Single mum of two and the kids have driven you up the wall today

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I'm a newly single mum of 2 and iv had enough, from the moment they have woke up today (5.00am) precisely they have drove me round the bend.
Both DS ages 7 and 20 months, woke up really early, cried as I didn't get his milk quick enough, then tipped his breakfast all down him, DS 7, has wound the baby up all day and doesn't follow instructions, like pick you toys up and brush your teeth etc.
The baby didn't nap so he has been grumpy all day, whilst getting ready to go to a baby shower they were both messing about and baby ended up bashing his head, lost my shit, shouted a lot at them.
Just got back and I can't wait to bath them and put them both to bed, am I a bad mother if I can't wait for them to go to bed out of my face :( how do you single mums do this day in day out and do you ever lose your shit?

I've been a single mum for 3 years now and yes some days I lose my shit. Don't feel like you are a bad mother. We have good days and bad days. If it's a bad day just chuck it in the fuck it bucket and start again the next day

Oh gosh that was me yesterday OP !! I'm not a single mum but my DH is working away and I ended up with a sore throat after all the shouting I did yesterday my 2 are 5 and 3, we have days like these usually when DH is working away they wound each other up all day, wouldn't share, constantly arguing over the same toy. Youngest didn't have a nap all day, eldest woke early at just before 6am yes really on a Saturday bedtime was 6.30pm last night and absolute bliss I couldn't wait !! Today has been much nicer and a lot calmer.

I'm a single mum of 4 with another on the way, I have these days too! Some days are lovely and everything goes to plan other days everything seems to go wrong and I feel my children have been replaced by monsters lol your doing great, don't beat yourself up

Been a single mum of 2 as well. Some days it was lovely like a kids picture book but other days it was like a horror film!
Accept you can't always win and kids can be right stroppy buggers!
My 2 were either best friends or hated each other.
I still remember losing it when dd hit ds round the head with the tv remote (big in those days..the 90s). I also remember a whole summer all they did was fight. I couldn't wait for September!
Both are happy well adjusted adults now so my losing it sometimes did no harm.
Get them to bed, put your feet up and have

Thanks everyone :( he has just tipped his bottle all over the couch, then when I went to clean it up he poured juice over it too, FFS I'm done, time for bed!!!
The house is a mess and I have uniforms to iron, I'm so done with today, I hope I wake up on the right side of the bed tomorrow, it's nice to know I'm not the only one to have a bad day :)

Thanks @recklessruby me and ex split because he argued all the time and we didn't want to damage the children, so it's just me and the kids and I feel really guilty when I shout, like they are going to grow up damaged :(

I have been a single mum for 2 years. They are currently 3 and just turned 2. There some days we all end up blubbery messes and there are others where I sit down at night knowing I've got this.

It wont always be easy But the easiest I thing I found when I lose my shit is to throw (not literally) them in the car, drive for 15 minutes to cool myself down and come up with a plan of which park for 15 minutes. Thst brief reset saves my sanity