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Post-partum overwhelm in your homeschool is the exhaustion, emotional overload, and loss of routine that many moms feel while trying to homeschool after having a baby. It’s caused by sleep deprivation, hormonal shifts, and the demands of caring for a newborn alongside older kids’ schooling — and sometimes it’s post-partum depression, not just tiredness. It’s manageable with rest, support, simplified routines, and — when needed — professional help.

If you’re dealing with post-partum overwhelm in your homeschool, I have a story to share with you.

Hard to believe that someone so pretty, our third baby, a baby who hardly cried, slept through the night by 3-4 months, loved sitting on daddy’s lap while daddy studied federal election results, had a mama who felt overwhelmed.

My Story of Post-Partum Overwhelm in My Homeschool

This is my story of post-partum overwhelm in my homeschool.

Somewhere after this deeply dimpled, curly-haired cutie was a few weeks old, my husband suggested I might not just be “normal” overwhelmed; I might be experiencing post-partum depression.

(I was a post-partum nurse pre-mothering, so I taught moms about these challenges before moms left with their babies from the hospital — but to identify it in me was a whole new thing. And my husband was a baby delivering physician fyi.)

Not sure whether what you’re feeling is “normal” overwhelmed or something more? That’s exactly why I built the Overwhelm Assessment — a quick, honest gut-check for homeschool moms.

👉 Take the Overwhelm Assessment

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