We’ve been away 1 week and still have 8 days left…my kids are driving me crazy. The 6 year old is super clingy and won’t leave me alone. Ever. Unless he is on screens he will not entertain himself or play with siblings. I have no idea why as they don’t get much screen time and so he has plenty of time to practice. He follows me about asking to play / for a snack / for a drink / to go “up” / etc etc. It’s overwhelming.
7 year old will entertain herself but has been having a couple of massive hour long meltdowns each day.
9 year old bosses them both about and niggles at them which in turn causes argument and tears and more running to me.
none of them will get their own breakfast or snacks. None will get dressed or do their teeth without asking multiple times, then they get stroppy I’m “shouting at them”.
Husband has banned any screen time until after 3pm each day which makes zero sense as they are all up before 7am bothering me and I’m stressed out and tired. Then we usually are out and about until after 3pm and it’s more tears when they have to get off the screens after a short amount of time for dinner. No screens are allowed after dinner 🙄.
honestly I just want to go home and husband to go back to work so I can be in charge of the routine, kids can have play dates and a bit more screen time and I can have a break.
I feel so unreasonable and grumpy. But also like my blood pressure is popping and I keep crying because after the end of term with work, all the extra end of term school events, sorting out house to go on holiday so we didn’t come back to a tip, packing for holiday etc I was already tired and so far there’s been zero rest while actually on holiday.
anyone else feeling like this?