Feeling horrible

[Arcadia]

I find crying with my kids therapeutic for us all. It breaks the tension and give us all some release.

I've been sick recently and have been so snappy and crabby. I have no family help either and i feel like I need to have a few days to get better. It's so hard. I've been enforcing cubby time and stories under blankets and tv just to get me through. It's so hard, especially when you know you're a great mummy just having a tough time.

Hang in there. We're all here listening.

[bubno.3]

Seperate them ...i have a 5 yr old and a 3 yr old and a 13yr old and i alway have to seperate them all the time .....to keep me sane ....but it is constant

For instance today the 5 yr (nearly 5 end of june) wakes at 5 30am and refuses to sleep any longer so i need move him from his bed to couch to stop him waking the younger one ..but i cant 'tune out' or 'ignore' the constant stupid noises or his self talking and it drives me batty (and im a single mum)

Now im sitting in bed typing on BB with my 3 yr old next to me and he was playing nicely but now decided to start grizzling ....
I had the 5 yr old come in before just because he could but i told him to go and play elsewhere....
and then the 13 yr old got up and i made him get me another cuppa tea...

I think what im trying to say is deligate and demand time for you and demand peace ... just because they are kids doesnt mean they have to be in your back pocket every minute of everyday....and /or be loud or have to be on the go for 24/7.

Or another thing outsource if you can thru the week use daycare or fdc so you at least have a few hours for you or to work or to catch up on sleep ....

BUT i hear you as all i do on days is say 'stop whinging ' or 'NO' or leave me alone .....

Mine bicker well the 5 and 13 do and it drives me up the wall....but im lucky in the sense as the ds13 heads to football and his dad picks him up and drops him home....