Anyone else just had a really hard f***ing day?

[Decompressingmama3]

Making a thread for those who need to decompress.. Not a moany, negative thread.

LO is 4 years old, I'm a single working parent and today with the heat has just been absolutely horrendous.
She's such a handful and by the end of the day I just feel bruised and battered.

Today has been tough.
Sat on the sofa decompressing listening to her shout "mummy" for multiple things as I've put her down to bed.

I just want silence for the next 30 minutes.

Anyone else had a day like this?

Me. I've had a shit crap day with my two and just exploded. They have drained me beyond all recognition this week. I know it's partly the heat for us all, but they have been rude, argumentative, unappreciative and generally made me cry tbh. So hand holding because I feel awful and like I just can't do this today x

Yes! We've been at a wedding. An outdoors wedding with minimal shade. Two kids, absolutely run ragged and pouring with sweat most of the day. My eldest had a complete breakdown and bit me really hard several times so I'm really bruised. Ended up leaving early to just get showered and cool off.

Yes, it's tough. My usually quite chilled 4yo had a meltdown yesterday just because we'd run out of their favourite ice lollies (we had other choices which DC likes as well). Utterly inconsolable for around 45 minutes... I think it was just too hot for them! Today's been better - went swimming and then DH took DC to the splash park. But none of us have been sleeping well (I'm heavily pregnant, house is so hot) and DC has been waking around 5 for the past few days. I put the TV on till a decent time, but the days are so long and tiring.

This was me earlier in the week, awful, awful day all round, I have a 4 and 2 year old. The particular day was so bad I was so relieved when they went to bed, but equally really sad for how bad the day was. Went to bed feeling really flat, but they just got up and the next day was better and they still said they loved me and you know what we got through another day!

You can do it. Anyone who feels like today was a complete pants of a day, erase it from memory and start again tomorrow. It will be fine, repeat, it will be fine!

So sorry, that sounds really tough. Big hugs.

Yeah had a disagreement with my closest friend and feel utterly shite

My daughter also has been refusing to go to sleep for the last 1.5 hours

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oh I feel this post.

I must have the worlds worst sleeping 6 month old who is always overtired and miserable. She’s the happiest baby but the overtiredness takes over after a few minutes of happiness. She will only feed to sleep and it’s near impossible to get her off my boob afterwards, and then never sleeps long enough because she refuses to self settle because literally everything else I try just results in hysterical screaming and DH popping in to want to take her to play every time she cries because ‘she must not be tired then’
I can’t for the life of me explain overtiredness to him though I’ve tried!

my back is killing from all the rocking and feeding to sleep being stuck with her on me, she hates the heat and is dropping with sweat all the time, I feel like I can’t do anything with her or take her anywhere because she won’t sleep, and she won’t feed in public because she’s too nosy. I’m exhausted and so frustrated because she used to just put herself to sleep until the 4 month sleep regression which apparently is never ending as she’s now 6 months and has only got worse.

I am now sat upstairs in the dark after spending over an hour getting her to bed, and I’m waiting for her to wake up in 45mins or less and we can start the whole merry dance again over and over until morning.

No peace. All day. 4 kids, whining 3 year old, a few public tantrums. And breastfed baby. Just stayed up an hour after feeding babe to eat cheese and chocolate alone. Finally. Even with toothache.

Yep today sucked- sending solidarity and hope for cooler weather

Yes. One little one with a stomach bug (fever, nausea, bad stomach) and a very little one who seems to be coming down with it, so two days of constant care and worry.

My 7 yr old has been really hard work today. He actually had a full on crying meltdown earlier which is very unlike him. The heat really isn't helping and everyone's patience is wearing thin.

I have Covid, third day now, can't lie down as can't breathe so have to sit up all night in chair. This is third night I have been up. My legs and ankles are so swollen. DH got Covid last Saturday and still really unwell. Between us have tried to manage foster son who has complex needs. All he has done today is demand to go out. He knows we can't take him out with Covid. He has not had it. DH and I both feel drained.

I didn't realise how hard it was until DD went to bed. It's 1am, I'm wide awake but so exhausted. Felt weirdly anxious all day to the point I could barely eat. So unlike me. DD was so challenging today and DH isn't feeling well so couldn't help. I want tomorrow to be here already.

You have my sympathy, covid is a bitch. Have you tried laying in the prone position? It may help your breathing. Hope you both feel better soon

Yes I'm having this week with my 5yo and 1yo - the heat means neither are sleeping, I'm struggling to stay on top of my work and I've become 'shouty mum' which I hate.
Now 1 has woken with croupy/refluxy cough and the other has awful itchy heat rash.
Ffs.
You are not alone

Oh god thanks @Pebbledashery - I needed that!

Oh sorry I mean @YourLipsMyLipsApocalypse

@ToastofLandon you could be me, even down to the bladder issues.
Are you getting any help with anxiety? I'm not in a good place rn.

We moved overseas 10 days ago. To a hot and humid country. The adjustment is mostly going ok although DS2 and I have had several migraines each.

DS1 and DS2 did a week long watersports club which was great. However today they have just been bloody awful. Lots of accidentally hurting each other. Lots of screaming and shouting and arguments. Lots of tears. Lots of complaints that the other one is annoying him (to be fair they both have ADHD and can have some very exasperating behaviour).

Several times we've had to threaten separating them so only 1 can play in the pool at a given time. This calms them as they always play together. But we havent been able to leave them without supervision today in the house or pool and they are 8 and 11 🤦‍♀️

😘😘

I am a single parent to a 2.5 week old baby. In the daytimes she is sweet and gorgeous and dozes whilst my friends admire her. At nighttime she turns completely - last night she screamed inconsolably for hours, was scratching at my neck, kicking me in my c section scar….. I had serious doubts about being a parent last night. Today she is lovely again. It’s so full on!!! Makes me dread nighttimes

I had therapy for a year until about March and was going well and we both agreed I was in recovery but would benefit from CBT for health anxiety. Was going well with that and was in a good place until I was so ill on holiday.

Still not right now and it's been a month since my symptoms started, 3rd week of antibiotics and no better and so low and in no state to return to work yomorrow. I'm sure my anxiety is making it worse but I'm reluctant to do the CBT again as I feel like it taught me to gaslight myself and ignore my symptoms thinking it was in my head, when really I was ill.

All my scans and bloods have been clear, except my urine culture so think it's my bladder but never been so ill with something like this. I'll probably contact the original therapist again, are you getting support?