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Just shut DD in her room for 10 minutes

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milliec · 04/05/2008 17:40

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Tortington · 04/05/2008 17:42

sounds sensible to me

SmugColditz · 04/05/2008 17:43

Good idea. have a cup of tea

onepieceoflollipop · 04/05/2008 17:46

Well done for not snapping or screaming, sounds really frustrating.

And just as you think you would be getting a break sounds like you are now in charge of bedtime as well?

Have a snack and a drink before tackling that. Do what you can to get through til 8pm safely...CBeebies??

Put your wine in to chill now ready for when her dad returns. (for you not him!)

Btw, my dds are downstairs with my dh. I shut myself in our bedroom as I desperately needed a break.

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SmugColditz · 04/05/2008 17:48

Feed her as much as she wants to eat, bath her and put her in bed. Fix an inane grin on your face, and try to ride it out. Only 2 hours to go, not long now.

onepieceoflollipop · 04/05/2008 17:50

If you can face it (and if she is old enough) get a slight head start on the tidying up by making a game out of putting the bricks etc away and picking up the laundry. Otherwise shut the door on it all and your dp will be busy later!

Janni · 04/05/2008 17:52

I sympathise. I know EXACTLY how you are feeling. Good advice given already.

peasoup · 04/05/2008 18:06

Skip the bath

Acinonyx · 04/05/2008 18:10

Oh don't you just hate that 'I'm going to be late...'. Always on the worst days.

My version is to close the stairgate either top or bottom with one of us upstairs and the other down until one or both of us cools off. Sometimes I clean frantically to work off the shere physical frustration - it's the only time I do it with real energy!

Pavlovthecat · 04/05/2008 18:14

Well done for keeping it cool. Nothing wrong with putting your child somewhere safe and away from you when you get like this.

Baths are great for my DD when she is a terror like this and I am on my own. She can spend a good half hour there chilling out I read my book sitting on the loo, and by the time she has been dried and dressed for bed a food 45 mins has gone, closer to bedtime!

Hassled · 04/05/2008 18:21

You did well. The bedroom has always been my "remove" place - and has never affected my DCs' willingness to go there to play/sleep etc. It gives you both time and space.
I heard myself yell at DD (who is 18 ) - "Just go to your bedroom NOW!" the other day - and she did!

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milliec · 04/05/2008 18:39

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Heathcliffscathy · 04/05/2008 18:42

fantastic. really important to get away if you feel control snapping.

sounds like you're in a better place the two of you already. good luck with bedtime.

onepieceoflollipop · 04/05/2008 18:47

milliec

I have to admit I am chuckling at the irony of my own situation While my own dds were shrieking downstairs with my dh, here I was happily typing away suggestions to help you! Then I go off to do bathtime, and mnet whilst feeding the little one, to find you have taken one or 2 of my tips on board!

Shame I didn't take my own advice whilst I was at it - off to tidy up soon by myself (glass of wine in hand.)

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