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Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

Weary Parent, The Ultimate Blog Party and a Giveaway Too

by char on March 11th, 2008

Ultimate Blog Party 2008UPDATE!! Congratulations to our winner Suzanne. We hope you enjoy your basket!!

Welcome to Weary Parent and the Ultimate Blog Party! Christine and I are excited to be part of this great event hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom and to have a chance to meet some of the other great mommy bloggers.

First a bit about us! Weary Parent is a one of the blogs in B5Media’s Lifestyles Channel. The site is authored by Char (mom to 3 ages 6-11) and Christine (mom to 5 ages 5-16). We have done diapers, potty training and preschool. Our kids are now challenging us with a whole new set of issues and stages - from friendship dramas, budding romances, learning to drive, braces, middle school and high school, and so much more. As Gayla said so succinctly:

Char has a grip on the sensible parenting and Christine makes us all want to make sure we do. Sometimes I visit Weary Parent so that I don’t feel so alone in this Parenting Gone Wild kinda world.

We love to hear from our readers and welcome any requests for discussion topics!

Now for the fun stuff!! We are hosting another fabulous giveaway to help one lucky Mom get ready for spring, sponsored by Gilden Tree! Gilden Tree’s Two-Sided Footscrubber was featured in Oprah’s “O” magazine this month in her “best” section - as the best way for getting your feet ready for spring sandals.

Gilden Tree Gift Set

We are giving away that awesome Footscrubber as part of Foot and Body Essentials Gift Basket (see above). A veritable treasure trove of all-natural goodies for your feet and body! This set includes our classic terra-cotta Footscruber®, 8 oz. of Revitalizing Foot Soak Crystals, Nourishing foot Cream, Soothing Hand & Body Lotion, Extremely Gentle Cleansing Gel and a 4 oz. jar of 95% Shea Butter Balm. All are carefully packed in a lovely, reusable pandan box with lid.

How do you enter? It’s simple. Just leave us a comment on this post telling us why you are a “weary parent” and you are entered. You can also stop in at Gilden Tree’s site and get a free sample of one of their amazing lotions too!

The draw for this particular giveaway will be held at Weary Parent and to enter you have to comment on this post - in other words, this giveaway is not listed in the Ultimate Blog Party giveaway. Entries will close midnight Monday, March 17, 2008.

Happy blog hopping and we hope to see you here again soon!

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333 opinions for Weary Parent, The Ultimate Blog Party and a Giveaway Too

  • Cathy
    Mar 11, 2008 at 6:08 am

    Why am I a weary parent? Because I have five children, two aging parents and a husband and they need me to be everywhere at all times. In May I will have a child graduating from high school and a child graduating Kindergarten in the same week. In three years I will repeat that same graduation scenario. While the children and my husband come and go from clubs, classes and camps, the only nights I’ve spent away from home in the past several years were in the hospital when I gave birth. I am more than weary. I am Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles “tah-red” without her busy sex life. The only thing I want more than a night away is a night alone with my husband. I’d settle for help with my weary feet.

  • Deb Ng
    Mar 11, 2008 at 6:10 am

    Why am I a weary parenting deserving of this prize? Because I’m a full time blogger/work at home mom taking care of a kid with strep, an ear infection and a lovely rash while managing to house break a puppy and even get some work done, though I’m behind in my deadlines thanks to doctor’s visits.

    I should also mention because I’m always running in and out of the house to walk puppies, meet the school bus or go back and forth to playdates my feet are a calloused mess. No really. I can send pictures, it’s that bad.

    Oh and by the way, I’m supposed to be helping out at the basket auction and baking cupcakes for the kindergarten recital, neither of which I’ll probably attend because of the aforementioned illness issue.

    Most of all, I love what I do despite the cracked feet, missed deadlines and cupcake baking and wouldn’t trade it for a million dollars.

    Well maybe a million dollars….

  • Karen @ A Healthy Balance
    Mar 11, 2008 at 6:12 am

    I am always weary because I have a hard time finding a balance. Am I doing enough? Am I doing too much? Should my daughter really be in preschool? Should my son be in preschool? I am always questioning myself. I know I need to trust that everything will be alright. Easier said than done though.

  • Cheryl Free
    Mar 11, 2008 at 8:04 am

    I am weary because I wake up too early, stay up too late, and try to get too much done in the hours between :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!

  • Amy
    Mar 11, 2008 at 8:28 am

    Hi! Thanks for letting us join in the party!

    I am a weary parent because my husband works 10 hour days, plus half hour lunch and 45 minutes there and back so basically during the week I’m a single parent. My family lives an hour away and I just recently moved to our town so no one to help. So, I only have one child but, whew, it’s exhausting being the only entertainment for a 2 year old.

    I love my job, but it’s definitely qualifies me as a weary parent and in need of a foot scrub!!

  • Neena (NeenMachine)
    Mar 11, 2008 at 9:24 am

    Char,
    You know I am weary. My kids have something to do with that but I think I am mostly weary because I spend too much time a-bloggin’!

  • Pickel
    Mar 11, 2008 at 9:27 am

    Can I nominate someone instead of entering? I think that Kadi (over at Supermom) deserves a nice little basket of sunshine. :)

  • Alaina
    Mar 11, 2008 at 9:39 am

    Why am I weary? Where do I begin?! Work full-time, come home to do my homework for college, then help my K-daughter do her homework. Sometimes I clean, when I can fit it in! Can’t forget about my 3 YO daughter! Our lifestyle is the definition of madness!

  • jewelgirl
    Mar 11, 2008 at 11:14 am

    I am a weary parent because my tween has
    a boyfriend. (self explanatory - worry - lack
    of sleep!) I’ve rarely had an outside baby/child sitter. And I have an aging mother who is feisty
    and sometimes hard to take care of. Nuf said!
    I just found this blog, yesterday. I found some great stuff to read. Thank you!

  • Anastasia
    Mar 11, 2008 at 11:58 am

    Like most single parents, I try to do everything all the time! :) Work, cook, clean, care for the pets AND spend time with the kids! It can be exhausting work :)

    Thanks for the great contest! :D

  • alison
    Mar 11, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    Ah, I never imagined I would be a weary parent, but having a 7 month old son who is in constant need of attention, and doesn’t nap, makes me an incredibly weary parent!

  • Deborah
    Mar 11, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    I’m not a weary parent…yet, but my sister-in-law is with her 3 year old son! I’d love to win this for her!

    I’m inviting you to party with me!

    Win some chocolate from my-sister-in-law and I…we blog about CHOCOLATE…me from Australia…and her from Michigan. Here’s the link: http://thechocolistas.blogspot.com/2008/03/ultimate-blog-party-2008.html

    What am I doing in Australia? I married an Aussie…and moved to Brisbane, leaving my family and friends and all the right-side-of-the-road drivers in America.

    Win a handmade pocket place mat from my blog Comfort Joy Designs. Here’s the link:
    http://comfortjoydesigns.blogspot.com/2008/03/ultimate-blog-party-2008.html

    Want to know more about life in Australia? Visit my A Cup of Joy site where I keep up with my family and friends in America. Here’s the link:
    http://acupofjoy.wordpress.com/

    Happy Partying!

  • Storm
    Mar 11, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    Why I am a weary parent can take all night. A quick review: single parent of 2, son has special needs, daughter is gifted and has health problems, foster mom to 1, foster daughter has special needs, low income, no family for support/to help us out, car is broke down (read my blog about that), no financial help from fathers (sperm donors is a better choice of words), my health problems — nerve damage, fibromyalgia. I think I’ve said enough to show I am a weary mom. Lol.

  • Shay
    Mar 11, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    Weary parent . . . lets see work part-time, 2 year old does not sleep through the night, spend too much time blogging and trying to establish a buisness from home, raising a husband, do I need to go on????

  • Theresa N.
    Mar 12, 2008 at 1:26 am

    I’m a weary parent because I need more sleep. Just a litttle bitty more sleep.

  • Tracy Lee Carroll
    Mar 12, 2008 at 6:32 am

    Why am I a weary parent? Hmm…let me begin…

    ….zzzzzz

  • Brandy
    Mar 12, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    Why am I a weary parent? I work full time with special education preschoolers, have 2 kids (8 & 3), have a husband in seminary, am a Creative Memories consultant, …… I could go on and on, but I won’t. :)

  • Wifey's House
    Mar 12, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Why am I weary? I would answer that but I have a bad case of “Momnesia” and can’t remember!

    Enjoy the party - Smiles!

  • Jennifer Barnett
    Mar 12, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    Thanks for the chance. I am a weary parent to two cats and my elderly mother. Non-traditional, but weary nonetheless.

  • Rozetta
    Mar 12, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    Why am I weary? I think weariness starts when you first have children, and that was 23+ years ago for me! Haven’t really felt energetic since!!

  • Allen Bivins
    Mar 12, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    I weary because Natasha has blossomed in to a beautiful young lady, and remembering my social life when I was 21.

  • Louise Brouillette
    Mar 12, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    count me in

  • LeAndrew W. Taylor
    Mar 12, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    Why am I a weary parent? Unfortunately,there’s several reasons! The main one being the number of hours I spend on my job! As a parent, you want the very best for your family and children, but regrettably, that requires long hours at the office! Sometimes, it becomes difficult to manage the two! But I’m trying my best!

  • AMANDA PERRON
    Mar 12, 2008 at 7:38 pm

    I am weary mother of 6 and 3 year girls!!! Please enter my name, THANK YOU!!

  • Barbara
    Mar 12, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    I am a stay at home mom, who is married to a Marine. He works, all the time, whether as a Marine, or at his second job, so pretty much 99% of the time, and parenting duties are mine. I don’t go out to do anything on my own, I have a grand total of /two/ friends here, and we moved here in May of last year. I barely ever see either of them. I don’t get breaks of my own to do things to de-stress, and am pretty much all the time right here at home. I have lost my identity as anything other than ‘mom’.

  • Victoria Cassara
    Mar 12, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    I have teenagers. Two. That is more than any parent should be subjected to.

  • Theresa Shafer
    Mar 12, 2008 at 7:59 pm

    Weary now. Everyone has been sick but at different times. Now we are going on round two of spread the germ.

  • Jodi Alempijevic
    Mar 12, 2008 at 8:06 pm

    I am a Weary parent because I am not one yet. I will be one in June and I am scared to death because I once heard someone say “you are always the perfect parent till you become one”.

  • Wendy Wallach
    Mar 12, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    I am a weary parent because my 14 year old fights me tooth and nail on everything..and I mean everything! I wonder sometimes how my mother survived when I was at this most diffucult age!

  • kim eddings
    Mar 12, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    I want to win!

  • Carol Blevins
    Mar 12, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    Wow, this is great stuff.

  • Sandy
    Mar 12, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Working full time, plus work around the house, plus taking care of my mom who had surgery last week….

  • Stephen Saunders
    Mar 12, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    Because I’m always having to watch watch watch watch watch everything lol.

  • Georgia Schneider
    Mar 12, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    I’m just plain tired for all the runing around that I do and THAT basket looks so inviting

  • Terri B
    Mar 12, 2008 at 9:43 pm

    Aren’t all parents weary?

  • Shawna
    Mar 12, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    I’m a weary parent because I think (deep down inside, i know) I’m raising a gifted 2-year-old. Yes, it’s 11.21 pm and I’ll be getting up at 6. Fun!

  • Denise Mower
    Mar 12, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    My kids are grownups and I am still up worryng! It never ends!

  • Cat H.
    Mar 12, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    Weary because I have been raising children for 29 years now. I am still driving my youngest daughter to class and work - 4th year of college. We can’t afford to get her a car. One day I’ll have my life back but will be too old and tired to know what to do with it.
    Thanks for the excellent giveaway. I have never had a pedicure so this would be extra special.

  • Carol Ezovski
    Mar 12, 2008 at 11:36 pm

    Weary? All the time. Just when you think things have calmed down, it all starts over. Again. And again. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….

  • Belinda
    Mar 13, 2008 at 12:52 am

    I’m weary because I work outside the home, take care of most of the things around the house, and make sure that everyone is taken care of and happy.

  • bob keck
    Mar 13, 2008 at 1:44 am

    Weary? I’m old, next question!

  • Cyndi Loveless
    Mar 13, 2008 at 2:03 am

    Single mom. 2 teenagers in high school…need I say more??

  • Deborah Rosen
    Mar 13, 2008 at 2:27 am

    Why am I a weary parent? Because my child is grown and now I’m parenting other people’s children. Sheesh, I lose almost as much sleep over them as I did my own.

  • Adrienne Gordon
    Mar 13, 2008 at 2:36 am

    Because I get up at 5 each day and don;t go to bed til midnight.

  • Tracey Byram
    Mar 13, 2008 at 2:38 am

    I’m a weary parent of a 2 year old and 6 year old. Weary is my middle name.

  • Margaret Smith
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:02 am

    I’m a weary parent because I’m always on the go. It seems I’m chauffeur,chef, maid, secretary,etc, plus to add to it, I started going back to work recently. I’m so weary….I just want a pillow and some zzzzz’s. Thanks so much for the giveaway.

  • Trish
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:10 am

    I’m weary because I’m a full time maid, chauffer, cheerleader, bookeeper, dog walker, laundress, dishwasher, chef, psychologist, hygenist, shopper, etc, etc, etc…….

  • Cynthia C
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:12 am

    I’m weary because parenting is a job that never ends!

  • Vicky Boackle
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:35 am

    i am on my feet at work and this would be heaven.

  • susan bowman
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:37 am

    nice

  • Donna
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:47 am

    I’m a parent, that automatically makes me weary. Doesn’t it?

  • swsweeps
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:54 am

    This is LUXURY! Who wouldn’t want to pamper themselves.

  • Kathy Scott
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:59 am

    I am only weary during tax season which is now!

  • Nicole
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:23 am

    I’m full time homemaker and mother of 3 beautiful girls ages 4-13. I’m weary at times due to the difficulty of raising a 13 year old girl. Oh, what it’s like to be 13 again. Thank you for the giveaway. This would be a wonderful gift to win. :)

  • Karen M
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:27 am

    I am weary because I work full time, attend college full time and care for 6 other people (husband, three sons, daughter in law & grandson) as well as cooking, cleaning and laundry. I get about 4 hours of sleep a night.

  • Rebecca Snodgrass
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:30 am

    My kids are always doing something and i just cant keep up with it. It is wearing me out.

  • Audrey
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:41 am

    Just the words parent and weary go hand in hand I think. Too little time to fit everything into a day. I have been a mom for over 25 years and I think having teenagers is what really turns your hair gray and sets in those lovely deep wrinkles.

  • sally wess
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:48 am

    oh pamper me

  • Suzie Lockhart
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:52 am

    I am a single parent with a 6 yo with severe ADHD, I work full time (40 hours) and part time (20 hours) and I am in college full time (14 hours). I am weary ALL the time!

  • Cory
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:05 am

    I’m a weary parent because we have 6 kids, 5 at home still, with 2 being teens. My husband os on work comp so I am the breadwinner and the neighbors dog starts barking about 3:30 every morning so I’m not getting much sleep. Anybody got a slingshot?:-) for the dog, honestly. Thanks for sponsoring this give-away. Take care, Cory

  • Mary Sullivan
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:06 am

    Would love to win. Would use prize to relax!

  • Carol G
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:10 am

    I am not as weary as I used to be, maybe since I have ‘retired’. Now all I have is 4 grandchildren to monitor, a wedding to plan, 4 dogs, 2 cats and a goat (the grandchildren take care of the horses). My main problem is that my body clock is so set from 40 years of employment that I can’t sleep past 5 a.m.!

  • Eileen Deliz
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:17 am

    I am weary because I can’t seem to find that balance that allows me to give the right amount of attention to the different areas in my life.

  • Diana
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:24 am

    not enough sleep

  • Karla F
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:26 am

    I am a weary parent because I am a single, working mother who has a very, very active two and a half year old son. He also happens to have asthma so I have spent the last few nights up giving him treatments and trying to help him breathe which makes me very weary. Sometimes I feel like I could just crawl up on my desk and take a nap.

  • stacy b
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:32 am

    My feet needs this!!!

  • Pat Krasnowski
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:44 am

    I had many years of raising children but am a glutton for punishment - still volunteer in our church nursery and once a week day-care to give breaks to other weary parents.

  • Sydney Mathis
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:47 am

    I am a mom of 6 and have been parenting for 38.5 years. My oldest is 38, my youngest 11. I also hold two part time jobs to juggle the needs of my family.

  • Shannon Weaver
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:50 am

    I am a weary parent to be. I am at that stage of my pregnancy where I feel like a walking zombie and am waking up numerous times throughout the night to use the bathroom. So-even though my kid is not here yet-I am getting very well prepared.

  • Steph
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:59 am

    With a two year old who wont keep her clothes on, and a 4 year old who wants to run the show I am a very weary parent. Add into that a husband who works out of town 7 days a week and can only spend 5 hours at home each week. I am a weary parent in need of a vacation!

  • Lisa
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:11 am

    I’m weary due to lack of sleep, breastfeeding, and care of three boys. I’d love a great pick-me-up, and my fee would love it, too. Thanks for hosting.

  • tk
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:12 am

    I am weary because I’m a full time mom, with a full time and a part time job, and it’s so hard to juggle everything on your own…

  • LeahSB
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:14 am

    Worrying about my 17 year old daughter makes me a weary parent. The world is a scary place for young girls. Trying to balance keeping her in safe situations without making her feel like she’s on a leash is a challenge.

  • Linda Lansford
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:15 am

    I think the concern for the future is what makes me weary

  • nicole b
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:21 am

    being a new mommy for the first time,sleepless nights,crying baby with gas need I say more :)

  • Dianne
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:26 am

    “weary parent”

  • Jodene Gildea
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:26 am

    I’m a stay at home mom, that’s enough to be a weary parent, isn’t it?

  • Jason
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:35 am

    Because there are a lot of bad people in this world.

  • Jodi Fulkman
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:42 am

    I work full time, I’m six month pregnant and have a two year old boy. Plus I’m moving at the end of the month. I think I’m as weary as I have ever been.

  • Tom
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:56 am

    It is a full-time job just keeping up with them!

  • Deborah L
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:58 am

    Weary - this last week….

    Mom has flu last Friday-Wednesday
    DD2 has flu Wednesday - Friday
    Dad has flu this Friday - Wednesday
    DD1 has flu Wednsday (lucky her only 1 day)
    DS1 has flu starting last night

    Daily - to school at 7:30 and then 8 am for drop-off
    Pick-ups at 11:30, 1:45 & 2:45, some days also going back from 1-1:45 for practice for VShow

    Managing daily homework and house running, VShow Facilitator & House Manager, finishing Book Fair stuff this week too. Then work 8 hours each on Saturday and Sunday (my salvation really).

    And with all of this I’m not unhappy, just tired this week. The flu is gone, but I still feel drained. Granted my house and laundry are screaming for attention.

    Oh and I’m organizing a spring clean for our school’s auditorium of 515 seats. Just got reminded about that one, I almost forgot about it!

  • Ana
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:00 am

    I work a lot, plus I need a surgery for the veins in my legs, which are very bad…I have 3 sons, and I hope that I get to win this so that I can take time for myself and relax.

  • Linda White
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:05 am

    I have been a weary parent for 23 years now, mom of 4, 5 if you count my husband, he’s tmy biggest kid! Two 20 somethings, 2 teens, keeping up with them all is crazy! Between 16 yr old son and his girlfriend and their activities, to college daughter away from home on her own graduating in May from college plus my youngest daughter graduates from HS and works on weekends then my almost 21 yr old working daughter and her crazy work schedule hours! Plus I daily babysit a 6mo old 14 mo old and afterschool have a 7 yr old. And spring break is next week! Everyone nearly will be here next week!

  • Maja
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:10 am

    I am a stay at home mom of a 3 year old. My husband works, so I do everything around the house, plus raise our son. I don’t get much help at all. I don’t have family in my town, they live in Croatia, so I need some down time.

  • Angel
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:12 am

    This would be a perfect gift for my wife. We have a son together and she has been a great mother and wife. She works hard and deserves such gift, and it would be great if I would win and make her happy.

  • Heather Southerland
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:16 am

    I am a weary mom because I am going to school full time and a full time mom to a seven month old, while my husband works with gas rigs. It’s hard to try and study, clean house, and care for a feisty infant when you’re by yourself most of the time. That’s why I deserve to win.

  • Shannon
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:18 am

    I’m a weary parent of a tween boy with a lot of attitude. I’m glad we’re raising him to be an individual thinker but c’mon already!

  • lorrieanne m
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:18 am

    i work full-time, care for a 5 year-old, 60 year-old disabled parent, and 96 year-old frail grandparent. i’m tired, but i’m young and can rest later!

  • KELLY N.
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:20 am

    Because I wake up far to early work to hard and go to sleep late!

  • Melanie
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:28 am

    I’m a weary parent because I’m homeschooling my 7 year old son who is autistic AND dealing with a teenage daughter who just turned 13 and thinks she’s 18. Guess who is the most challenging? ;)

  • Patricia Hill
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:44 am

    Although my 6 kids are grown, I’m still always doing something for or with them. I also have 5 grandkids-some whom I babysit on a regular basis. In other words, motherhood never stops

  • Melanie
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:47 am

    I am a weary parent because I have 7 children and a husband that acts like one.I don’t have enough hours in the day to do everything for everybody.I am weary because I am always doing for others and never have time to give to Me!I am weary because i have 2 proms and a high school graduation to pay for.I AM WEARY

  • Michelle M
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:57 am

    I am a weary parent because I am sick, my son has an ear infection and my husband has the flu! And to top it all off, my mother in law was here last weekend!

  • Stacey Shehorn
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:09 am

    I have a five year old and a neurotic terrier…need I say more lol

  • Mary Boldin
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:11 am

    Without trying to seem like a major sob story, I feel like a weary parent due to having had cancer in the past 2 years, and currently having CKD. With my personal health issues I’ve managed to start my own small business, shuttle two teen boys to school and numerous extra cirriculalr activities on top of trying to keep up with the normal everyday life events (housecleaning, cooking, getting everyone up and out, etc). By the time bed time rolls around, I find I’m out within seconds of my head hitting the pillow. My one saving grace is that my husband is gracious enough to rub my aching feet, so what a perfect prize win this would be.

  • Mya Brooks
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:13 am

    Flu Season has been rough this year… :(

  • tmom
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:17 am

    I am a weary parent because I have 4 kids under the age of 10 that keeps me very busy with not much time for any relaxation.

    Thank you.

    :)

  • elisa perkins
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:22 am

    3 kids, hubby works ALL the time, no time for myself. I’m WEARY.

  • Natalie
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:37 am

    Being a parent is a full time job, so of course, you’re always weary and worried!

  • Linda Pinto
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:41 am

    I don’t get enough sleep. Just to pent up after a busy day I guess.

  • Edward Durbin
    Mar 13, 2008 at 9:07 am

    This winter has been filled with almost constant sickness…

  • Monique Rizzo
    Mar 13, 2008 at 9:19 am

    I have 16 month old Twin girls, a two week old son and a 6 year old daughter- I NEED THIS~

  • Angela J
    Mar 13, 2008 at 9:20 am

    My “kids” are grown and gone, but not their problems, they stay with you forever.

  • Ken
    Mar 13, 2008 at 9:27 am

    I thought when my son got married everything would slow down. Yeah, right. One month after they return from their honeymoon his new wife develops Mono. They say it could be a year before she’s back to her self. Guess who’s helping pick up the slack…. Thank God we love her to death.

  • Dan Smith
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:09 am

    My kids are teenagers, that’s why I’m weary.

  • Susan
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:13 am

    My kids have been sick.

  • Lorraine
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:19 am

    I’m too weary to remember why I’m so weary.

  • Tracy Tanner
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:27 am

    I too am a Weary Parent! So weary that I am too tired to enumerate why! LOL

  • Tara
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:27 am

    I am weary because I have 3 children, ages 5, 4 and 1. Plus I have a thyroid disorder, a migraine and post partum depression.

    Does that count? :)

  • Danielle S
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:32 am

    Im a weary parent because I NEED SLEEP! **yawn**

  • Tracye
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:34 am

    Why am I weary?

    I have two children, ages almost 6, and 15 months, and in less than two weeks, my husband is leaving for the FBI National Academy… for three months!!!

    Just thinking about it makes me shudder.

  • L. Spangler
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:36 am

    exasperating

  • Anita Yancey
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:47 am

    I am a weary parent because I have a grown daughter who is married, and I’m now a grandparent of an active 2 year old. We not only pay our own bills, but part of their’s as well. I am always worring about money and everyones health.

  • Pam
    Mar 13, 2008 at 11:06 am

    I have wonderful kids…I am just weary..period!

  • Kimberly
    Mar 13, 2008 at 11:13 am

    Like any other parent there isn’t enought hours in the day to take care of what we need to do.

  • Mama Zen
    Mar 13, 2008 at 11:13 am

    I’m weary because my child never is!

  • Alicia
    Mar 13, 2008 at 11:14 am

    Let’s be honest, I’m weary
    and I just want to win.

  • Noreen
    Mar 13, 2008 at 11:30 am

    I am weary since I just threw a party for pre-schoolers for my daughter, hubby is out of town so the girls keep waking up and asking for him and sneaking into my bed at night and floppying on me!!

  • Terri D
    Mar 13, 2008 at 11:36 am

    Not enough sleep..

  • Patricia Schraier
    Mar 13, 2008 at 11:39 am

    I’m a weary parent because we’re all weary parents.

  • Amanda Stauffer
    Mar 13, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    I am such a weary parent because I love to be on the go with my children I love it and wouldn’t have it any other way.

  • Vicki wurgler
    Mar 13, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    sunup to sundown, I have to learn to say no

  • Lisa Fosses
    Mar 13, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    I’m weary because of year-round allergies, chronic sinusitis, a job, and an active 4 year-old and husband at home.

  • Stephanie V
    Mar 13, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    Weary mum of 2 kids, 1 baby, housework, homework, income earner, grocery shopper, meal preparer, personal laundry and grooming service, etc etc. I am a member of a LARGE weary mum club out there. Fingers crossed for my scaly feet and dry skin.

  • Lisa O
    Mar 13, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    I am weary because I am approaching 40 and have the body of an 80 year old due to rheumatoid arthritis since I was 16. I try to keep up with my little one but sometimes she runs me ragged. Taking care of me is the last priority for sure!

    Thanks for the chance!

  • katherine
    Mar 13, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    I am an extremely weary parent!!!!!
    With two daughters, 20 & 22, two grandchildren, both 6 months. (each daughter has a child). and the constant saying “But MA, you know what to do better than I do can’t you do it” or the “But MA” “I have to do my nails will you change the baby” which of course leaves “MA” to not only care for the house,feed,comfort, change, the babies ect… there is always one of my daughters who needs me for themselves. My only rest is from 12:00pm til 5:30am.
    Yes I am weary.

  • Jyling
    Mar 13, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    I am a weary parent because I do everything for everybody all the time..

    I sure could use this!

    Thanks!

  • Zilcho
    Mar 13, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    I’m a weary parent because of all I do which seems to be 24/7

    I would love this! Thank you

  • Shelly
    Mar 13, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    I am weary for the same reasons as so many - full-time job, house, children….and a husband who snores!

  • Christine
    Mar 13, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    I’m weary because my husband is on deployment, my son is in college and I hardly see him and it’s just me and the dog. Could really use a pick-me-up. Thank you.

  • Aaron Richardson
    Mar 13, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    Clean, clean, clean…

  • lorides
    Mar 13, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    Why am I weary? I am weary because I teach all day and then come home to take care of and teach my kids!

  • Elaine Rosser
    Mar 13, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    Single parent with 2 crazy teenagers! Need I say more!

  • Elaine
    Mar 13, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    I am a weary parent because I have a 5 mo. old baby, a 6 and a 8 yr. old. I have health problems that I am trying to deal with along with everything else, cleaning, cooking, etc.
    Thanks!

  • angel
    Mar 13, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    I am a weary parent because I take care of my grand kids and husband who has cancer.

  • Naomi
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    I am weary because I have a four year old and a seven month old. The latter only sleeps ON me. The former wants to sleep with me. Daddy snores. I am so very, very tired.

  • jenny hebert
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    My weary is weary

  • CAROLYN
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    ME!

  • Marissa
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    I’m a weary, expectant mom who needs a little more pampering from her hubby. This could be such a romantic basket to fall in love all over again with. :)
    Thanks!
    Marissa

  • jayne
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    I am weary cause i work six days a weekand never have time to play with my littleone :(

  • Catherine copeland
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    I’m weary because someone stole an hour from me last weekend

  • TRACY HEYER
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    count me in! this would be great!

  • Paige
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    I’m a single, working mother; my daughter’s father just joined the Army and is in training on the opposite side of the country, so I no longer get any time off to have a social life. I work as a litigation paralegal, which is an intense, stressful job. So that I can pick my daughter up from school and spend good time with her, I frequently bring work home and stay up late doing that after she goes to sleep. I think I average about five hours of sleep a night. And because the parenting, work, and housework aren’t enough on their own, I help manage my boyfriend’s woodworking business and I’m trying to get my own at-home business/blog off the ground. I’m not just weary, I’m exhausted!

  • Debra Ford
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    My husband and I both work full time. I spend all day teaching teenagers, and then come home to a 3 and 6 year old. Yeah, I’m weary. I wouldn’t change a thing, but I certainly wouldn’t turn down some pampering!!

  • John
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    I owe I owe so off to work I goooooooooo . . . and then come back to be Dad . . . .

  • Becky Powell
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    Weary, Well I’m 38, my husband had a massive stroke and now is disabled. I have 4 kids from 7 to 16, and I have a home daycare for up to 10 kids at one time. My daughter has a chronic headache condition that we can’t find a cure for. Every spare moment is running to Doctors or Therapist, school functions or walmart. I’ve been weary so long that I don’t know how to relax. You do what you have to do!

  • Christine E.
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    I’m a weary parent because my dh travels for work all the time and I really need a break once in a while but can’t get one.

  • Anne Dreher
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    I worry about the kind of kid’s they hang out with. If they’re doing what their supposed to be doing (they are) in school. How things are going to be for them when they grow up.
    Basically I’m weary because I worry a lot.

  • Carl M.
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    I am not a weary grandparent but my daughter has her hand’s full with her 3 year old daughter.

  • Ginny
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:35 pm

    thanks

  • R Hicks
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    Weary is my middle name. Days blur into days, weeks into weeks………..

  • Don
    Mar 13, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    Four young kids, going to school to finish my degree, wife works evening so I get all four during dinner, bath and bed time and work full-time as well. But wouldn’t trade it for the world.

  • Teresa Otwell
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:08 pm

    GOODNESS GRACIOUS, I NEED THIS FOR MY POOR SORE BODY AND FEET, JUST TRYIN TO KEEP UP WITH THEM KIDS

  • brenda h
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    ooohhhh lordy i’m just plain weary, and a parent, and a wife, and a pet owner…damn must i go on

  • Catharine R.
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    Aren’t we all weary moms at some point?

  • melissa Becker
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    Because I’m a foster parents with two three year olds in the house. And they know how to team up on me!

  • Kirsten
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    I have a daughter that is 13 and has almost never slept through the night. Seriously. And now she is coming off of a double ear infection and has been very sick. Yeah, I am weary all right. LOL

  • homemom3
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    I have three kids now sick at home, this contest is the perfect thing for me tonight. I’m visiting as many as I can until everyone here is asleep. Maybe I’ll even be blogging while sleeping.

    So I’m a weary parent as I have four and each are in a different phase in childhood.

  • Barbara McCrea
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    I am a weary Parent because along with taking care of all the needs of my 3 teenage kids, My husband was in an auto accident and is now paralyzed from the chest down a quadrapalegic.
    I take care of him 24/7 so that he may remain at home with me and our children, They need their father too.

  • Anne
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    I AM A WEARY PARENT

    well, I have four daughters, 24,23,21 and 16. The 16 year old is going through a major “hate mom” phase and its just so frustrating and hurtful. Its very hard not to react, but I bite my tongue as reacting would be just fueling her fire. Its impossible to see the floor in her bedroom; masses of clean and dirty clothes all co-mingle there.

    I have a mother who has Alzheimers, but doesn’t realize it. We have told her many times.

    I have a father who will be completely deaf in a few years; he had a horrible operation when he was younger and is completely deaf in one ear and had 25% left in the other, but that has reduced even further.

    One of my step daughter’s mom, committed suicide and my husband and I were the ones that found her. That happened when she was just 9yrs old and I’ve taken on her grief counselling and making sure that she is doing well.

    I suffer from psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, pernicious anemia, PTSD, OCD, chronic pain, fibromaligia, migraines, social phobia, oh I could just go on and on; but I’ve still managed to have three daughters leave the house happy!

    (yes all of that is true btw)

    I AM A WEARY PARENT

  • Christina DeMarco
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:56 pm

    I have 2 in diapers…enough said!

  • Sonya
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    I am a weary parent of two young children, a “domestic goddess” (SAHM) and I run 2 businesses from my home while trying to keep the house reasonably clean while raising my kids the best we can!

  • Meredith Peters
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    I’m weary because I stay up too late enjoying my free time and reading all these interesting blogs!

  • Cheryl English
    Mar 13, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    I raised my two sons ,and now I am a weary parent to a 14 year old dog and a 2 year old dog. They keep me busy. They are my extended family members. Just love them. Thanks for the giveaway.

  • carol bradford
    Mar 13, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    I am weary parent because I have one son in Iraq and one in prison

  • Ivan Girl - Dear Me
    Mar 13, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    Why Am I Weary Parent?

    I’m a stay-at-home-mom and taking care of my newborn and the entire house. I’m not complaining because I love what I’m doing despite the fact that I used to the fast life as a career woman. Everything changed when I got pregnant and gave birth.

    But sometimes, doing everything alone with no help can be exhausting sometimes. I feel drained these days.

    Well, I still have some ways to relax but still… :)

  • Jean Fischer
    Mar 14, 2008 at 1:29 am

    Just because I work at home, 40+ hrs. and raise my 2 daughters - I’m a single mom. 3 cats, one in heat. Take care of my mentally-challenged sister. The usual.

  • Diana Lindeman
    Mar 14, 2008 at 2:04 am

    I am weary because I am overcommited, overweight, and frustrated. I still want to be a winner!

  • jane jakins
    Mar 14, 2008 at 3:46 am

    weary

  • david basile
    Mar 14, 2008 at 3:46 am

    well we could all use a break

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  • charline s
    Mar 14, 2008 at 5:22 am

    Why am I weary. Well I am a fulltime parent and grandparent. Nuff said!.lol

  • rosalie lavertue
    Mar 14, 2008 at 5:43 am

    I’m a 60yr old grand mother raising 2 grand children that makes me a weary (grand) mother

  • CATHI RUSHING
    Mar 14, 2008 at 6:28 am

    i am the mother of 4

  • Edwina Caito
    Mar 14, 2008 at 6:34 am

    I’m a weary parent because I have a 21 year old disabled son whom I care for full time. I also have an energetic 10 year old daughter and just this week, we moved my dault daughter and her 4 dogs in because she was a victim of domestic violence! Can you say, Calgon, take me away?”

  • Edwina Caito
    Mar 14, 2008 at 6:35 am

    I’m sorry, my post above was supposed to say “adult” daughter…..see, told you I’m exhausted! LOL!

  • Susan Chester
    Mar 14, 2008 at 6:40 am

    I am weary because two of my adult children returned to the nest.

  • Beata Lechowicz
    Mar 14, 2008 at 7:51 am

    love it

  • Hetal Gandhi
    Mar 14, 2008 at 7:58 am

    two toddler girls under 4..clutter, every single day and even in the weekend, i have same routine..working full time outside the house…

  • sherry pincus
    Mar 14, 2008 at 8:23 am

    I am a weary parent because I work too much!

  • Ray Saunders
    Mar 14, 2008 at 8:34 am

    The usual - 8 yo with ear infection, 6 yo with bad dreams, 2 yo drops her paci, and 6 mo old doesn’t ever sleep anyway - just another day in paradise!

  • Roxy
    Mar 14, 2008 at 8:49 am

    weary because somebody lied when they said babies sleep through the night by 4 months.

  • Sharon Jones
    Mar 14, 2008 at 8:56 am

    I’m weary because of 2 words: two teenagers..whew!

  • Kim
    Mar 14, 2008 at 9:26 am

    great contest! Thanks!

  • Paige Chandler
    Mar 14, 2008 at 9:32 am

    I’m weary because I haven’t slept since my twins were born eight months ago. It’s a good weary though!

  • Frank B.
    Mar 14, 2008 at 9:51 am

    We have a eight-month old boy and a three-year-old daughter who never stops. She’s go, go, go all day long which mean we’re go, go, go all day long.

  • Jessie R.
    Mar 14, 2008 at 10:08 am

    I am a weary mom because I work full-time, go to college and don’t use a babysitter at all! My husband also works full-time and goes to college full-time! We try to arrange our schedules oppisite so we don’t have to use child care. Also, I just had to have hernia surgery and my daughter has been sick for weeks and requiring nebulizer treatments every four hours! Whew! It tires me out just talking about it! Thanks for the opportunity! God Bless!

  • jeanette malan
    Mar 14, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    because i am 37 pregnant unmarried with 3 other children

  • Sharold Friedrich
    Mar 14, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    Because a mom’s day never stops.

  • kelley
    Mar 14, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    Im a weary parent b/c after being a wife and mom, I work full time, president of mothers club, active in another moms club, have my own part time jewelry buisness AND stayed up too late last night trying to visit all the blog parties!

  • Roxan
    Mar 14, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    Why am I so weary - I work full time at the local community college and I have to take care of my husband who has MS. Some days are good for him, but some are not. It’s hard on me having to take care of the home, work and my husband. I seem to have no time for myself. It would be nice to have something to help with the stress.

  • Holly
    Mar 14, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    I am a mom of 5 boy’s ages 16 down to 6………doesn’t that say it all?

  • Beverley Justice
    Mar 14, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    I’m a weary parent because I work hard every day making the perfect home for my perfect children, and love every single moment.

  • Tia Carter
    Mar 14, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    i hopei win

  • Alicia Zemer
    Mar 14, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    Howdy

  • kathleen haas
    Mar 14, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    everyone is weary because we work to much..

  • Thelma McKee
    Mar 14, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    I am weary because I have to take sleeping medicine to be able to sleep and sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and it takes me a long time to go back to sleep.

  • Linda
    Mar 14, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    I am weary due to 4 children I love very much. Two have serious health problems.

  • Sarah Stern
    Mar 14, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    I am a weary parent because I have a 3 year old and two dogs. I spend my day chasing one of the 3 of them at any given moment.

  • Louis Huf
    Mar 14, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    2 kids under 4 are reason enough

  • Deborah Wellenstein
    Mar 14, 2008 at 6:13 pm

    I’m weary because I work too much, sleep too little, have too manby people running around here. That basket o’ stuff looks mighty inviting!

  • Frederick Rotzien
    Mar 14, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    nice prize

  • Scott Jensen
    Mar 14, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    We are weally weary cuz we still have to help our older kids with problems.
    DOES IT EVER END?

  • Karrie M
    Mar 14, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    I am a weary parent because my job is 24 hours a day.

  • Suzanne from Green Mommy Guide
    Mar 14, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    I’m weary because I have a 3 month old and I decided that I would start my own website/business when he was 2 months old. I take care of him all day, get some time in with hubby in the evening, work on my website until the wee hours of the night, then go to bed…and as soon as my head hits the pillow, baby is crying to be fed! I’m weary, but it is a wonderful life :)

  • Christine Maestas
    Mar 14, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    I’m a weary parent because my husband has been in China for over two weeks now on business, and has left me alone with our two children!

  • Jessica Applegate
    Mar 14, 2008 at 8:38 pm

    i need more sleep….

  • christopher h
    Mar 14, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    i’m a weary parent because i’m working two jobs

  • Ashley Gerber
    Mar 14, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    I win!

  • Samantha Pruitt
    Mar 15, 2008 at 2:08 am

    i’m a weary parent because watching teletubbies is harder than it looks! ha!

  • JoAnn zimmerman
    Mar 15, 2008 at 3:29 am

    Wow, I need to pamper myself

  • ESTELA S
    Mar 15, 2008 at 3:59 am

    I’m a weary parent because I work full-time, go to school full-time, have a 2-year-old and a 1-year-old at home, and a husband who thinks he’s 9…not 39. As weary as I am, though, it’s also the happiest I’ve ever been!

  • Dina
    Mar 15, 2008 at 4:11 am

    Running around 15 hours a day, 7 days a weak is making me weary…oh, please pick me!

  • beth shepherd
    Mar 15, 2008 at 5:44 am

    I am weary because we are currently in the middle of remodeling our home. With 3 kids under 6 that can be a little ..well..rough lol. We are getting through it little by little. lol. Thank you

  • Angela Thompson
    Mar 15, 2008 at 7:19 am

    I am weary because I’m trying to raise two kids while living with major depressive disorder

  • Kari Follett
    Mar 15, 2008 at 8:11 am

    Stay at home mom of three - my oldest is a pre-teen with mucho attitude these days that leaves me in tears a lot. My two youngest are my boys, one is in school, one is still at home with me. I get up every day at 4:30 am just to get some alone time. Oh, and my youngest still co-sleeps with me, I never get a break!!

  • Alyson @ 3 P's in a Pod
    Mar 15, 2008 at 8:57 am

    Neat site and wonderful looking giveaway!

    Why am I a Weary Parent…Oh let me COUNT the Ways!!

    I am Mom to 3 amazing girls - 6, 5, and 19 months. The 6 yr old is a mega-diva, never-say-die Drama Queen and dealing with her day-in and day-out is just plain exhausting. The 5 yr old is my delight and joy but also my worry. She is my clone in her looks but ALL HERSELF in her personality. She is SO artsy-fartsy even at this age that she is off in la-la land often yet can create and daydream and dance like there is no tomorrow. The 19 month old just joined our family this past summer from China and has definitely given me a run for my money! If she wasn’t our last child, she would be our last child! She is an adorable energy-sucking, destructo-tron with Eveready Bunny