Anger Management Skills Out The Window!

[Goldiemom]

Anyone else experiencing this? I am finding that I am very short tempered, especially with my kids. It also gets taken out on dh, and I feel awful after, I blow up. Mostly it has to do with being touched out, and not wanting to listen to any more WHINING!!!!!! I have been able to stop myself from completely losing it, but I have yelled at my kids alot more lately. I really hate it too.

[MonkeyPrincess]

I'm okay with the kids...although I am so touched out. I feel bad telling my four year old "okay, one more kiss". But I truly can not take any more touching. Or any more background noise - it all just turns into a buzzing sound in my head! :

My poor dh is the one I feel sorry for. I just don't like him when I'm pregnant. I don't have patience for stupidity and it seems like he gets super stupid when I am pregnant! :

[LKath]

Yep - count me in, too. I only have one little boy(2 yo) and I've been really short with him this week. We've both been sick this week with colds/allergies and that has been contributing to my crabbiness, but I still feel bad about it. I got upset with him at one point, felt bad, and started crying in the kitchen. He came in with a sad little face and said, "Mama, hold you?" and gave me a hug. "Mama, no cry," he said. Oh, goodness, the tears just kept coming. Guilt + pregnancy hormones +lack of oxygen due to nasal congestion = disaster. :

[rosie_plus_one]

Originally Posted by MonkeyPrincess

I just don't like him when I'm pregnant. I don't have patience for stupidity and it seems like he gets super stupid when I am pregnant! :

OMG me too. He is such a moron! I don't understand what happens. He was perfectly normal a little while ago... what is going on now?!

He *really* doesn't handle my irritabilty well though. He just screams louder and swears more... I feel so bad for our little guy right now.

[Goldiemom]

OMG!!! I can just picture it in my head! You get the BFP and the SO's stupidity level goes from 1 to 100 in that instant! That is too funny! Sorry, I find the oddest things hilarious right now.

[lolalola]

Oh mamas, I feel for you. My irritability level has increased dramatically in the past few days also. I'm ok with the kids and DH, but tend to lose my patience with the silliest things. Things I read, or watch on TV will make me crazy, and forget driving, my road-rage is out of control DH is very forthcoming with the backrubs, so I can't get angry at him. I take solace in the fact that this will soon pass, just hormones spiralling out of control.

[rosie_plus_one]

Originally Posted by Goldiemom

OMG!!! I can just picture it in my head! You get the BFP and the SO's stupidity level goes from 1 to 100 in that instant! That is too funny! Sorry, I find the oddest things hilarious right now.

Well I know they say that my hormone levels change and cause severe mood changes but I swear that his hormone levels change too! I think *he's* the one freaking out and I'm just reacting to it!

[WendyC]

I got angry at some jerk in a SUV who almost killed serveral people because he wanted to turn into a gas station while we were stopped at a stoplight. I rolled down my window and yelled at him : That is soooooooooo NOT like me at all!

My fuse is definatly short, short, short!

[Debstmomy]

Last night at the sports store, my patience was gone. I kept telling dh, I am OVERSTIMULATED!!! Kids were arguing with parents & crying, and it was crowded & I just wanted OUT! Plus earlier, I was frustrated with dh, cause he brought the wrong salsa home. :

[Goldiemom]

Hey bringing the wrong salsa is fighting actions in this house... or anything else that I really want, but he messes up! Poor dh is going to be in for a long winter.

[rosie_plus_one]

I actually found that by about 4 months or so into my last pregnancy I was REALLY gentle, calm, thoughtful, etc. The last 5 months of my pregnancy was one of the closest, most intimate, sweet times of our lives. We were surrounded by tons of chaos too - living with DP's parents - but that made it all the more important for us to not argue.

[kdtmom2be]

I think I am lucky so far. Yesterday was our first Friday afternoon with Skids since school started, and we hardly saw them all summer. They are out at noon and DH wasn't home from work until 4, so it was just them and me. I had them make thier own lunches (eggs, gag!) and then we played a board game for a while. Then, it seemed obvious to everyone without actually saying anything but we all needed some alone time and everyone wandered off to do thier own thing. They let me read and putter about making dinner while they went and read in their rooms and then came and played games on the internet in the kitchen until thier dad came home. He was SO concerned because it was so quiet in the house and no one was talking, he figured we'd all had a big argument or something!