Having the shitiest day. On maternity leave. Ds1 is 3 and ds2 is 4 months. The living room looks like a bomb has hit it with every toy dvd and building block scattered and refusal to even pick a single thing up. ds1 is now out the back against my wishes playing in the sandpit in his pyjamas which he insisted on putting back on 2 hours after getting dressed. He was suddenly able to do this himself after screaming every morning he can't dress himself because he's too little. Tried making rice krispey buns with him too which ended up me doing all the work as again he insisted he's too little and then got distracted with anything and everything else. All this whilst ds2 screams with sore teething gums and tiredness because he only ever sleeps 20-30 mins at at a time.
Now there is sand being fired through the back door.
Is it too early for wine?
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RachieS1986 · 17/06/2015 17:28
No.
It's the perfect time for wine.
On my phone, so cannot link, but do a search for my NN and 'reality of motherhood' and you'll find a thread in AIBU (of all places!) that will make you feel better.
It. Does. Get. Better 
Ooh that sounds like my life about 13 years ago.
I can trade you a 13 year old and a nearly 16 year old if you like. DS2 has had some work done at the Orthodontist today and can't eat, talk or swallow normally. Mega whinging.
DS1 has been totally unreasonable all day and we are only communicating by text now even though he's only upstairs.
Sparkling, you're not really helping my 'it does get better point'!
It's gets better in some ways and more bizarre in others
Ooh sorry no I am not am I PD? Sorry Rachie. BUT the big advantage now is i can go out and leave them here to their whinging and unreasonableness and sit in Costa for a bit, alone.
DS 19 girlfriend diagnosed with a blood clot on the lung so they have to cancel their holiday next week and ds still has 2 A levels to go, so does not need the worry.
DD 17 ordered a book from wordery and it turned up in German so she is not happy (minor I know) but everything is a drama at the moment and they changed her orthodontic appointment to the week she is doing work experience, long appointment as they are finally taking the brace off, no alternative until September 
and found out this morning that a lovely old gent from the badminton club has died 
well in the end it got worse. putting him to bed I found the tube of metanium cream in his room with the contents mushed into the carpet. it was the last straw and I shouted at him why did he do it when hes been told numerous times not to touch it and that I was fed up with the naughty behaviour (not just today its an ongoing problem) and slammed the door of the wardrobe closed. he cried. I comforted him and he said he cried because I slammed the door and his teddy nearly fell off the top of the wardrobe. hes now sleeping and I feel like the worst mother ever. This is not who I wanted to be.
I've just typed a long reply on another thread along the lines of, 'I had a shit morning too' as a way of saying that you're not alone.
I posted on the wrong thread through and cba to re-write my answer so, erm, no, you're not alone; I had a shit morning too!
RachieS1986, I've been there!
DS's are now 4 and 1 and generally it's a lot easier, but we still have days where we wind each other up and I end up snapping (like today!).
We're only human!
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