ach feck, i HATE leaving the house

[tyaca]

i have just spent two hours feeding, changing, wiping, ignoring the screams and whines. and we are still not going to make it out on time.

BALLS BALLS BALLS.

can't believe there was ever a time when leaving the house took 3min. 10 if i fancied putting on some make up

Lol. It gets better, honest.

Have you considered bribery?
As soon as we're out of the house you can have a biscuit healthy snack?

they have treats about fourteen times a day. i think the power of sugar is losinfg its edge.

wondering if my problem started when i let them suck the sugar and grounds at the bottom of dh's coffee cup
but it bought me five mins to load dishwasher without being whined at.

given up leaving house. i didn't even WANT to go to diddi freaking dance

oh god I could have written your post this morning.

At 10.35 I was rushing out of the door for a 10.30 playdate 15 mins walk away wondering how come at 8am when DH left for work we had all had breakfast and DD1 (2.8) was even dressed, and I was feeling quite organised... then it took me over 2 hours to get DD2 (6 months)and me washed and dressed and the three of us out of the door, leaving a trail of devastation throughout the house!

I feel your pain. I need to allow an extra hour and a half now and i've only got 1 baby to deal with. Trouble is, by the time i've fed, changed, dressed and got everything ready to go its time to feed again and that puts another 15mins even if he's quick. Then burp, puke, poo, change bum, change top due to puke, change my top due to puke...

Well thats half the day gone already.

Ha.

anyone who claims to be able to leave the house with a small child before 11am is lying (or got woken up at 4am )

Or bessie they have other dc who need to be at school/ nursery.

It does get better. I was truly rubbish with my pfb, but improved rapidly when I had to have dd at nursery for 9 a.m, even though ds seemed to need his nappy changed just as we we were about to leave the house.

Yes to the trail of devastation as you get ready, and at how long it takes to have a shower and get dressed when dc are tiny!

I miss popping out to places...now even the simplist of trips is a mission! Sympathies op!

Between snow and colds ive managed to keep DS off nursery for over 3 weeks but had to take him back today (cracking me up).

Cue screaming 1 yr old DD as I fight her into fecking snowsuit. Whining 3 yr old DS "I want to take my truck" "I want toast" "I don't want to go".

DH actually washed and dressed him and as I can hide DD in snowsuit she is still in babygrow so how come I was late AGAIN.

It's the WORST thing about having kids.
Can't wait until summer when they just get a cardi thrown on and out the door

Gah, I fecking hate it! Why are all the toddler groups in the morning? If I don't go out now I won't get out at all. :( I have to tidy up when I get back for my family support worker as well!

bertie you need to move near me - all the blooming groups are in the afternoon - when DD has her monster 2-3hr naps!

five lalalalala-i'm-not-listening (#2 due in the Spring & am in complete denial about how I'm going to manage to get DD there for breakfast at 8)

I had the same problem with DS1 but when you have 2 or more children its all about strict schedules and planning.

Not only am I screaming my head off but continually repeating myself with the children screaming and crying inbetween!

What I do is strap them in the car and run back in and do a few chores - works!

Although we're past all that little baby stuff (pooing, puking..) it's not that much easier getting out of the door with a 1 year old. First I have to listen to DS howling while I dress up in my outdoor clothes. Then I have to get (already worked up) DS ready. I hate putting DS in all the snowgear. He gets hot, I get hot, we both want to cry before we are even out of the door. I especially hate his snowboots, which v. hard to get on, but I refuse to buy another pair, because they are so expensive and will be used for about 5 months.. Whoever said they would like it to be summer, I agree with you a million % (as Simon Cowell would say). Last summer was so hot, DS spent his days mostly in a nappy and a vest..

Ok the key here is planning. A pain in the arse to do, but it works! Pack the nappy bag, complete with snacks that dont need to be in the fridge the night before. Grab some clean clothes off the ironing board and lay out a complete outfit for you all in one place. Do all this at night. n the morning after breakfast, Wash faces and change bums. Assemble in dressing place (where the ready bag is already) dress baby, dress toddler, distract toddler with conveniently placed toy, dress yourself, grab bag (and possibly the toy for the car trip, but it stays in the car when you get where you are going!) and out you go.

I have a 3 yr old, 5 year old and a Baby and we can rise at 7.30 and be on the school run by 8.20. So I tell you, it CAN work. (Once they get the hang of it!)

But then again, some mornings...arghhhhhhhhh!!!!!

totally agree op

leaving the house is quite frankly horrific, have to say i've pretty much stopped doing it - but then staying at home i'm not exactly feeling the love

have 2 small dc and 1 slightly bigger one.

loooking forward to experiencing 'empty nest'syndrome.

And being older.The downside.