im currently sat in tears with severe mum guilt, after yet another one of my sons kick offs.
I’m a single mum that gets very very little help from any other family (never mind the kids dad)
my son is being assessed for many numbers of things & because of this behaviour & sleep are a huge issue for us. As usual he’s hit mega hyper & mega a-hole mode at bedtime & ive completely lost it.
the cats peed on his bed (again! She’s an a-hole aswell!!) and I havnt noticed until bedtime so I’ve said he could sleep in my bed…. Don’t see any sign of sleep coming my way though. He’s currently lying on the floor after I’ve ended up having to haul him out of his brothers room, livingroom & everywhere else he wasn’t supposed to be. He has done everything apart from what has been asked off him. To the point I’ve had to basically bear hug him to get him to calm down & stop. But even with that, he’s lashed out that much I’ll be surprised if there’s no bruises in the morning 😞
im running on very little sleep, I get no breaks from the kids apart from school, I’m also trying to study as I’m back at college aswell as doing a placement as part of that & in all honesty I’m completely burnt out! & I don’t know how much more I can take!
This isn’t an excuse, this isn’t a sob story. I just needed to vent.
& also does anyone know where I can get melatonin? Legally & over the counter? (Scotland) I’m running out of ideas now & also running out of hope that we will get any sort of medication anytime soon as referals are taking forever! Only been waiting 3years & counting (not including the 3 before that I’ve been screaming for help & was made to do parenting classes instead)