[proudmommyof 2]

Hi again! We met at the airport at JFK when you were going to get your little sweetie.


I don't know if this would work or not, but is there a certain time each day that you could block off to work from home? If your dh comes home, can you block off 2 hours that is just for work? It just seems like maybe that could take away some of the guilt, because if you think of it as your working time, you couldn't spend it with Emma anyway.

As for the housework-forget it! As long as Emma has a clean place to play, don't worry about it. Your stuff looking nice for company isn't as important as you enjoying your little one.

I went through some mild PAD with Dennis. It was a feeling like you had-just exhaustion and being overwhelmed with what needs done. I haven't had it with Tommy at all. The difference? I realize now how fast the time goes and that in a year or two, he won't need me to watch over him and that I can clean or do things and leave him alone for a few minutes. Also, I think I care less about having the perfect house, and that's okay. I wash windows a couple of times a year. We have baskets right in the living room that we just pile toys in to get them off of the floor. No more organized toy shelves. We dust and run the sweeper, and I do the other cleaning when I feel like it. And to the casual observer, the house looks just as clean as it always did.

I hope that you can work through this!