Help me to stop nagging and getting so irritated with my poor lovely children.

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They are 4 and 2 and every day i swear i will keep myself in check. By the end of the day though i am a total nag about tidying up or eating prpoerly or stopping doing something when they are asked to etc. Suddenly a switch is flicked and i feel so just damn irritated with them and start getting louder and going on at them and one chance and theyre out kind of thing.

They are super kids but my fuse is so short and my days are wracked with guilt and then i do it again!

Please help :(

Are you getting enough time for yourself? If not can you do things differently and get some quiet time?

Thank you so much for replying and so sorry not to reappear sooner - it's so reassuring to know i'm not the only one.

I'm rather overwhelmed with too much on at the moment so I will attempt a half decent post very soon. I think I might go to bed soon!

Nelleh do you enjoy your life/kids now? I know that seems a strange question!

I ask because everyone seems to wander over to me in the street or when im out with my two (3&1) and tells me to enjoy it now, this is the best bit of your life, it won't last, as if when they get older your life becomes shit and you just spend your time wishing you had your babies again .

It always gets to me how so many parents of older kids or even pensioners come over to say that with their sad facial expression. I get all scared that they are right, it doesn't get better than this !

im a real nagger and trying my best to bite my tongue, done all the usual tricks of counting to ten or leaving the room but doesnt always help. love my DC to bits but they are sooo annoying at times. Quickchat i often get similar remarks also

Does it get better - in a (rare) calm moment I tried to explain to my 10 year old son that I do not enjoying nagging and shouting and yet I seem to have been a record player (does that expression still exist ) for the last six years - every single morning I repeat 'get dressed, clean your teeth, get your school books etc ready, eat breakfast BEFORE TV is allowed'. Even hiding the remote does not seem to work. Please give me strength for the next eight years .