Has anyone else lost their PATIENCE?

[mickyndan]

Hi,

I am 38 weeks and going into have bub via c-section on Monday. I have a two year old and he is driving me crazy. Everything he does is starting to irritate me. I am not normally like this but can't help but pick on him all the time, even with little things that I would normally just dismiss as being terrible twos. Maybe I am just anxious about Monday but has anyone else lost their patience with their other children? I don't want to be like this because I want to spend as much quality time with him as possible before bub comes and I don't want the time left wasted with me yelling at him... Would love to hear from you!!! xxoo

[sushee]

Oh yes, every single time I was pg, I'd get very tetchy and impatient with my other kids as I neared the end of my pg. Even with Charlie, when my older kids were 12, 14 and 16! That you feel bad about it and feel like you're wasting this last 'alone' time with him tells me you're a great mummy to him, though, and I'm sure that's all he'll remember of this time, that his mummy is wonderful.

[mickyndan]

Thanks Sushee - you just made my day.... xxoo

[Cricket]

Yes, I'm definitely experiencing the same thing here. I think it gets to be a bit of a circle - I am tired and worn out and sore and impatient to get this baby out, and they sense something wrong/different, and act up a little, getting on my nerves and making me more impatient and irritable, etc. I'm trying hard to be extra calm and patient, but I felt two seconds away from tears pretty much all day today, and I'm pretty sure the kids knew it. The girls are also not feeling 100%, so a little extra tearful and clingy anyways.
Makes me wonder sometimes why I'm so eager to have this one out, when it will mean one more crying at me, needing to be fed and changed! It seems like I'm having a hard time coping with two! If I remember right with the girls though, after the baby was born, I was certainly tired, but the anxious waiting and wondering is done, and that made me feel quite a bit better emotionally. I'm counting on that!
Anyways, I'd recommend that you find something enjoyable and distracting to do in these last few days for you and your son. Get out of the house, but don't wear yourself out. Maybe a trip to a children's museum, or a get-together with a good friend and her kids? Something low-key, and something that you both enjoy to give your mind a break from thinking about the delivery and new baby!
Only a few more days - you can do it! Hang in there!

[Beccas]

i know exactly how you feel - im definitely more impatient and crotchety with my older two in the last trimester. i think its pretty normal. my best remedy is just to get out of the house with them as much as possible.

[myllissa]

Oh my gosh, yes!! This is my first pregnancy, so I don't have any kids running around the house annoying me, but I do have four cats, and they are driving me crazy. At work, when someone is testing my patience, I say I have to pee and leave and go hide in the bathroom just so I don't explode!

[mrsr]

This is me to a T...my tolerance level is sitting at zero and I'm so impatient with things that DS and DH do that usually wouldn't even rate on my whinge-radar.