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AIBU?

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to not be looking forward to the school holidays??

15 replies

ceebeegeebies · 15/07/2013 11:01

My FB feed is full of statuses from other mum's saying how much they are looking forward to the holidays, fun family time with the kids blah blah blah. These are SAHM's who seem to find their kids going to school an inconvenience!!

My holiday will involve shipping DS1 to and from a variety of holiday clubs and the week I am off with him, I will be tearing my hair out trying to think of free ways to entertain him as he finds it impossible to entertain himself for longer than 5 minutes without me hearing 'I'm bored' Grin

Am I the only one who looks forward to them returning to school even before the holidays have started?? I really should look forward to spending time with my DC shouldn't I??

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Lukat · 15/07/2013 11:08

Well I am one of those mums who are excited about school holidays to spend time with my girls..... I am NOT

a sahm I work!! School run is NOT an inconvenience .... I actually don't mind it as its a chance to catch up with other mums/dads/grandparents.....

ChocsAwayInMyGob · 15/07/2013 11:08

No, YANBU. As much I love my kids, they still knacker me out like nothing else.

Every year there are threads like yours and another thread saying something like AIBU to think people should enjoy their kids summer holidays and not moan?

I think that finding your kids exasperating doesn't mean you love them any less, and summer holidays leave you with nice memories, but utterly exhausted.

Sometimesiwonder · 15/07/2013 11:13

NO I dread the summer holidays too. I work from home and I find it impossible to concentrate when dd is off school: giving up for the duration and going with the flow isn't an option.

We're on holiday for 2 weeks, she is booked into a club thing for one, and for the remaining three I'm going to be tearing my hair.

It doesn;t mean I don't love her to bits, it's just the way it is Sad

kinkyfuckery · 15/07/2013 11:24

We are into our third week of summer holidays. I love that we can be a bit more relaxed in our days, our routine. However, my ASD daughter doesn't cope with that so well!
I'm quite looking forward to them going back to school lol

SooticaTheWitchesCat · 15/07/2013 11:26

I love having my girls home for summer. They are only little for a short time and I like to try and enjoy all that time. Yes, they do drive me mad at times when they are bickering etc. but I still don't wish for the holidays to be over and I would be sad if i could only spend 1 week of the holidays with them.

I am not saying YABU though as we are all different.

BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 15/07/2013 11:37

I love the school holidays and no, I am not a SAHM so have to juggle childcare....but I still love it. I normally work f/t but in the hols go down to 3 days per week to get to spend 2 days ewith DS....plus I loved being more chilled at bedtime, not so regimented in the mornings and I love the fact that DS is having fun and chillaxing.

No, YANBU but you should try and enjoy it a bit more, they aren't kids for long, in the blink of an eye they will be off doing their own thing and you will wish for times like this back.....maybe :)

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ceebeegeebies · 15/07/2013 11:37

Sootica - I am actually spending 3 weeks with them but 2 weeks of that we are away on holiday so it is actually only 1 week at home with him.

I am not going to apologise for finding it difficult to be at home with my children - I do believe a lot of it depends on the nature of your children and how happy they are to amuse themselves. DS2, for example, is SO much easier to have at home than DS1 as he plays happily by himself for hours and only really requires me to feed him and take him to the park occasionally Grin

Not sure if it is going to be easier once DS2 is at home in the school holidays or not - technically they can entertain each other but that seems impossible for my 2 to do without arguing/fighting Hmm

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ceebeegeebies · 15/07/2013 11:39

Betty I am looking forward to next week in that I am not at work Wink and, yes, I don't have to wake up at 6am and rush around in the morning, we can have a leisurely stroll to do the nursery run wth DS2 - it is just the many hours in between that seem to stretch out in front of me Grin

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superstarheartbreaker · 15/07/2013 14:52

I am looking foward to the lack of school run and work but daunted by the thought of entertaining dd for 6 WHOLE WEEKS! I am on the whole looking foward to it as I intend to start my reward chart with her then.

Sallystyle · 15/07/2013 14:58

I love no school runs with a passion!

I am looking forward to the lazier routine.

I am NOT looking forward to the non stop arguing my five will do and the mess. It will also be very hard to look after my sn son. A change in routine will mean his behaviour will be even harder to deal with and by the time he is settled he will then have to cope with the thought of going back. He has been so very very hard to cope with this month so in that sense I am dreading it. That might sound a bit mean but when he comes home from school lately I am stressed within 30 minutes because of how hard he is being.

Primrose123 · 15/07/2013 15:03

My DDs are older now, but when they were in primary school, I would print off a big calendar for the summer holidays and ask them what they wanted to do.

I used to try and plan one thing for each day, and they would play for the rest of the day. I used to look for free or cheap things going on locally, such as fun days in parks, activities in libraries, free or cheap swimming, kids club films in the cinema, things like that. I also used tesco clubcard points to go out to restaurants or on more expensive days out. We would ask friends over to play, and that would be another day with something to do. We used to try new things, such as baking cakes, and I would let them decorated them any way they liked. They also liked crafty things, painting, making models etc, and school holidays seemed the perfect time to try things like that. They loved to go to Hobbycraft and try something like shrinkies or decoupatch and would spend all day making masterpieces!

ruledbyheart · 15/07/2013 18:04

I'm dreading the summer holidays this year I'm a stay at home mum and 35 weeks pregnant meaning the first 3 weeks I'm gonna be heavily pregnant and the last 3 I will be dealing with a newborn baby as well as 3 very bored DC and not exactly in a position to be going out having fun everyday.

missmapp · 15/07/2013 18:07

As a teacher, I am counting down the days,

as a full time teacher , I am looking forward to spending some time with my boys

HOWEVER, I am aware that having the holidays at home makes everything much easier for me and don't envy the juggle of holiday clubs.

TheMagicKeyCanFuckOff · 15/07/2013 18:10

I can't wait for my teens (one has anxiety problems surrounding school and depression and is a refuser and I need the rest). But my 5yo is spending his time being babysat by his big sisters or at holiday clubs and I have all of 1wk off. I'm not looking forward to boredom when I get home and moaning about getting off and so on and so on.

NotEnoughTime · 16/07/2013 20:27

I work part time so have the best of worlds or the worst of worlds (depending on what way you look at it!)

On my non working days:

Im looking forward to not doing the school run and not making packed lunches.

Im looking forward to having nice days out with the DC with no time constraits.

On my working days:

Im not looking forward to driving to and from the kids clubs and making packed lunches.

Im looking forward to adult conversation and a bit of a break from the endless bickering of the DC.

Iam really going to try hard to enjoy this summer holiday as my older DC starts secondary school in September and Im worried that this is the last holiday he is going to want to spend any time with me Sad

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