Has anyone else's 5 year old just completely lost the plot?

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Just that really. She's SO excited for
Christmas. Manic hyper nightmare. The 9 year old has just told her she's the most annoying person in his life, and while I have obviously mediated and resolved I am kind of with him...

Would it be so terrible to pop to Gatwick and get the next plane to anywhere? Would it really? I'd come back: just, like, on Boxing Day when she's calmed down...

Sorry, this made me laugh - I think it's the simplicity of the insult! So direct! But I feel you, it's maddening isn't it.

(Give him the present anyway? Tomorrow's a new day 😊 )

My 5 year old is still awake singing 12 days of christmas in her bed..bless. She spent the whole evening doing cartwheels across the living room. Tomorrow we are going for a big walk!

I've threatened to drop my lot of at my parents and go to Newyork on my own for Christmas.

I'm genuinely amazed that my 3 year old hasn't put herself in a&e. I have caught her about to slide down the stairs in an amazon box, standing on top of the fishtank lid and running around with a pillowcase over her head so she couldn't see the wall that she ran in to. And I can literally see my 11 year old vibrating with anticipation.
We are definitely spending tomorrow afternoon in the woods!

@TotesABoats he also relished in calling us jerks. You are right tomorrow is a new day!

Another memorable moment of the day - my son has been going on for weeks about making paper chains for xmas, been really excited etc. Anyway I found a good paper chain making set thing In town today and felt like mum of the year walking home with it. I got my youngest down for her nap the. Ds and I FINALLY got to sit down together for the highly anticipated activity. What do I get 90 seconds in? 'Mum this is boring' 😳just kill me now!

Sorry, that made me laugh. She sounds intelligent with the "bound to serve me" line. I like the sound of her.
It would actually be very festive of you to fly from Gatwick and leave her Home Alone like Kevin McAlistair

She would excel at booby traps for burglars. Excel.

(It was a proper "err, where did that come from?!" moment. God knows what she's been watching/reading/picking up)

Haha - we also had "blanket on head pretending to be a ghost who put a kitchen counter there wahhhhh"

Aah we were like that as kids.. I thought I'd escaped it by having an only child. But no.. the DOG is always looking at him in a funny way 🙄🤦‍♀️

My 3 yo is disappointingly disinterested. Maybe next year!! But I fear I have the issue someone posted about recently when they just instinctively know it's all fake! If I ask him what he wants he says Nothing! But in a like, you can't fool me kind of way! Weird. He is and will be into the chocolate aspect tho.

I feel there's mileage in an offer for an adults only flight that just circles round for a few hours. Noise cancelling headphones, fully reclining seats, copious selection of drinks and snacks. Say between lunchtime and bedtime, every day from 16th Dec to Christmas Eve. Back home at 8 to watch the darts or Die Hard or The Holiday, whatever works.

Something is possessing 5 year old girls. I am SURE of it.
Mine has been a whirlwind for about a week. Prior to that, definitely on the good list... over the last week, slowly slowly slipping down, down, down and now I am barely hanging on by a thread, whilst she is bouncing off the walls. Seems to have completely lost the ability to listen, concentrate, speak s l o w l y, you name it.

My 5yo and 7yo are being annoying today. Very very annoying. Lots of generally loud things, screaming, shouting, cackling, STOMPING around upstairs to the point I’m not sure how I have a ceiling downstairs anymore. Lots of arguing, lots of “SHE PUSHED ME” and “WHY CANT I OPEN THE CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATE”. We tried outdoor exercise earlier but I think they are feral now. I just want copious amounts of alcohol and some ear plugs.

When I was a child Xmas eve, after tea it was a loonnggg walk regardless of weather. I then did this with my lot as DC. I remember the pain 😅 Good luck ladies..✊️

3 and 4 year old DDs are on the ceiling with excitement and I feel like I've spent the whole day shouting 'Girls! Calm down!' (Which they haven't listened too!). Keep asking if it's two more sleeps, jumping off things, running around in circles and are generally SO LOUD

Not just us then. Ds almost 5 was exercised TWICE today at beach and park, and has somehow managed to lose his nintendo switch time twice in one day (for the next few days - thank goodness there's no game gifts!). Meanwhile dd almost 2 has chosen this week to cut her naps to just the 1 hour, and start on the terrible 2s. Like, I don't know why you've carefully lowered yourself to the floor outside specsavers to have a scream lying in your back, but sure, you do you...

Oh and they have also ran around a lot playing 'police and baddies' and I came out the kitchen earlier to find that they had arrested ddog and were leading him down the hallway by his collar! Ddog happily followed wagging his tail, unaware he had obviously broken some sort of law...

My 6yo DD has tested my patience to the limit today.

Her attitude has stunk this week. My two have been off school a week already & I honestly think they could pop, they are that over excited.

Haha - I'm so sorry! On the plus side, at least you don't have loads of paper chains (my oldest insisted on a paper chain making session a few years ago. I have never managed to get rid of them and he now insists they go on the bloody tree every year)

My equivalent today was the gingerbread house. She LOVES making a gingerbread house. She has talked about this year's gingerbread house for WEEKS. Unfortunately she wound herself up so much that within about 4 minutes it was time for a time out ☹️

(And then it collapsed anyway)

Park tomorrow. All day. Into the night if necessary.

Some of these stories are hilarious.
Ladies get yourselves and your savage off Soria OUT OF THE HOUSE, before they trash it or drive you insane.
Swimming, park, beach for games (if relevant), church hall, wherever, but your four walls are not your friends in the crazy Christmas countdown.

Though actually the one time we ventured outside today (she was seized by an urge to water the flowers. In December), she fell in a flowerbed. So it may not be incident free. But as someone above said, at least the noise will hurt my ears less outside.

My 6 year old was quite horrible yesterday which is really out of character for him. He was given a Christmas balloon and he punched and kicked it, was rude to me, wouldn't eat his meals just wanted sweets and crisps and generally just being unbearable. He's usually a lovely sweet boy. I packed him off to bed early and let him sleep in this morning and after a wash and some sensible food he was ok again thankfully! I think they are probably worried about whether Santa will actually leave them anything as well as being tired and generally overwrought.

You are not alone. My eight year old has been bouncing off the walls today. She’s being joined by her four year old cousin tomorrow so I may need to spend the day lying down in a darkened room.

I know me saying one day you will miss this time is both meaningless and unhelpful!!

My now 19 yr old ds ended up in a&e on Christmas Eve (aged 5) as he was so hysterically excited he threw himself up the stairs and put his teeth through his lip 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

Ds has already asked if we can open the presents under the tree now. 'No'. But whhhhyyyyyy. Can we put stockings up now? 'No'. But whyyyyyyyy. Endlessly on and on.

I'm about to haul them out to the park, thinking about making them walk to the one further away, for extra tiring out. Roll on 9pm when I will no doubt have yelled at them several times to go to sleep.

Mine stayed at the grandparents last night as I was working. Usually they pick them up at 2 on Saturday and bring them back at 2 on Sunday. I’ve had a text this morning “are you in, we will bring them back after breakfast” 😂😂😂😂. They’re obviously not any calmer today!

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