Bad Mood Monday Parent

[Cbell]

Maybe it's because it's Monday but I seem to have lost all motivation to parent.

I don't want to paint, play with play dough, sprinkle flour all over the kitchen floor or go to the bloody park. My DD is nearly 16 months and while I am not concerned about her speech her conversation is still mainly grunting and signing for her dummy (which she only has a bedtime but is obsessed about nevertheless).

Boring, bored, tired mummy

Anyone fancy wallowing with me or telling me to pull my socks up and celebrate my daughter. Already feel bad for moaning....

Maybe this has helped!

I think i'll wallow with you today. I am very motivated, just very disillusioned with my 17 mo DS. In short, he is testing my patience like he's never tested it before and seems to have reached a pinnacle of hitting and smacking - both himself and me. And just to stick the knife in, he's being an angel to my DH (suddenly only daddy is good enough for him) and to his CM. This morning i dropped him off with her and he grinned massively (having tantrumed for much of the journey), held out his arms to her and didn't give me a second glance. I know he's only 17 mo and i'm being irrational, but FFS - it's me who packs his lunch and changing bag every night, ensures his diet is stuffed with good, wholesome, home cooked food, gets up at stupid-o-clock when he's teething/ ill, does a full day at work and then returns home, full of patience and understanding when he's intent on smacking me around the face and asking for cuddles from other people!!! Phew, i'm out of breath.

I love him dearly and wouldn't change it for a minute. I just wish he'd show some bloody gratitude!