To think the novelty of motherhood can wear off

[Winosaurus]

This is lighthearted before anyone takes it too seriously

So before kids I was desperate for them, thought I’d be like Maria Von Trapp and love every second.
Kids are now 7 & 3 and I’ve had enough of playdoh, CBeebies, being used as a human climbing frame.
Yesterday I hid in my en suite bathroom pretending to the kids I was having a poo because I was secretly eating a mars bar a didn’t want to share with them
Currently dreaming of being 20-something and on a beach sipping cocktails

Also I’ve heard the word “snack” for the 5678th time this morning already and it’s only 9am

I love this thread. Thanks so much for starting it. I may have to keep coming back to it next week to cheer myself up on the days when I’m “not working” (As in not in paid work) looking after my 19 month old and 4 year old!

Yes it’s so tough- I love them both endlessly but I really struggle sometimes with the relentless of parenting.

....I mean 19 month old and 3 year old (not 4!- our age gap is much more silly than that- 16.5 months between them!).

Love this!

I have a 5 and 2 year old and my god can days drag. They wait until my bum hits the seat before asking for drinks/sauce/snacks after I’ve just been in the kitchen and it drives me insane. Not to mention the constant arguing/fighting! I’m pregnant with my 3rd and often wonder what the hell I’ve done. At the same time though, at least I’ve got them all out the way, I couldn’t imagine starting all over with a big gap in between.

Taffeta you have made me
I have ds1 (10.5) and ds2 (2.5).
I have no idea why I thought I’d want to do it all again just as it was getting so easy.
Days are mostly great (SAHM since ds1) but sometimes.....

Just another one saying total hats off and praise to SAHMs. I work 3 days a week and it’s bliss being able to go to the toilet alone and drink tea in peace.

I was a SAHM for over 16 years. I'm not quite sure how I managed it. DD1 had a lot of medical needs. Then she buggered off just past her 17th birthday to the other end of the country. DD2 was in her teens when XH buggered off. She then went to university and I thought that I could relax.

But no. DD1 then sprogs - unplanned. Now she is a single parent and I have found myself today driven almost to drink by a toddler. She had a meltdown when leaving DD1 and sobbed for a vast proportion of the car journey to mine before I realised the word she was saying was 'coat'. The bloody thing had fallen off the back seat to the floor. Handed her said coat, she wiped her face on the hood and promptly went to sleep. Me? Ready to open the car door and press the eject button.

I'm not in the least maternal and I still haven't worked out how I managed to have two kids and then a DGD. I'm too old for this and count myself fortunate I only have her overnight. And as for that bloody Peppa Pig! How I hate the creature!!!

Peppa Pig is truly obnoxious! I quite agree.....

Ds18 & ds14. I spent the night at a friends, after having a few drinks for her birthday. She had 5 under 7's there (not all hers!)

I was worken by being poked 'snowy wake up its morning' me, pulling the duvet over my heads 'no it's not it's the middle of the night go back to sleep' .... didn't work, so woke with a fuzzy head and 'mummy' 'I want.... ', 'mummy she did x to me..' 'mummy I need...' and so on.

I stood in the kitchen and said 'I can't wait to go home at least I can curl up in the chair and sleep all day if i want' the other mums glared at me

DS is 4 and just started school. Oh how my life has changed for the better. We did start to discuss having. A second but then I spend some time with friends with younger kids and I am reminded how much I hated the majority of the first 3.5-4 years. DS will not be getting a sibling.

I’m still completely touched out most days, don’t get any time/space to myself and my blood often runs cold at the sound of the word ‘mum’, plus we have some sleeping hurdles still to overcome l, but my god I wouldn’t swap it for any of the earlier years.

I’m not one for giving advice to those who don’t yet have children, and I hated the ‘you don’t understand until you have kids’ brigade before I had DS but it is so true. There really is no preparing you for it is there?