The thing I most fucking hate about parenting young children

[Rollitsndpatit]

Up before 6. Every single day. 517 today.

And no MN, I can’t just put CBeebies on and doze, I’ve been kicked in the head, belly and arms. No, they ignore Gro Clocks. No, I can’t just put them to bed later.

I know I’m going to get a lot of ‘well I just don’t tolerate this’ but that’s not my life unfortunately

its rough when they are that age. I had 3 kids and couldn’t wait until they grew up so I could lie in. Well then peri hit and i’m up at 3-4am daily. Nightmare.

They fight and/or don't listen.

2 year old, commited to waking in the night and getting up early and a teenager... Can confirm both are shit! 🤣🤣🤣

Reading through and nodding to myself in solidarity .
3.5 year old finds it difficult to go to sleep. Can be up past 9pm, but then wide awake at 6am.
No point in a baby gate on his door as he worked out how it opens a year ago.

My parents came round recently and helped me with a few bits. When I said thank you they said "don't need to thank us, we've come for lunch and you've done the equivalent of a full working day already". I very much appreciated that!

Earlier in the year he was up pre 5.30am every single morning. Must have been January , February, and most of March. At present it's usually by 6.30am, unless he's shattered from a run of late nights/ early starts and we lie in until 7 ish.

I slept horribly during IVF and during pregnancy, so I can't remember what good sleep is!

My eldest is 18 and I still feel rage when I remember a colleague who was glowing with good health and restful nights telling me how her child slept well because she followed a routine. Aaagghhh

Yup, it’s definitely something we do wrong!

Did you not just try bathing your child and putting them in their cot?

I had one that couldn’t get to sleep at night and one that was up by 5.30am both at the same time. I survived on 4 hours sleep for years… I feel your pain.

At least teenagers lie in. Whatever else bad there is that.

Come on. A 3 year old can get out of bed. Unless with disabilities, undisclosed which changes this whole post. A wailer gets ignored in sensible houses. No time for that. It does the 3 year old no favours or anyone connected to them.

508 today 😩😩

Make sure you ready a bedtime story and keep everything nice and quiet! 😂

My youngest has a cold so it was 4.20am today! Honestly roll on the winter months!!! This is getting beyond a joke now. Sorry OP you're having it shit too.

Mine was the same! I felt so alone. Like no one else seemed to have the same gargantuan effort in getting their kids to sleep and keeping them asleep! But it does pass, slowly, quietly and almost unnoticeably. I recently had to get up in the night with him while he was ill and it all came flooding back... they were truly horrendous days, how did I cope? I barely did!

Put them in their cot "drowsy but awake" 😂😂

Ok....