your not a bad mummy, if your a bad mum, then im the devils mother re-incarnated, or some such effect much worse!!! i want to give you a round of aplause juggling work, study a 2yro and all the rest life has, wow!! i yell at my boys that often, its at a point were they just dont hear you unless you yell. not good. right now i am doing everyting i can to not go and give my 5yo a good smack on the bum he is currently up the hall sooking and carrying on as he wants to stay up and watch tv with dad.
theres hope!! just got to change the way you think about situations and how they get handeled. its realy hard!! i yell at the boys every day, but im trying, so far ive yelled oneday out of 3!
once kids know how to push your buttons, they try push as far as you will let them as they get older. good luck.
You're not a bad mummy, you're a human mummy with a huge load on her plate... and it's not selfish at all, me-time is really important, you NEED it to be able to keep running & giving.
It's like a petrol tank, you've got to put some back in after a while otherwise you run down.. and you know it's not just about you then.
I've been there with my kids... I still get to that point more than I want to admit Trillian is right, better to walk away & let her sook for a bit, and i reckon the guilt you might feel over that is not as bad as you feel now?
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