Help, feel like I'm a crap mum and things are going downhill every day. Feeling a bit tearful even typing this! I feel I am just SO shouty and grumpy with DD(7) and then she gets grumpy and plays up then I get more shouty - honestly, surprised the neighbours haven't been round to see what's going on in here sometimes! I can feel myself withdrawing sometimes into my own little space (or MN) and just letting her sit and watch TV as I just don't have the energy to argue or interact any more. Sometimes I feel the only way to get her to do anything, get ready for school, put something down and get changed to go out etc is to really scream, then she gets upset and a bit scared I think and does what she needs to do then I feel crap and apologise then it starts again. She told me tonight that I don't love her as I was so shouty - told her she was the most precious thing to me but tomorrow I know we'll have the same sort of thing again! Feel things have got to change soon or it'll be too late and I'll "lose" her emotionally if you know what I mean.
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