Jess Dent

I can commiserate! I also work part time and starting when my son was 14 months we had a lengthy period of my husband working a lot of overtime with the house stuff also falling more to me. Sleep makes such a big difference for how I feel. I did gentle sleep training with my son around 10/11 months and while we’ve had some regressions it really helped us. My husband and I also checked in a lot about what the expectation was for the overtime – how long did it seem like it would last and what were the tradeoffs. I still got really frustrated at times, but it helped for us both to know what the situation was and how the other person was feeling. It made me feel less alone and like we were a team getting through it together. We also try to cook simple meals with minimal clean up (crockpot, sheet pan dinners, things that can be prepped in parts through the day). I talked to a counselor a couple times over the period too (which of course can be hard trying to fit in with everything else). Hang in there through this season – you’re handling a lot and it makes sense that it feels overwhelming.

I second this question! Gummie vitamins have been the only way I’ll consistently take them.

When I compared regular multi day to prenatal when deciding which to take I found that the levels of some of the components were different so that might be something to check especially for the folic acid.

Evaluating relative risk is so difficult but it is helpful for me in not obsessing over things that carry lower risk and ensuring I give adequate focus to those things that are higher risk – car safety is a great example.