Am I allowed to rant?

[mrsmopsmissingmojo]

We have Dcs for most of the summer, a mixture of dh's Dcs, my Dcs and our little dc!

I'm sinking!!!!

It's only been 2 days of all dcs currently 8 and already I have reached end of tether!

Our usual rule is that all Dcs are made to make a good effort at eating all their dinner. My ds is currently been sat at the table did half an hour not eating his salad! However dh's dd (14) has been allowed to throw in thd bin what she didn't want to eat.

When u r cooking for 10 which I often am there's always someone who finds they don't like it. It's disheartening always to be told your food I'd disgusting when you've spent an hour cooking but it's what always happens as j refuse to cook 10 different dinners.

Just want to say it'd not really fair is it!

Other dsd has just rammed a cotton bud in my ds's ear while he's not eating his salad and he has bad ears grommets etc. I scolded her and told her to apologise which she did only to get shouted down by dh.

So I'm on the now! Anyone else care to rant???

Eight?! That's maaaadness! Rant away!

House rules should be for everyone. I never make dc sit looking at a plate of food they don't want. However, that means no snacks either when they're hungry, later on!

You should be up for some kind of award, by the end of this holiday

so far I would consider this summer to be the best out if all 4 years. I've only got to get to Friday then a weeks break without any Dcs at all. Then a week with everyone again! I don't really need a medal. It would be vastly easier If I didn't have to work on top of it all, but then again it probably best I have something in my life other than washing, cooking and cleaning!

On the whole we are pretty lucky as they mainly all get on with each other. There are specific problems that I never quite know how to tackle or get to the bottom of. I suppose I can't be doing too badly if I've survived this far!

Celebrate the little victories!!!
It's never all bad is it?
Whenever I have a good weekend with the sdc I think it's all worth it really, it's just that the bad ones are SO bad it's hard to see the wood for the trees sometimes!

I think a lot of the problem is it takes a few days to get into the swing of our rules. Even if they were written down as soon as they go home it all changes again. And everything is forgotten the moment they walk out the door. Although temping dh couldn't cope with a military operation list of dos and donts. He would feel it was aimed at his children, which let's face it, it is really.

I try to pick battles and not to get upset about the small things, but when u juggle as many things as I do there are moments of complete despair. Not ones where I'd walk away or do something awful to any of them, but where it is just a bit too much. And usually its a relatively small thing that tips me over the edge. I knew it would be hard in the beginning. But there's knowing and doing isn't there

I do feel like I've made a massive sacrifice to be with dh. His life hasn't really been affected in the same way, but he can't really see that. I don't know how to explain it without moaning or blaming his children or his upbringing of them. I'm not a perfect mum and u expect some things I do drive his children mad and dh. I know they think I'm insane sometimes