Too hate the holidays..

[pansydansy]

I used to love having the kids at home during the holidays but dear god their killing me.

They've put me out of house and home.

The tantrums.

The shouts of "I'm bored"

The money spent trying to entertain them.

The day trips trying to sound all enthusiastic when your sick to the back teeth of seeing yet another pig/sheep/cow/ chicken/ horse 😩

The washing 😳

The toys everywhere.

The absolute mess until their in bed.

The fights.

And the worst thing is we're only 1 week down 🙈 feeling very jealous of my dh who's at work getting some peace and quietness 😬

3yr old and 6yr old here finished today and they had a half day... my 3yr old is driving me crazy already!!! I reaeeealllly dislike the age of 3!!😡 2 weeks from today!! Wish me luck 😭

You can enjoy spending time with your DC whilst finding it hard to spend 13 full weeks with them trying to entertain them.

Luckily it is only 2 weeks this time then isn't it?
@PoesyCherish

My three have eaten a week's shopping in 4 days and had me jumping through hoops entertaining them. We have very limited funds at the moment so everything has to be cheap or free and it's difficult! Two out of the three are quite easily pleased but the 5 year old would make a nun swear.

Dh hasn't got any time off. Luckily the 2 little ones are away Tuesday-Thursday with grandparents so we get some quality time with the teenagers.We're taking them out Tuesday night for dinner and cinema can't wait. Then I'm taking them shopping Wednesday for some new clothes.

I love the school holidays. We don’t do much really but I love the lazy mornings and lack of structure (I get a bit of time off too which helps).

Whats the point of having children if you don't like their company?

It's a biological and evolutionary imperative. Also a social one; I might well need them to look after me in my old age. HTH.

My merlin passes are late in the post, this is the end of a long week. Hopefully they'll be here this weekend.

I've been off this week and dh is off next week. I only have one ds7 and have enjoyed this week with him.

The holidays don't have to cost alot. We have been to 4 different parks, film afternoons, building with knex, making board games, baking. Only activities that we have done that cost money was swimming which was under £5 and the cinema which was £13.90.

We have been blessed with good weather everyday. Not a spot of rain since the schools broke off this time last week. Have really enjoyed it

I used to love them, when I only had one child and he was still young enough to be happy with a trip to the park or going swimming.

It's much harder with two and trying to please them both.

Wait until the teens years. Then you win your money back. They lie in bed until midday, slope around not wanting to do anything and their only complaint is that there's not enough food

Yes, but then they snaffle all the treat food as soon as you unpack them, and inhale the fizzy drinks you’ve been planning on having later. All the activities they want to do cost mega ££’s!!!
However I’ve manage to force my teens out of bed for a walk with me and that was enjoyable, dealing with my 9 year old is a dream compared to my teens though!

@Barbie222

There's been a delay from what I'm seeing on the MAP FB group.

I think because it's pretty wide spread they're letting people in with their order confirmation email, ID and the card you paid with.

It's fine to say the holidays are tough! I'm my own with ds every day while dh is at work. I have done this for 11 years and the school holidays always leave me wiped out. I love spending time with him, we have fun but it is non -stop.

What do you do when they complain about being bored?

I remember learning very quickly that it led to being made to do the jobs I really didn't enjoy.

Best learn to say 'I'm busy' rather than I'm bored

I'm hating them because my baby stuff is all term time only and everywhere I could meet friends is rammed with no parking or tables. I'm dreading August.

This is my whole life with 3 preschoolers 😱😱😱

Love them to bits of course but DEAR GOD THE WHINGING

And my eldest doesn’t start school until September 2020...

Sorry, but I just can't let it go. They're, not their.

'Picnics, extra clothes for after the beach, remembering footballs, kites, coats, sun cream, cold drinks, flasks'

God in April if you're in the UK give yourself a break, sun cream not needed , flasks and cold drinks, just take two water

tap water

@Calixtine I had 3 under 3 I know exactly what your going through 🙈😂

I cant stand people who swan into threads like this on their perfect parent pedestal and waffle on about why bother having kids if you dont like them blah blah blah.

Of course holidays are boring, of course they're difficult, of course its exhausting. We are all adults, adults with individual interests and things we actually enjoy doing in our spare time/with other adults. Of course spending 2 weeks straight with children is going to be less than ideal. The things they want to do are more or less boring for us when its happening day in day out. That doesn't mean people dont like spending time with their kids it means it's completely normal to be an adult spending copious amounts of time with children and getting bored of it. Its fucking normal.

Argh. Rant over.

I'd love to spend 13 weeks off with my dd but sadly for many of us work isn't thst generous with paid holidays....For a lot of us it's a logistical nightmare of juggling expensive childcare and taking turns with dh to be off work with them!
Also there is the additional cost of food, and the expectation (as a parent) that we should be organising exciting, fun experiences can put another strain on expenses.
I don't hate the holidays but for us they take some organising and are costly.

What StormcloakNord said

Holidays are difficult. Always have been for families with young children.

As for the DH with quietness, he's probably having to deal with more work because others are off, or the toxic results of someone upsetting others by thinking their holiday requests are more important than everyone else's and expecting others to fit in.

I was looking forward to a full week with DD but I’ve been hungover/sickness bug/ exhausted all week. Seems such a waste.