overwhelmed..

[m_r_p]

I'm 36 weeks tomorrow and will be having my csection on Feb 19th. Right now I am watching my 4 month old nice along with my two boys. 10 days after giving birth I will be watching 3 more kids, my neice and nephews, while my brother in law and his wife go to Jamaica.  When they originally asked me to watch their 3 kids I didn't know I was pregnant. Had I known I would have said no. I am starting to feel really overwhelmed because I am going to have 7 kids to watch shortly after having a baby. And for me, csections are painful. I'm going to have a 10yr old, 5yr old, 4 yr old, 2 2yr olds, a 4mo old and a newborn. My husband will be home to help but I still feel like it's going to be a struggle.

I kinda feel like they should have tried to find someone else to watch their kids once we found out I was pregnant. I know I said I'd do it but if the role was reversed, I would have gotten someone else to do it because it's hard enough with a newborn and two kids of your own to manage..but 4 kids on top of that? Ugh. I'm freaking out a little. I'm not going to say anything to them about finding someone else because I said I'd do it, but I was wondering if anyone on here had any advice as to how to get through the week with 7 kids?

[ribaby15]

lol. After I posted that I realized that kind of sounded rude, telling you youre going to lose your mind, lol. not intended like that!
But yeah... you will be overwhelmed in itself after the surgery. so much can go wrong - and they say to resssstttt.

[m_r_p]

Yeah..that's how I feel. My husband keeps saying that he's going to take care of everything. I'm going to lock myself in my room with the baby and let my husband watch all the kids. It's going to be the only way I will survive it.

[m_r_p]

To add to this, the 3 kids I will be watching, my neice and nephews, they are not well behaved at all. I'm going to go crazy.

[ribaby15]

You need to have them find alternate daycare.
I had a C-section and trust me, you will NOT be able to look after ANY kids but your own baby until at least a week post operation, possibly 2(max).
Tell them you're sorry. But I'm serious... It's not as easy as some people may think and everyone heals differently.
You won't be able to run after the 4yr old or 2 yr olds, and you'll have YOUR baby to look after on top of the 4mo old?
ughk.
The 10 and 5yr old MIGHT be okay to watch. but I'd seriously tell them to find someone else so that you can spend at least SOME time with your baby alone.
you'll go crazy, tear your stitches, etc. emotionally - you'll probably lose your mind looking after that many kids...