Unhappy in house after 6 months

TinyDancer2602 said:

People rarely like change, takes time to find your flow in new surroundings. Plus life is a bit meh at the minute living in this bizarre covid world. Throw in pregnancy hormones, a small child and full time job…you have a lot going on.

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I second this, you’ve gone through a lot of change and still are. It might have all been overwhelming. I hope you can at least find some happiness living in the house either for the time being or it grows on you.

Perhaps you could make one of the smaller rooms 'your' room - a hobby room, dressing room, reading room - your cosy place?

Regards to the cleaning my suggestion would be clean one room a day.

Getting a cleaner will be a lot cheaper than the costs of moving. 1 of the bedrooms is surplus right now so close the door and forget it exists for the moment and maybe close off 1 of the downstairs rooms. Gradually you'll expand into the spare rooms but it's just a little overwhelming right now.

laughing said:

You dont have to use all the rooms. Just shut the doors on them and leave them alone.

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This is really good advice. We bought our house as a couple & were bizarrely judged for not kitting out spare bedrooms for guests (sorry but who even stays overnight anywhere willingly?) but so glad they were blank canvases for when baby & the pandemic hit. If you’re under a similarly weird pressure to have everything done from family and friends pls ignore it, it’s a waste of time and resources. Also everyone’s happy to comment very few are happy to help!

Never underestimate pregnancy hormones too - you can feel really, really strongly about something and just a few weeks post birth you’ll think wtaf? Try not to make any big changes for the first 6-9 months of baby as you won’t be acting as old you would. Shut the doors & get a cleaner x

@Mel17 how you doing?