Writing this after a long weekend solo with my three DS’s (4,4,7)
I love that they are so confident and energetic, but my god are they overwhelming. All I can describe it as is “stag do vibes” most of the time and asking them to tone it down or even stop what they’re doing (e.g if it’s dangerous or disruptive) rarely works.
They never seem to actually listen to what I’m asking them to do or not do and it drives me nuts. I find myself resorting to yelling, which doesn’t actually help either, I think they find it funny.
I know what I SHOULD be doing to be a good parent. Problem is, all the advice about not yelling, firmly setting boundaries, having house rules and consistent consequences, all makes great sense IN THEORY but when it comes to doing it in practice, I get quickly overwhelmed, freak out about the situation being out of my hands and it all goes out of the window.
I handled parenting one child fine. Then I went from one to three and it’s a totally different situation…I feel like a crappy parent and I don’t want them to view their mum as grumpy/angry. Any tips for staying calm/getting control of the situation that worked for anyone else?!