Can I please have a moan on here?

[siblingrivalry]

I can't say how I'm feeling in RL and think I might explode if I don't get it off my chest.

First proper day of her holidays and dd1 (AS- age 9)is being a total PITA.
First, there's the non-stop moaning and complaining about every little thing. I am losing the will to live, to be honest, because it's incessant.

Then, she's interrupting all the bloody time,
despite constantly reminding her to wait.Then she starts crying and kicking off when I tell her to stop it.

She's snapping at poor dd2, who can't do or say anything right today. I feel really sorry for her, to be honest, because she always tries so hard to accommodate dd1.

I am keeping them apart and trying to get them engaged in various activities, but I feel like I want to curl up in a corner and cry.

It didn't help when MIL 'helpfully' suggested that I let it all go over my head

Feel for you, rant away, could / would she go out with mil?

Thanks MNP. Yeah, she probably would go out to MIL's (live really close by) and dh has just come in from work, so he's taking over.

He took one look at my face when he walked in the door and ushered the kids into the playroom

I know I have to expect her to be unsettled because of the change in routine and I make loads of allowances, but it doesn't stop me getting fed up with it all.
I need more patience today - no idea where to find it though!

I feel your pain.

DS1 has been feeling a bit under the weather, this weekend, which hasn't helped at all. He had a massive meltdown, yesterday. (4th of the week). I thought he was about to blow again, this afternoon, as he was getting irritable with DS2 in a way that almost always goes bad, but thankfully he managed to regain his composure and even kept calm when it started raining as we went for a little walk around the block. He even kept calm when I had to tell him that, no, we couldn't come back in through the front door because DS2 has made so much mess we can't get through the hall door back into the livingroom

Can I have a moan too?
ds2 has been hard work all weekend.. Today he and dd have gone to grandparents and are staying overnight... Which leaves me with just ds1.

So on what is supposed to be an easy day I have food shopped, paid various bills, worked, sorted out my apprentice ( ds1).. And now I have the most stinky headache that I can't shift ( and the gland in my neck are up) grrr
I swear it because I am having a break from ds2!

My Dd3 has got the moans too she is 7 and has moaned about absolutely everthing today, I guess it is the transition form school to home, she threw a complete wobbler when I asked her to pick up the DVD's [about 30] that she had left all over the floor.
She and Dd2 are fighting like cat and dog too. Grandad is taking them out for a bit tomorow LOL. He has never taken them out together on his own before. I am supposed to put my feet up. I wonder how long he will last??!!

Oh, I'm sorry that others are having a crap time too -transitions are tough, aren't they?
I've just put the dds to bed, I need some peace!

Leonie, hope tomorrow is another good day -they are rare enough!

DS2 and DS3 are like a tag team. DS3 is 20 months and idolises DS2 so copies everyhting h does. It's bad enough having real autism in the house, but when you've got a toddler copying everything it gets a little frustrating. Plus we are moving on Thurday and verything is upside own.

School hoidays eh, why do they have to be so long?!

I too have had a shocking day. Woken loads in the night to deal with the girls, and DH had to go to work an hour early, so had to get up an hour earlier, which was only 1 hour after finally getting some sleep. So woke with migraine.

DSis had a massive go at me (long story with huge history, can't be bothered to expand - let's just say I am not unique in being a disappointment to her ) which really helped the migraine.

DD1 was quite good in the morning, but boy was she challenging in the afternoon.

5 weeks 4 days to go until....well I really don't know, because the Special School haven't even arranged the home visit yet, and she can't start school until she's had that, and I have no idea what hours she will be doing, which is really helping her anxiety levels because I can't prepare her

We are the same. Ds1 has been so moody and reactive over the weekend and today in particular.

I know its transition from school to home, but boy had I had enough by bedtime. Not that it ended there as my two boys share a room and decided to carry on arguing after they went to bed. We now have ds2 in our bed and ds1 in his own.

I really want to go to bed, but dh is out, the baby is asleep in her swing and as my leg is still in a cast, I can't carry her upstairs or carry a sleeping ds2 back to his own bed once we're up there.

To cap it all I've been on a diet for a month and a half now, so I can't even console myself with wine or chocolates.

Ah well, tomorrow's a new day, and it can only get better - can't it?

Similar story too here.. DD age 4 been off from nursery for 5 weeks already as works being done, so when she starts school ( mixture of sn and ms - what have we done?! )in sept she'll have been at home with us for 11 weeks..

I've been either at work or with her for these last 5 weeks apart from lunch with a friend one saturday and a couple of evenings boring the arse off friends about sn life..

Today dd was joined by ds (6) and it has been hell..

DD been poorly over weekend and so my much needed time off on saturday pm was cancelled. Gutted.

She seems better today but even when she's well whatever we do she screams.. She seems to hate anything I try and do with her. She just wants to sit on my lap and watch cbeebies all day long.

She likes swimming but is often too poorly to go. Her screaming makes me demented at the moment. It is ear piercing! I can't help feeling really cross..

I was shouting at them before breakfast today, but partly coz had hardly any sleep for the last few nights. I feel quite out of control at times then terribly guilty and then start crying.. Feel they are being damaged by my inability to cope at the moment.

I have felt I'm losing the plot a bit last few weeks and haven't felt able to post on here even. Took a week off work due to migraines ( so many of us on here seem to get them..) but being at home made me feel worse.

No idea how I'm going to get through the next 6 weeks. My poor son shouted at me today as he scarpered upstairs to his room.. ' Are the whole holidays gonna be like today!!? '

Sad thing is they probably are..

DJAngel, so sorry you are feeling like this and didn't want you go unanswered.

Its my nt ds that's been doing the high pitched screaming around here recently and the slightest thing seems to set him off. I know its just end of school year exhuastion and will probably improve as the holidays go on, but all the same I really understand how much it can wind you up.

I'm so sorry I don't have any practical advice to offer you, just some very unmnetty hugs and you can have my share of the chocolate and wine.

Our day not too bad, 4year(sn) old at nursery all day, he still doing three days a week so only had 8y(nt) and 6y(sn).
I did start the day saying no tv and that only lasted till 11.30am.!
However was shattered so have been asleep for couple of hours this evening.
Soft play tomorrow so they can all run riot in there.

Hope things get better for everyone struggling today.