I have twin boys who are almost 4 and they are such hard work till I get them out of the door in the morning..... (well they are hard work the rest of the time too tbf, but mornings are particularly torturous!!). We have to leave the house by 10am even at the weekends otherwise they are bouncing off the walls
DTS1 keeps waking himself up far too early - 6am or thereabouts - won't go back to sleep, won't keep quiet unless constantly shushed, which tends to wake DTS2 eventually anyway. DTS1 then cycles between absolutely manic - running round screeching, jumping, etc - and desperately tired and sad. (We are looking into possible ADHD for him but that's a whole other thread!). I try to encourage them to play with toys, watch a bit of TV, eat their breakfast etc but really DTS1 has zero concentration for anything.
I don't want to let them out into the garden before say 8.30am as I don't want to annoy the neighbours, but at the same time I am so fed up of him not giving anyone a moment's peace, as there are things I need to do in the mornings - get dressed myself and have some breakfast, for a start!
We leave at 9am for preschool and he has calmed down by the time I collect them but that respite will be going soon and I have no idea how to cope with six weeks of this..... DP leaves for work around 6.30am, PIL will look after the DC but only for one afternoon a week, meaning I'm stuck with them - I'm a SAHM as we simply can't afford childcare.
I'm absolutely desperately tired myself as the DC aren't great sleepers in the night either, I was sobbing by 8am this morning - combination of 4 years of crap sleep and DTS1 being such a little horror.
Should I just suck it up and get up with him as soon as he wakes up? Should I take them to the park early doors to work off some energy? (DTS2 will be grumpy as he's still tired!). Should I keep trying them with different things in the morning? Should I see if anyone will adopt them for the school holidays?!
Thanks all. Just at the end of my tether with tiredness, general hard work with toddler twins, and DTS1 driving me right to the edge at the moment.....
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RubySlippers77 · 12/07/2019 10:38
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