Anyone else find this really hard?

[pipiandbelle]

I'm a mum to a toddler and I'm finding it really hard. Most days she's great. Other days she's whining and doesn't want to do anything I suggest. My husband and I never get time together or do anything we want to do at the weekend- we mainly do stuff to please her. We don't use child care atm and look after her jointly over the week and both work full time. Our weekends are mainly about what our Dd would like. I feel like my old life is completely in the dim and distant past and now I'm a tired parenting machine. What should I do?! Will this ever change?! My dd is 22 months.

Oh lordy yes, I am now a foster mum to a 2 and a half year old and I had forgotten how hard it can be. But, on the plus side, it MUST get better because I remember my own children's childhoods with fondness (and through slightly rose tinted specs), I can remember my youngest being very hard work as a toddler but he grew into a fine adult, I look back on his toddlerhood and laugh mainly at the time I threw a tantrum just like his at the checkout in Tesco, it was that or kill him.

Don't have any more OP, it only gets harder!