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Major props to all working moms who have survived the kind of morning I had with doors slammed, screaming, meltdowns, and ultimatums all before 8am who them have to go to work and make decisions and be productive and have a whole other team of people need you.

Then from the moment my day begins I feel like I am three steps behind all day. I wake up and it take a herculean effort to get my daughter and I ready for the school/work day, and make sure that the dog has been walked, loved, fed, and cared for.

Then from the moment I get to work I am pulled in what feels like 100 directions, needing to answer questions and make decisions on a million little things all day. On top of doing manual labor to keep the stores operating.

Then I have to rush from work to daycare to get my kid. Figure out how to feed both of us, play, enjoy time with the dog, and somehow keep the house from turning into a dumpster fire. Then we have to emotionally survive bedtime routine with a cranky toddler, which hopefully culminates in my child being asleep BEFORE 10pm.

Once she is FINALLY asleep I rush to get myself ready for the day tomorrow and brush my teeth so that I can hurry to get to bed to force myself to get as many hours of sleep as I can.

I am miserable, exhausted, and at wits end. Either she is sick or in pain and this is her only way of showing it. Or it’s time to get rid of our afternoon nap. Either way, I’m fucked.

How do I get my toddler to be less needy and clingy…? I adore my daughter more than words can describe but she is so clingy to me CONSTANTLY. It is rare that she will allow anyone else to do anything for her if I am an option. I am 2 days into being with her 24/7 for the holidays and idk how I’m gonna make it to January 6th at this rate.

She’s been awake since 2am, I’ve tried to put her back to bed three times and every time I think she’s asleep in her crib she wakes up screaming “mommy!”

I am thankful she considers me her safe space but wish anyone else could tag in occasionally too…