Constant crisis and chaos!

[sanguine_speed]

Wow, sometimes I want to just go somewhere else.

For the past two hours, my 6-year-old has 'flipped her switch' and is in a foul mood. Everything sets of a screaming fit, and she can scream. I can't give her everything she seems to need, which is everything, but if I ignore her she keeps upping the ante for attention, turning to physical violence when all else fails.
My 2-year-old is screaming over and over "I want my orange cup" but every time I give him his cup he throws it so I take it again. This has been going on for an hour or so, with 4 tries with the cup. Now the cup is away and he'll continue screaming for his orange cup for a good half hour or more before he stops. And my 8-year-old is an anxious kid already, and is just beside herself with all the chaos and crisis that is going on around her. She's starting to scream too: "can't you just give him his cup?!" "oh my GOD!"

This is not atypical, I'm afraid.

I try to do everything I can to maintain a calm environment...everything is tidy, food is prepared and presented nicely, lights are low, electronics off, pleasant conversation...

I don't know what we're going to do with a baby in April .

[DaughterOfKali]

I just want to give you a

[Just1More]

Yeah, . Some days are like that.

[sanguine_speed]

Thanks gals. I went to bed early and we all survived .

[mommajb]

Then you are ddoing better than I am as I didn't get to bed early.

[OTMomma]

My kids are really sensitive to certain things that can cause us to have days like that, getting sick, seasonal allergies, and certain foods can all lead to a day like that. I would consider keeping a food diary to see if there are any patterns to certain foods making the day worse. Even if you are serving very healthy foods, they may have a senstivity to wheat or diary or something else that seems harmless. My dd has an issue with Life cereal- I thought it looked pretty healthy when I read the box (not perfect, but no Red40 for example), but for some reason that cereal turns her into a screaming demon- took me AGES to figure out the cereal was the issue.

Just thought I'd share my experience, because I have SO been there.