Turning it around (bad moods)
Yesterday I woke up in a bad mood. Or rather, I got woken up & proceeded to sink into a bad mood. DS was kicking & punching, DD was crying & clingy. I just wanted to go back to sleep. DH got home from work to find me in a rotten mood. It didn't improve despite my best efforts to turn it around. Every time I thought I was getting on top of it, something would happen & I'd just snap. Like DS would snatch a toy from DD making her cry. DD would try to climb up my legs & would cry when I didn't pick her up. DD was being especially clingy. I get it. She's in the process of cutting 2 top teeth. She seems to have incredibly tough gums. I'd given her teething gel & panadol but she was still biting so obviously she was in pain. She didn't understand that mummy was cranky. DH took DD out for a little while & I went for a walk with DS. As soon as I got home, she was at me again. It just seemed like the whole day was nothing but screaming. About 2.30, I realised I didn't have an ingredient I needed for DH's birthday cake. So I went for a walk again, this time with DD in the pram. At the shop, I bought what I needed & snuck in a chockie which I ate on the way home. Instantly, my mood improved. I was able to play with the kids, have a laugh with DH, & ended up having a lovely afternoon. I'm glad I was able to turn my mood around. It would have been good if it had happened earlier. I was trying. Trying to change my thinking, lots of deep breaths, leaving the room for a few minutes, nothing seemed to help. I can only assume it was the chockie since I had already been for a walk. So how do you do it without the chocolate? I'm trying to lose weight so I can't indulge every time I feel cranky. I can't always leave the house either if DH has the car & I have both kids, it's almost impossible to go somewhere. Ideas? What works for you? What do you do when you're housebound?
