To feel I'm messing up my kids?

[ilkleymoorbartat]

I've not done anything majorly 'wrong' I don't think, but I just feel like I'm not doing my best for them. I love them and try hard every day, but I know there's always more I could give that I'm not. Sometimes I get bored.

There's stuff I've done in the past that I regret now, and worry it's messing them up. Like control crying with my DD who just would never sleep and screamed the whole time, getting hugely impatient with them, or snapping.

My daughter, now 5 still screams and looses the plot sometimes. I really feel like I'm not doing the best by them.
Does anyone else feel like this ever?

You're not alone! Nobody gets it all right OP...absolutely nobody.

5 year olds do sometimes lose it and yell.

All parents get it wrong sometimes. Every single bloody one of us. I have fucked up countless times, but my dd is absolutely amazing. I'm in awe of how brilliant she is, and of how she has managed to grow up into such a fantastic person despite my frequent parenting fails.

If you love them and try hard every day, I reckon you're doing just fine.