my Dad is constantly telling me to bring DS over and their house is the opposite of baby proofed - I spend the whole time grabbing him away from things and fighting with him!

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I'm only 13 weeks with my first pg and so exhausted! i can't imagine chasing after a little one! Good luck to you, hun!

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I don't think you're wrong at all. First of all, if they want to see you so bad, why can't they visit YOU instead of making you travel with that belly and a DC? And if they refuse to make it easier on you with the gate, then they can just BITE you! I swear, it's not like being pregnant is enough but then people are all needy without being helpful.

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Posted by bella321

I'm only 13 weeks with my first pg and so exhausted! i can't imagine chasing after a little one! Good luck to you, hun!

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DS is 2. We really stayed home a lot more the last month before DD was born.

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I def slowed down.

I get these\ headaches from holy hell.

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I am slowing down as well. DD is 12 months old, heavy (95% for weight) and does not walk. Even though she is a really easy baby, if we go out more than once per week (M-F) during the daytime (she has swimming on Weds) that is alot! I am 29w with DD#2 and after spending all day with DD#1, I go to work at 2pm, and don't arrive back home until about 1am. I am exhausted all the time!! I would tell your parents, that if they want to spend time with DS, they will have to come over to your house!! Stick to your guns, sweetie! You are growing a human for crying out loud!!

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Posted by twinkletoes807

I am slowing down as well. DD is 12 months old, heavy (95% for weight) and does not walk. Even though she is a really easy baby, if we go out more than once per week (M-F) during the daytime (she has swimming on Weds) that is alot! I am 29w with DD#2 and after spending all day with DD#1, I go to work at 2pm, and don't arrive back home until about 1am. I am exhausted all the time!! I would tell your parents, that if they want to spend time with DS, they will have to come over to your house!! Stick to your guns, sweetie! You are growing a human for crying out loud!!

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I have a two year old and I would say that from 32 weeks on I really limited our activities. He is 35 pounds and very active. I only go to places that are contained and I don't have to chase him all over the place. We do get out at least once a day but I don't take him to places like the park anymore. He loves to play in the yard so we spend hours out there.

At the end of every day I am in so much pain it's crazy. People don't understand unless they are going through it.