Have you had enough of your kids?

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Not in a massively bad way, just a bit tired of spending all your down time with them? I cannot fricking wait for babysitting and grandparents to be a part of our lives again - for her as well as us.

We're all very bored of each other.

Yep. But we don’t have grandparents who can baby sit. My youngest is nearly two and I’ve bf her to sleep every night. I just want some time away from my kids and ideally with DH but the second part will have to wait a bit.

Yes, my nearly 3yo is having a full on potty training regression. Soliloquy's do every wee and poop in his pants. Good times 🤯

Wow what an auto correct! He's doing every wee...

Yeah.
Being in a very small house with a 17yo gamer wore thin approximately one week into the first lockdown.

I just want some time away from my kids

So do I. I would like not to be constantly touched. I can imagine it's much worse if you're BF too. I found that really claustrophobic in ordinary times! I want time away from my partner too. I don't think I've been in the house alone since March 20th last year. It's doing my head in.

Being in a very small house with a 17yo gamer wore thin approximately one week into the first lockdown.

I bet! We tried to get our child IN to gaming just to give us a break, but it didn't work very well. She's too young.

Yep! I have a 1 & 2 year old, I pick up toys on repeat from 6am until 7pm
And they have started fighting over every little thing!
I love them dearly but some days I feel like shutting myself in the bathroom and staying there until they are old enough to move out
... and meal times!! I think tomorrow I'm gonna cut out the middleman and just throw food up the walls, squirt drinks down my top and smear yoghurt on the windows because they don't bloody eat anything anyway 😂

Yeah, mine is mid twenties and won't bugger off.

Today, yes. Too many fights about screen time, home work, messy bedrooms, eating meals...

Yep everything is a battle with my seven year old. Come downstairs for breakfast? Meltdown. Get dressed? Meltdown. Brush teeth? Meltdown. Do homework? Double meltdown. I confiscated the tv remote and her kindle fire today and hoovered until she stopped crying and sat at the table to do homework. I’ve tried bribery, rewards, soft talk, hard talk, consequences.... feel crap tbh not to mention tired as have a baby too that’s not the best on sleep

Oh yes we have four and no grandparents before covid. Loved the baby and pre teen years but the eldest two are 16 and 15 both sitting “exams” (not proper exams but in school assessments) and trying to get them to study instead of faff around on Netflix/Game/do their hair it’s relentless. Keep telling them they will never get this time back and come June they can sleep and game as much as they want but doesn’t seem to be sinking in, if they don’t get the result they want come August it will be all tears. This is without the usual teenage sleep until midday, bedroom a mess, parents know nothing, everyone hates them attitudes. DD3 turns 13 in 2 months and is already a walking hormone and DS is still at the nice age but I know it’s just a matter of time

Not really. We bump around quite happily together. They spend a lot of time in their rooms working/gaming so we're not on top of each other.

Nope. I’d like my oldest to spend more time with us, his life is gaming and we hardly see him. My middle just to hug him all the time as he’s going through some rough things, ans the little, I love to watch them play and chat

Ds13 is fine he has ASD so sort of likes his own company, dd8 on the other hand has what I call excessive talking syndrome and won’t shut up. From the minute she gets up till she goes to bed she just non stop talks. I feel bad sometimes because I have to ask her to shut up because I can’t hear myself think. It’s actually draining... can’t wait till everything is open so we can take her more variety of places.

I sort of miss mine. 4 of them aged between 24 to 11. They don't want to spend time with us. When they were younger we had almost no grandparent or anyone else helping out. My parents would have them one weekend a year but it didn't always happen. Surely with one kid it's not that hard?

God yes! We live out of the UK and where we are schools have been shut since March last year, and no date given for when they might open again. I have had enough of home schooling, even if he is on Zoom with his class every day, I still need to be involved to keep him focused and listening. It's a nightmare. Plus the grandparents are in the UK so safe, reliable babysitters are tough to find. After over a year of this I've run out of ideas as to how to entertain him and how to keep all of our sanity intact by being together 24/7. I can live without the nights out, if he was just able to go to school again and we could have some time apart in the day I'd be over the fucking moon. There's been no chance to miss him and to be excited to have him back from school to catch up - it's just a relentless and boring slog! And if I hear him talk about Minecraft one more time my head might explode! Love his company but just wish to have a few hours less of it each day right now.

Oh yes and my husband IS having time away at the moment. Well he's working away, but no one is jumping in bed beside him or asking him for water in the middle of the night. He's had 3 meals a day in peace for 2 and a half weeks now and I'm resenting every one of them!

Meanwhile I let the kids watch tv in my room whilst I went for a quick bath last night. Barely touched the soap when I had to get out again as the oldest had pushed the youngest off the bed and he'd bashed his face on a chest of drawers. The joys!!

I'm planning a night away as soon as it's possible. Anyone else?

Kids aren't bothering me but I'd love some time away from my DH! Over a year of us both working from home is really starting to grate

Yes. Just had enough. Packing my 3yo off to grandma's for a few days as soon as she can pick him up. Previously, I'd said he was too young to go alone but maybe when he was 4 or 5.

The worst part is that he is an absolute joy. I mean, he has his moments like all young children but easily entertained, not clingy or moany, sleeps ok and greets me with a big beaming smile every morning. And only one one child so no squabbling to put up with.

But my cup runneth over. He has so much energy and I have none.

yes! I adore my kids but I am looking forward to them having a sleepover with grandma soon! DD is a lovely kid but she's a loud extrovert in a quiet family and can be quite exhausting. DS is quiet but has very selective listening and can drive me mad with it! Really they are lovely kids and I shouldn't complain but a day and night with grandma will do us all good!

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