I am just so burnt out by this weekend.
I always look forward to having the weekend to spend with my DH and DC, but I have spent the entirety of this weekend disciplining, listening to whinging, breaking up fights, etc. It just feels like whenever we try and do something nice, someone is always playing up.
We went on a picnic lunch in the botanical gardens today - cue the teens sulking and moaning due to electronics withdrawal, they barely grunted at us the whole time, and snapped at their younger siblings. The younger ones begged/whined for treats the whole time, and fought the remainder of the time. Ended with DS4 pushing DD into the stream where she grazed her elbow.
The little ones are like this sun up to sun down.
I just feel so down. Why the hell do we even bother trying to do fun things together - it wasn't even an onerous activity!! And yes, we do deal out consequences for bad behaviour, we don't cave into tantrums, so I don't know why the bloody hell they are like this!!
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Why do we bother trying to do fun stuff??
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survivingthechildren · 09/03/2014 13:54
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