To be on my hands and knees?

[lolaflores]

Fuck the fucking fucking school holidays. I have a 5 year old doing a dance of alternating rage and something I can't identify round the kitchen. We have been all over the shagging place till now. She has bounced and played and christ knows what else and I want 5 minutes. Just 5 fucking minutes. I am to the back teeth with these sodding holidays.
Honestly I think i have lost a few millimeteres off my back teeth in grinding them down trying to be patient. The house is a fucking shit heap, I can't even piss in peace, Dh on busienss trip till tomorrow since monday and just fucked off with being some sort of entertainment system with no off button.

Sorry about that to those offended by the swearing. Just want a little bit of peace. Mentally I am on my hands and knees. On top of fucked up back, sinus infection and alternating moods of highs and lows due to bi-polar. Coming apart at the seams today

Sounds like you need to make an arragemnet with one of her friends mums to give each other a break and have 2 kids for a short time - they will entertain each other and you will get limited peace and when the other mother reciprocates you can have your real break.

Have done that but it seems all are on hols at the moment. Its been like this from the start really. Not dealing very well with it at all.

DVD time I think.

Couple of pals from next door in for a bit. She will go balistic when they have to go. Never mind, enjoying the peace for 10 minutes. What the hell do the rest of you do?

I have 3 with only 2.5 years between the lot of them (mine are 8, 7 and 6). 90% of the time they entertain each other. The other 10% I screech like a fishwife. Next door love us.

I roar, like a tinker at a horse fair. Literally stand and bellow from the bottom of the house to the top. The hot weather didn't help, thought it would be easier once it was cooler, but I am still in that sort of stressy sweat. Or its the menopause?
Fucks sake

I feel your pain. I am definitely in the "if you tell me how much you are going to miss your children when they go back to school, I will kick you in the shins" brigade.

This age is really hard, because even having other children round isn't always relaxing, and they maybe aren't confident enough for holiday clubs. I used to dread school hols when my oldest was this age (younger one is 2.5 younger).

If you are on your knees, put on a DVD and retire to your bedroom. My sympathies

Become a teacher than you have no choice but to love the summer hols!

Swimming is a good one. Knackers them out.

Get her to help you tidy up

The local gymnastics club open up for free sessions for the younger ones. Parallell bars beams the lot. She has been literally going like the clappers on bars and jumping off things.
She now thinks she is Beth Tweddle and come off a stool in the bedroom (not very high) but has a nasty bruise on her foot. Is calming in the front room with an ice pack.
She did a holiday sports thing but it was a bit too old for her. Bless her she forged on but it was full of much older kids. I felt bad leaving her there.

It sort of goes in waves, of "bored now". If we were not on a busy road etc. full of child snatchers, then perhaps a bit more freedom would be good for us all. Sure she is bored of me too

Sorry OP, I don't think this is your intention, but it's this kind of attitude to me that screams 'schools = childcare'. It's not the school hols that are a problem, but your own arrangements.

I am a teacher

I think you have to ride out the "bored" and the naughty and ignore. I find if I leave my two long enough they'll get to a point of sorting themselves out and not bothering me - even DS2 who likes to have someone to play with all the time.

Farty - I don't think that's fair

No, Farty, I do not see school as childcare, far from it. My intention is that I may have made a stick for my own back being all singing all dancing.

Actually, very very offended by that. my child is my responsiblity no matter in hols or out, my arrangements 90% of the time are sufficient, today is difficult.

The teacher attitude of "I blame the parents" does get my goat though.

...by "not bothering me" - I mean : "find something interesting and creative to do without being prompted or managed"

OK, sorry. I realise it wasn't your intention and can see you feel that you've made a rod for your own back. But I keep seeing these threads and thinking, well, you knew the hols were coming ...

I am a cantankerous old cow at the moment though.

Is there a holiday scheme that would do a few hours a day to give you a break?

lola X post - that's what I mean. I do it too - definitely when they were younger. Felt I had to organise something every day, felt a wee bit guilty if I hadn't, got all resentful if the first thing that they said to me was "what are we doing today?". But realised that if I relaxed a bit, they could play without me organising something.

Then when you do engage with them, you can do it more whole-heartedly.

I've resorted to playing Lego batman on the playstation with them
I spend the rest of the time preparing food, clearing up food and being referee (aged 9, 7, 6 and 3 )

I'd get mildly pissed if I were you

I've obviously taught mine really well, when Mummy's on mumsnet leave her alone!

I can honestly say I am sick to the back effing teeth with my 12ds.
He is driving me crazy.
Can't wait for him to get back to school.
I actually considered alcohol at lunchtime today
For me. Not him!

That 12 yr old DS NOT 12 sons

"I roar, like a tinker at a horse fair"

I'm at work. DH is at home with the little darlings I love the school holidays .....

Holiday clubs are your friend! If she didn't get on at the sporty one, perhaps try another. We went through a few until we found one that DD1 likes. Now she's coming home completely worn out! Ahhhhhhhh....

I feel your pain, good luck!