Feeling stressed and tired, no need to respond

[Spinosaur]

I am not getting much sleep at the moment, well, it comes in chunks rather than whole lengths of time so reality a bit distorted. I took DS swimming yesterday. Summer holiday queue, DS did a huge pooh but we couldn't leave the queue to change him as it might have meant waiting even longer to get in to the pool. He jumped up and down and shouted a lot. The queue politely ignored us. After a big struggle in the loo to clean him up, he hates having nappies changed (he is 5) and the only distraction was the light cord so I cleaned him up in a disco effect toilet (lol), we got to the pool. He found some 2nd hand chewing gum and gave that a go. Then, the pool had a new water feature thing, he had got so excited by the events leading up to a swim he threw up in the new feature. Luckily the lifeguards didn't seem too phased and we finished our swim. Am finding that every time I sit down to do something constructive there is a child asking for attention, if I am doing some cleaning or tidying then I am left alone. I call it their mumdar. Ok, ramble over, am a tired mum at the moment.

i think i must have been a house made/slave in previous life, i know what you mean you sit down to havea cup of tea and straght away winging, and they wont wait they want it noww, or else. x

I feel your pain,spinosaur - sounds like a rough day. Do you get any breaks, when someone else can look after your ds?

oh rant away we all need to at times you sound frazzled and in need of some you time can you get an hr to yourself to go for coffee or to just sleep or sit in silence lol

i used to be just the same my ds could not handle me going out so was always in demand he wouldnt let dp deal with him so was always me he never slept so i was up day and night and a complete wreck now im able to leave him and get some me time the rest doesnt seem so hard once ive had space

see if someone could give you an hr to just breathe and get some peace and dont feel guilty about needing it x

Sounds like you have good reason to rant, go ahead. I came on here to grumble about ds2's recent behaviour but it hasn't been that bad, tbh, just that I thought he was getting better recently and it's disappointing that he has regressed again.

Thanks for the messages, am off to tidy DD's room as she is away for the night so I get to throw out recycle some of her stuff. I have just started getting some respite and DS is going for an overnight next week. Last time he went my DS came in and woke me before 7 and this is the first time since I can remember in the last 5 years that I have not had to get up for him. I was very polite to her but she did go away and let me sleep again. (lol). Lack of sleep is rubbish but am feeling better today. by 5 o clock i will be saying otherwise!