Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

I hate my life

27 replies

OhToBeASeahorse · 05/06/2021 12:56

I feel utterly trapped.

DS will be 3 in September. He is the most full on child I've ever met. He does not stop talking, ever. Same cyclical conversations, asking the same questions over and over. Wants to be involved with everything - I can't even make a cup of tea without him wanting to 'help me' and invariably something happens to lead to a total meltdown.

We went to a shopping centre this morning and I've come away without half the stuff I needed because he was either screaming his head off in the pram or running about everywhere on foot. He is very bright and very switched on. I can hear him having a complete breakdown downstairs at the moment.

DD is 8 months, wakes multiple times a night. I'm trying to get her into a routine but thinking about naps and logistics is just exhausting.

They both suffer from eczema and the sun has made it 1000 times worse. DD is clawing at her neck. They are both dairy and soya free (I'm feeding so I cant even have a mars bar or something I like!)

It all sounds so trivial and minor written down. But the 24/7 nature of it has broken me. I csmt ever just 'be'. Every mealtime is constant trying to get DS to not chuck stuff on the floor. Wiping the highchair and the table and the floor 3 times a day is just soul destroying.

I hate my life. I cant remember the last time I enjoyed anything.

OP posts:
OhToBeASeahorse · 05/06/2021 20:00

No I'm off at the moment.
I put the baby to bed at 6.45. Then bathed and put DS to bed.

I'd been down a minute before the baby woke up. She is now screaming.

I'm literally at my end.

OP posts:
CasaBonita · 05/06/2021 20:46

My son was exactly like yours. I agree, it's absolutely exhausting and relentless. I hated it.

It does get easier. By the time mine turned 4 he was a lot more civilised. By 5 he was mostly a dream and now at 6 he is such an easy kid. The hyperness and constant need to be 'on the go' is gone now.

So just offering a bit of solidarity and that I promise things are going to get easier in time.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page