How have your kids sucked the last bit of life out of you today?

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Lighthearted outlet thread. We all love them really.

DH working late today. Dealt with the usual not listening, talking back from eldest, stopping baby from slashing his head open from climbing EVERYTHING. Had to keep alive, feed, bathe, bed two on my own. Baby has so far taken 1.5h and still not asleep. I can hear 5yo pattering around downstairs and the dishes clinking when I said go to bed so that’s an issue for later. The house has been ransacked by the pair of them so once the kids are finally asleep that’ll be outstanding. I’d love a shower. It’s 9:15. This means I’ll get no time to myself this evening to eat the snacks I bought earlier. Let me liveeeeeee

Well, I deal with everyone else’s kids all day then my own when I get home! Tonight was DS kicking the ball over the fence behind, which means a long trip round to fetch it. Then wearing his new footy boots in the garden. Covering them in mud. Coming in the house. Mud everywhere. Send him out. And repeat.

My 14yo lost her shoe this morning.
I ended up sending her with a note saying her shoe was broken to try to avoid her getting into trouble... she was given spare shoes (because obviously you can't learn properly in trainers 🙄)

She found it after school... on her chair.

Well let's see H away for work. Had to ferry eldest to clubs and throw together dinner while toddler had endless meltdowns because he wanted to climb on the table and I obviously stopped him. Shame on me. Then dinner was eaten but I got the wrong ice cream for pudding. They wanted white ice cream. It was vanilla but not white enough. (Spoilt- I know) toddler eanted BIG bubble bath - bubbles of course not big enough. Bed time was toddler demanding all the stories and more milk. Eldest fell asleep in their cubs uniform. Not happy to be woken and changed. Didn't dare mention a bath. Both finally asleep and I'm sat in the living room too lazy to turn on a light or the TV. So MN it is.

DS has got a new car so emptied his old one. Literally 2 loads of washing appeared…..

For renovations, DC2 is currently bunking in with me. Will not settle to sleep. Wants a cuddle. Then moves. Flops himself onto me. Then off. Then on but in a different position. Then off. Then headbutts me. Outrage. Tears. Settles. Then lies on me. And so it continues. Just what you need at 8.30pm when you haven’t had dinner and have had a Long Day.

Dd(6) is autistic, and I thought had stopped smearing. Silly me 😭😭🤮

With me, it was this morning. Thought I’d get up early & do a bit of work while my brain was fresh / DS still in. By the time I’d had a cup of tea, none of that was happening… It was straight into playing Dolls Hospital while fielding emails / texts from boss / clients, as DS batted the phone out of my hands.
House was in rag order as we were out at weekend enjoying the sunshine while it’s here. Then some local kids called around… They kept DS busy while I did a bit of stealth WFH. But they also ransacked the place, so there was a massive tidy-up “before Dad gets home”. At least he brought McDonalds. Which is now giving me heartburn. Only ate a burger! DS also had a screaming meltdown because DH bit the end off his longest chip…

well they only just fell asleep so I’m feeling even more fed up than I did when I created this post 😅

Also this is an eye opener to what’s to come when mine are older!!

Oh @CalliopePlantain , that sound grim. Sending good thoughts and virtual Dettol your way. I thought DC1 (also autistic) picking his nose and wiping the contents on the wall was bad enough….

My 13 year old is driving me nuts. Apparently everyone is getting either their nose, tummy button or helix pierced this summer so she's trying to talk me round. There's more chance of her flying to the moon!

Tried to help 18 yo DD to apply for her provisional licence. Lots of fannying about on the Gov. U.K. website verifying ID and typing in endless passcodes etc. Finally thought we had cracked it but fell at the final hurdle: the photo!! She refuses to use her passport one and then, after what felt like millions of rejected attempts to take a selfie that met with her approval, she flounced off and wasted all the previous effort. That’s an hour of my life I’ll never get back. Oh for the days of taking a grim strip of pics in a Photo booth and having to lump it!

18 month old will not sleep. Still awake now.

Tomorrow is one of her two days at nursery, she's going to be absolutely exhausted and will probably have a 3 hour nap there. Which means tomorrow night will be exactly the same as she won't be tired til midnight!

wasn’t the kids, DP on the other hand has been exceptionally difficult. DS 17 (he’s autistic) then decided to have a meltdown because I reminded him about a hospital appointment tomorrow which for whatever reason he thought was next week, bearing in mind I reminded him on Friday because I asked about going for food beforehand.
with DP I get it, his dad died 5 months ago he’s taken it exceptionally well, but today I almost lost my shit. The constant hovering, following me around the house. Questioning every answer I gave him, especially if he didn’t like the answer. Then I obviously fought back stating not every question needs a long answer. Asking me if I’m okay every half hour, which does my head in because I’ve given no indication otherwise, which then winds me up more everytime he asks, I didn’t sleep much if at all last night so that wouldn’t have helped. Dd has for once (has excessive talking syndrome - diagnosed by me because she don’t usually shut up from the minute she wakes up until she goes to bed) not stressed me out today 😂

In a rare turn of events both dc 2 and dc 3 are away for the week. Was really looking forward to logging off work and being able to go and lay straight down on my bed for a bit.
what happened was dc1 decided to arrive home from a shopping day out and get into my bed next to me and watch telly with me and chat away.
I love her to bits but my god I just wanted that one golden hour to myself!

Well my 24 year old informed me that he HAD to get a takeaway as I hadn't marinaded his chicken for him and therefore he felt a bit queasy and couldn't empty the dishwasher
Reader he emptied the dishwasher

At gone 9pm the 3yo was singing a chorus of Jingle Bells, successfully waking both her siblings.

@Haveyoubrushedyourteeth I hear you and raise the “my friends are getting their tongues pierced aswell as nose!” All 13 , I don’t think tongues are legal at 13 but what do I know

Mum to two teenage sons here. Eldest complaining cos his chips weren't crispy enough. Didn't like being asked to do the weeding. Said I should have done the chips in the air fryer. My response was if you don't like what's on the dinner table cook there's the kitchen do the cooking yourself.....in slightly stronger terms. So yes I feel your pain. I think we had a "perfect" time between the ages of 8 and 11 years..... then secondary school and puberty hit. Tbh he does help me a lot.....but sometimes he just doesn't think

DS also has steak chips and grave with fried onions for dinner, came back out when he’d finished with half the chips, half the onion stating he didn’t feel right but clarified that he’d eaten the steak of course. He doesn’t usually leave food, so I was surprised when later in the evening I asked him if he wanted a milkshake and he looked appalled like I even had to ask. Of course he states…

DS17 got grumpy when I refused to lend him twenty quid to get his eyebrow pierced. Because he's already spent all his money at a weekend festival, so he REALLY NEEDS the loan 🙄🙄

Youngest nephew wanted mayo on his spaghetti Bolognese. Said no multiple times. He refused to eat it without the mayo. I removed the mayo and then had to answer the door.

He put mayo on and then refused to eat the rest of it because it was now "disgusting."

Yes child, that's why I said multiple times not to put mayo onto your tea.

This was last night and I was too exhausted to post it.

After a tiring day, from 8:30pm onwards, my 12yo:

1. Attempted to lie about putting the subtitles on their gran’s TV. Doing so was no problem, but we needed the truth about who did it so they could help her switch them off again. Then, as punishment for our chat about honesty…
2. Tearfully announced that they think they are bi. Which is absolutely no problem for me or DH. So I just gave them a hug and reassured them this is fine. I suspect this reaction wasn’t as strong as they anticipated, so instead they…
3. Cried loudly about the fact that we won’t let them have Snapchat. By now it was 10:30pm and I had had enough, so my usual sympathy about the frustration of your parents trying to protect you was gone and I told them to go to sleep and went to bed myself.

This child is not even officially a teenager yet. 😫

@foxlover47 good grief! Feeling quite blessed that hasn't come up. There's just over a week of term left though so there's time yet 🙄

Yes plenty of digital dettol to you both!

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