Had demands every waking hour for 2 days now

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I just can’t do it anymore. I’m a single parent and ex does see dd every couple of weeks and totally takes over so I have a break but his work pattern means he never has her at his house and he pays me more than enough to manage things for her. I did start using childcare for a couple of hours at a weekend but felt it wasn’t fair on her and I didn’t feel totally comfortable with it. I don’t have practical family support as parents are far away.

She’s just turned 5 and oh my god. It’s constant. Mum mum mum mum mum mum. All the fucking time. I’m much better when I’m not hormonal but when I am I just cannot cope. I feel like a nervous wreck dealing with one demand to another non stop. Will this get better? If so when?

Book the childcare. It's okay to have a few hours for yourself. Won't harm your child.

I do think it's pretty mean to ship her off at the weekend when she's usually at school all week too. It's literally saying you don't want to spend time with her, which you don't.
At that age it's reasonable to say that you are eating and you'll get her xyz when you're finished,.or that you are reading at the moment and you'll play with her in twenty mins and describe what that looks like on the clock if she can't tell the time, or set a timer.

Agreed. If she isn't at school (depending on where you are) book the childcare. It does and will get better, though.

could you send her to a club/hobby on a saturday morning? my DD used to dance and it was enough time for me to have a coffee in peace, totally changed the outcome of my dad

Can you arrange some play dates? When my DD was that age she was very hard work, extremely clingy and chatty and was like ny shadow but if she had a friend over they would play together and chat to each other and I could get some housework done or have a cup of tea in the other room. The more kids you invite over for play dates, the more she will be invited back which gives you some actual peace and quiet. As they get older the play dates can be longer and if you know the families well they can start having sleepovers.

Oh I know the pain. Keep her busy, dance class, swimming class, friends over to play, cinema (she definitely can't talk there). Staying home with a small child can be awful if you aren't feeling very resilient.