My god, being a parent is so fucking exhausting !!

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exhausta · 23/12/2024 19:14

Christmas holiday you say ?What is a holiday when you're a parent ??

It's so bloody exhausting.

When they're at school, you have to get up at the crack of dawn, make sure they're ready and get them to school and yourself to work.

In your hard earned holiday, they wake you up at the crack of dawn anyway, then you spend all day cleaning up after them and cooking.

It's exhausting even trying to keep up with it all.

There's just never a break !

Mine are 5 next month and 2 and a half.

Tomorrow we are hosting family whilst also needing to manage the kids while prepping for guests etc.

Can EVERYONE relate ?

The kids are also just bored and frustrated.

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BrendaSmall · 23/12/2024 19:21

I loved it when it was half term!
so much easier when they’re home!
We definitely used to count days the weeks til the holidays

ElderLemon · 23/12/2024 19:21

IhadaStripeyDeckchair · 23/12/2024 19:19

Hang on in there, in 10 years time you won't see them before lunch😂

The early years are tough - it gets easier

Make sure your kids have jobs to do year round from a fairly young age to contribute to running the home so they're used to helping out

It's less physically tiring but much harder emotionally with teens in my view. I think it just gets hard in different ways.

Bey · 23/12/2024 19:20

Can so relate, there's something to be said about there being a stay at home parent. At least that parent gets a break during school hours and can get on with tasks that are hard to do with children in tow. Then you'd both have energy for them in the holidays.

modern days of both parents working just doesn't work I don't think. Feels like we're all drowning and there's more pressure from society to do more make "core memories" etc on that pressure mainly comes from social media but still. Exhausting!!!!

IhadaStripeyDeckchair · 23/12/2024 19:19

Hang on in there, in 10 years time you won't see them before lunch😂

The early years are tough - it gets easier

Make sure your kids have jobs to do year round from a fairly young age to contribute to running the home so they're used to helping out

batsandeggs · 23/12/2024 19:18

Exhausting yes. We don’t know how we’re going to entertain them for the next two weeks! Mine are 5 and just turned 3. Year on year seems to get easier though.

Baddaybigcloud · 23/12/2024 19:16

Treat them like puppies. Up and out first thing for a run around - day always goes smoother. Doesn’t help with the non stop food prep though 😫

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