My god, being a parent is so fucking exhausting !!

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Christmas holiday you say ?What is a holiday when you're a parent ??

It's so bloody exhausting.

When they're at school, you have to get up at the crack of dawn, make sure they're ready and get them to school and yourself to work.

In your hard earned holiday, they wake you up at the crack of dawn anyway, then you spend all day cleaning up after them and cooking.

It's exhausting even trying to keep up with it all.

There's just never a break !

Mine are 5 next month and 2 and a half.

Tomorrow we are hosting family whilst also needing to manage the kids while prepping for guests etc.

Can EVERYONE relate ?

The kids are also just bored and frustrated.

Totally agree its rough the first 8 years or so. Mine are now 10 and 13 and this Christmas actually feels restful.

They don't want to be up early. They aren't arsed about festive trips. They placate us with the odd family board game. They don't believe in Santa any more so now dh and I can just say "don't come in the living room we are wrapping" mid afternoon rather than waiting til after bedtime.

This x 100. This is what I find hardest. The lack of control over some situations and not being able to 'fix' just about everything like I used to.

Mine were never allowed to get up at the very crack of dawn so we got up at 8. I do remember feeling as though I did nothing but cook and tidy up though.

@Gem359 I disagree completely and would give people the opposite advice.
My dcs might argue to the death with us but they adore each other, they are all the same sex and are as thick as thieves. We often break each one up and have time on their own and they actually don’t love it . Had my youngest on his own recently and it was lovely for two hours and then he was asking for his brothers all the time ! Great one works for you but my sisters have been a life-send now we are all older , so glad I have them so disagree with your advice but each to their own!

I agree with previous posters - kids are like labradors. They need 2 good walks a day others they are troublesome! I remember someone giving me that advice with DS who was literally moving from the moment his eyes opened!

Never get me wrong, I love my DD to the ends of the earth but, honestly, I've had enough.
Between the last minute dashes as I've forgotten to pick up an order, the active social life of an 8 year old,ageing parents including in laws with various health issues, a miserable gran who believes everything the daily mail prints and what bbc news says, I have had enough of the festive season.
My husband works long hours as a support worker, I've just left one employer and started with another within a week, why is it wrong of me to want 5 mins to myself to have a look at mumsnet and have a rant with some like minded people.
Merry Christmas everyone!