Over being asked to entertain himself for a bit, that is.
I feel we are stuck in some awful ways and I am starting to dread the weekends I have the dc as ds1 just seems so bloody miserable all the time. I have banned the Wii for this weekend as I am sick of him being obsessed with it since his dad got him a Fifa game - he has been getting up at 5.30 to put it on . Today he got up at 6am and watched tv. I was up at 7am, tv off about 8.30.
We went shoe shopping, during which he was pleasant company. We came back and I made lunch while he and ds2 played (not together - they hardly ever do). I moved the lawn and he helped a bit. Then his mood just dropped and he started moping - I started to be aware of him having a face on like it is the worst day of his life. I was pretty tired when I finished mowing and he was moping and complaining he has nothing to do, he can't make up his mind what to do. He was starting to sob/shriek at this point.
Unfortunately I snapped at him that I don't expect to have to rush in from a pretty arduous task straight into a game of cricket or something. By now he was full on wailing. He then stomped off to his bedroom 'to read' - as if that was the worst thing in the world, when in fact he loves reading, but only ever seems to want to do it in bed .
I fully planned to play with him (and ds2) this afternoon, but I just wanted half an hour first, which should surely be feasible with a 7 yr old and a 9 yr old. Also, when he starts moping it just irritates me so much and seems to sap the energy from me, rather than motivating me to make suggestions of things to do. He becomes very negative, and it is a bit of a vicious circle.
Reading this back, it occurs to me that he must be tired, but I can't seem to stop him getting up ridiculously early. He goes to bed at 8 but often reads for an hour or more. I have tried enforcing lights off, but he can't sleep and the same is true in the mornings. I feel like we are doomed to have shit weekends, which makes me feel awful, especially as I only have them every other weekend (60% custody) and I think the fact that they are mainly on screens at their dads may be an issue, but there is not much I can do about that.
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thinkingmakesitso · 07/05/2016 14:01
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