muuuum, muuuum, MUUUUUUUUUUM

[DelGirl]

grr, if I am called once more today I will internally combust. Mornings and weekend I am met with a constant muuuuuuuuuum, muuuuuuuuum, sometimes I just wish there was another person dd could ask, I really do. It starts usually about 5.30 and at least every waking minute from then on ffs. I just want some head spaaaaaaaace. love'er really but she drives me up the wall with constant demands. She's currently saying I wanna watch spongebob about 20 times. arrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh she has been in the garden til now. sorry just venting whilst I hyperventilate.

Mine's 3 and she's started on the 'its not fair' thing. I say 'life's not fair'. Hehehe.

Yep. Know how you feel. My ds is 2.6 and all I hear is 'NO!

And 'NO mummy, me not do it.'

And in the mornings, ''MUMMY, MUUMMY, MUUUUUMMMMYYY. MY TEDDIES ALL ON FLOOR. OPEN DE DOOR.'

No(ex)H, no family on either side, no immediate help, no maintenance from 'daddy.'(he ran away to thailand. yawn.)

It's great though: ds is fab and I am shot of his appalling 'father'.

Drinks all round.

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Oh I feel your pain! Ds is 7 and actually pretty easy to be with but every now and again it all gets a bit on top of me.

Yesterday was a very tough day because I was so grumpy. Today he just wants to talk to me the whole time about football and club penguin! I'm trying really hard to look interested but I feel so drained! He's just had a bath so once I've cooked his tea we'll both be having an early night!

We had a nice day in the end, probably helped by my friend and neighbour who took us out for lunch and we shared a bottle of wine, which helped.

My neighbour got it in the ear for a change lol then a nice play in the park and walk on the beach. DD went in the sea and has gone to bed exhausted. Neighbour coming round again in a mo to help me finish off some wine. So a good end to a what started off as a tiring morning

Don't you just love'em

DelGirl I completely sympathise.

Gaaah at the weekends it can be especially intense, sometimes I just long for him to be silent for a while and leave me alone.

In fact, I insist on it sometimes, I tell DS "I'm really stressed now, please give me 20 minutes alone, while you play quietly in your room". It works a treat. A dvd is even better as it gives me a longer stretch of time between demands!

Don't feel afraid to tell your children that you need a break or some child-free time to de-stress.

oh I do . Last night I said to her, can you tip toe into mummys room in the morning and if I am asleep, please don't wake me (she always does). I heard her tip toe in awwwww and she didn't 'wake' me and went downstairs and put the tv on, which she can do but often claims she can't.

Anyway, 10 mins later, MUUUUUUUUM,. MUUUUUUUUUM, MUUUUUUUUUUM, I can't get the tv to work. yawn, this is at 6.15 (sob)

Now of course, I am feeling guilty as I shouldn't complain as she does go to bed early generally 6.30ish and has always slept well.

Before anyone suggests it, I have tried sending her later but it has never worked, well maybe once. She is an early riser like I used to be pre dd

same here. Mine are 3.7 and 21 months.

I have wine with my dinner tonight.

Actually, we got home from a wander to town this afternoon so I chucked the dc's in the garden, hid myself on the sofa to watch the news and DS poked his head around the corner and told DD to leave mummy alone "as she wants some peace" and they trotted back out again

Mine are 5 and 11 so it's easier with their ages (though don't get me started on sibling rivalry!) but it's a struggle some evenings.

I've been a lone parent for 6 months now and I don't have any friends where we live, my two are settled in a good school and are making friends and doing activities that they enjoy but there is no scope for me to meet anybody.

On a bad day I can't help but feel that there is nobody to care for me. We've moved 350 miles away from our old home town, hence not knowing anybody here.

I just seem to get constant questions about food!
can i have so and so, when's it lunch time, I'm hungry etc. Then even when i answer they ask again as if i hadn't even spoken or the ask 3-4 times without giving me a chance to take a breath to answer!
I do have 4 DC which makes it 4X as bad!

Although I have had a nice day gardening with 3 out of 4 DC helping.

tortoise DS spent 20 mins earthing up my potatoes this morning! That only left me with DD to contend with and she was happy sweeping dirt off the garden path leaving me to get on with planting carrots .

This thread makes me feel so much better, knowing that other Mum's sometimes do that Big sigh and wish for some peace and quiet. I work with my youngest as well, so only get just over an hour a day whilst still working child free and really look forward to the time when they are all in bed.