Bit of a moan really and I know I am v lucky to even have this to moan about but basically we are on a family trip and I just find them so, so difficult. I’m beginning to think it’s me and I’m just shit at this.
Every holiday /trip we go on is absolutely exhausting and stressful. I have three wonderful ds , they are fantastic kids but absolutely full of energy all the time. Me and my dh are honestly v realistic about trips and holidays but they still go to shit really. I just thought it would be getting easier by now. My two eldest are 7 and just 5 so definitely easier ages in terms of sleep ( anytime we went away before we’d have multiple night wakes) , we have a two year old who is v, v busy and not into playing really yet for more than seconds at a time and is usually up once or twice a night despite being physically active all the time. We just had an opportunity to go for a weekend and stay in an Airbnb in a nice city a few hours from us. The journey down was just fighting and screaming all the way, arrived late and then had to make dinner etc.
Next day we headed out on train , my two year hates the buggy, will just lie on the ground if I have reigns (they just don’t work for us at all), he bolts of out of buggy, my 5 year old is also very wandery and bolts too so really stressful in a busy city (we had planned ahead and brought them to a park before to tire them out but nothing tires them) .
I know we have a toddler but thought I’d feel it was a bit easier with the older ones by now but it isn’t really, my eldest is generally well behaved but can moan a bit when bored , tired etc.
It’s obviously easier in more kid focused trips and we do lots of these. I still find them really stressful though around pools, two youngest head straight for the water on beaches and don’t stop. They are learning to swim but obviously need constant monitoring. They also all are the types of children who easily stray, they don’t get nervous at all being far away from us. Even on a trip this summer I remember being on the beach and kids around us are all playing with buckets and spades like a poster for kids on the beach whereas I was trying to stop the two year old from jumping off rocks into the water, two eldest were either running around throwing sand at each other etc and yes we do stop them and we are strict and consistent but it’s like we end up policing all the time. I’m absolutely exhausted and the thought of packing up and unpacking is just making me think what is the fucking point of this.