I've lost my shit already?

[PositivePete]

It's 7:07

DS2.2 .... Waking frequently through the night for last 7 days, never used to.

He's now throwing the biggest fucking tantrum because ...... THE WALL SOCKET WON'T COME OFF THE WALL?

Happy Weekend single people!

Ps ... Lone parent rant

Maria that tale makes me feel slightly short of breath reading it.

Ok. Cup of tea for you. Warm milk or whatever he likes for him. Back into bed with Cbeebies or something, or a gentle film. Not cartoons or anything manic.

Start the day again in an hour or so.

He's now face timed my Dad on holiday in Australia ....... WTAF!?!

Maria poor you! Although I do have a funny pic of my DD wearing my mascara on her eyebrows.

and all round. DH has just come home from a night shift to find both me and 3yo DD in floods of tears. I have a headache, sore throat and I'm losing my voice. We've been up 3 hours, it's only 8.30 and I don't know what to do with ger all day! The library doesn't open til 10.

Good advice frombertrandrussell, that's what I would do ...... And if you can just step back, breath and smile at the utter stupidness of it......it won't last for ever, though it might feel like it.....

Maria

I am for you!

OP let him facetime his grandpa! Thats 30 mins free time for you!

for everyone.

I had to set my alarm, on a Saturday, to tend to the dogs DDs are teens now so they rarely wake up early unaided, but the dogs can't be left. So they have been fed, fuss made of them and had a short trip to the back garden and then after all that the bastards started barking.

I seriously don't know how all you lone parents manage

Wrt the cold nights, heave blanket might help more than the radiator. I found thus when my DD was 2 - I added enough blankets to practically pin her into bed and this stopped the night wakings which had come from nowhere. I think I read something recently about lots of bweight/blankets being reassuring at night if they are going through an anxiety kind if development phase.

I too am a totally unreasonable parent, the other day I objected to DS launching his (hard) plastic toys at our dogs face which prompted a massive toddler meltdown. People keep telling me it will pass so . . . it will pass (I hope!!!!)

Tell him you can't take the wall socket off the wall or all the electricity will fall out.

I'm another lone parent here. Want to hear my magical solution? This makes me a shit parent, but I don't care because it saves my sanity.

I prepare the night before a cup of milk (with lid and straw in) some chopped fruit and cucumber, and I buy croissants wrapped in individual wrappers.

Ds wakes between 5 and 630 usually, and I bring him in my bed, hand him the prepared breakfast and the ipad and I turn over and go back to sleep.....

I feel for you, Ds screamed in my face yesterday because he realised he has nipples, and because I wouldn't let him lick the raw chicken we were cooking..... He's newrly 4 so should really know better by now too!

Mine is tantrumming because he wants the "ciggyettes" that he obviously can't have and shouldn't even know what they are. So I guess I'll be giving up then.
He also wants the car keys, that his dad has taken to work.
He climbed up on the TV unit a few minutes ago trying to drive the TV

woke up at 3:30 am after going to sleep at 11pm
endured an hour of winnie the pooh and went back to sleep on the sofa.
woke up as the devil.
Help.

I'm so glad I'm past this stage but I remember it oh so well
We used deal with ridiculous tantrums with comedy, joining in with the dramatics until everyone ended up laugh
Dd in particularly had spectacularly dramatics tantrums, lots of throwing herself about and foot stamping, we had Riverdance on the planner and would put in on when she started and all join in
Eventuality just the mention of riverdance was enough to stop the dramatics dead in their tracks!

DA just did a poo and instead of telling me he shoved about 10 wipes down his nappy then came to the kitchen and took all the poo covered wipes out and handed them to me, toddlers are gross

ing at Riverdance! Dd(2) has horrendous tantrums, it came as a bit of a shock because ds never had one ever. She stands crying "Mummy" over and over again but refuses to tell me what the problem is or what she wants. and for everyone dealing with tantrums today.

I'm posting this in the hope it will raise a smile www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/119/36-Reasons-My-Kid-Is-Crying-Temper-Tantrums-You-Can-t-Help-But-Laugh-At

DD had a 45 minute tantrum yesterday morning because she didn't want to get dressed. I eventually wrestled her clothes off her and she stormed back and forth the living room shouting at me, slapping her thigh to emphasise her point and stomping. Completely nude.

At that point the rage which had been building up in me dissipated and I laughed at her. It was very much The Wrong Thing To Do. Tantrums are Not Funny.

I'm not a single parent but DTs who are 4.7 and should know better were up at 5 bloody 45 this morning, and are now predictably over tired and will not stop fighting. I'm putting them in the car in a minute to force them to have a nap.

Mine used to wear a fleece "onesie" over their pj's when it was cold. This meant if they kicked off their blankets they were still warm. It stopped a lot of the night wakings.
These things will pass. DS1 just surfaced and ate cold pizza for breakfast.

Oh good lord, i'm shuddering at the memories that this thread is bringing back. There is a DAMN GOOD REASON ITS CALLED THE TERRIBLE TWOS!!

I remember how hard it was when DH travelled a lot and i had to deal with it all on my own, but at least when he got back i could hand them over and go and hide for awhile.

Do you have any friends in a similar position who you could organise occason swaps with? Each of you take both children once a month and let the other one have some time themselves.

When it is two parents the one who has lost the plot can go out to get a break while the other takes over (at least some time.)

could be worse. mine tried to lick the sockets.

Stick him in your bed. Twos are difficult. I'm afraid we just stuck ours in our bed at that age if they woke up in the night lots of times. Some will shoot me down for this but they snuggled down and went back to sleep. Some nights we played the game- Musical Beds! I found it difficult to have constant broken nights and my DH works away so it was like being a single parent at times and we had no family support. They eventually stop being in your bed...about 12 ! Only joking. I was at college full time with number four.
Number 1 didn't sleep through the night till he was five kept in his bed but I was getting up to number 2 during that time. He slept through from about 11 mths but was up at 5:30 every morning. Number 3 went through a wakeful period but we moved house twice as we were renovating and he slept in out bed some of the time or his brothers sometimes. I think he might have been waking because it was very cold that winter. Plug socket a bit weird. No. 2 used to try poking pens in ours. We had the house re wired and when electrician asked about circuit breaker I jumped at the chance. I had put plastic safety plugs everywhere. I feel for you lack of sleep is hard.

Oh God terrible twos!

My DS is 23 months and we are getting this. Throwing himself to the floor in fits of rage for nonsensical reason. Although at least he had the sense to pick the wooden bit of kitchen floor, whereas DD chose the hard tiled bit like a fool.

I'm afraid to say DD (now 7) and I threw ourselves to the floor in mirth and did the same as DS. Sure that's not a patented way of dealing with tantrums.

Gro bag in the bed under the others covers in this cold weather. Bugger the advice - they don't have any idea how cold our house is.

The only reason DS sleeps through while we barely got a full night from DD til she was 5 is that she was allowed to be in a situation where she could kick the covers off and he can't.