My oh has gone out for the evening queue 5 year old realising mum is on her own so played up. Everything time I put him to bed he gets up and runs into the room where I am trying to settle the 2yo to sleep. So I've calmly walked him back 75million times all while the 2yo is getting more and more excited by this stupid game. 5yo switching on lights, running through the house. IVe tried positive things, bribery, threatened to take away toys, pretty much everything I shouldn't have done by some parenting guru or another but none of it's working. They started going to bed at 7.30 is now almost 10.30 I'm literally getting so cross I've given up. I've put the kettle on and sat in tears while my kids run around like lunatics.
I'm being unreasonable I know, I've done everything wrong. I just don't think I'm the parent I thought I was. Completely out of control sitting with a cuppa in tears is pretty pathetic isn't it?!
Oh not due home until tomorrow morning - what on earth do I do? Wait until they fall asleep?!