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post #1 of 19
1/5/08 at 3:46pm
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Take my kids away and out of this house!!!!! My 2 year old is going from one thing she isn't suppose to mess with and right into another. It's been nonstop this whole morning! My 5 year old is instigating her to screech. It's been a nightmare! My DH is working yet again and late at that. Another 7am until 10pm night. Been like this all week. I'm crying because of me yelling at them nonstop from getting in trouble. It's absolutely awful outside with it being cold and raining nonstop so I can't take them outside and DH has our only vehicle at work, so no going to an indoor playground like at McDonalds. I'm losing it!
post #2 of 19
1/5/08 at 5:03pm
If it makes you feel any better it sounds a lot like our house. I have such a short temper right now it is awful. The smallest things irritate me and it takes everything I have not to yell at the kids (which I have done on occasion) which of course makes me cry because I feel so bad. I hope I am not causing them permanent emotional distress by being so grumpy I have also had the TV on way to much :
post #3 of 19
1/5/08 at 5:16pm
Mama! Pop a video in....or put Dora on. You need a break!
post #4 of 19
1/5/08 at 5:16pm
My house is like that too. I have an almost 4 yo and an almost 2 yo. I finally called my mom last week and took her up on her offer to come down, even if the baby isn't born yet. I wasn't going to have her come down until the baby was here, to maximize her "helpfullness" but I can't take it anymore. Plus, I'm 41 weeks, the baby can't be in there much longer, can they?..........
post #5 of 19
1/5/08 at 5:33pm
sounds like my life! i also have a 5 year old and a 2 year old.. its a handful at the best of times. i try not to yell since it only seems to make everything worse. take a deep breath! i often put on a vidio for my kiddos when im feeling maxed out like that. its not the best tool, but its better than freaking out...
post #6 of 19
1/5/08 at 5:53pm

I haven't stopped yelling today...

I feel absolutely horrible. My kids are at my whits end, and I feel like they are just egging me on. I know they are just 4 and 2, but give a Mama a break. We tested the birthing pool today, kids of course were in it. I told them if they act like this during the birth, they will not be able to stay. That did not go over very well. UHHHHHHH! I want to go out and run away. Okay, end of rant!
post #7 of 19
1/5/08 at 6:10pm
Don't feel bad - this sounds like my house, too. I spurt out a constant litany of "Don't touch that!", "Mommy's too tired to play", and "Leave your brother/sister alone"...it makes me sad, but it's only temporary. I think it all slides right off their backs...
post #8 of 19
1/5/08 at 9:06pm
I hear you.. Mine have been making messes constantly and I'm in that mindset for birth where I want everything just clean and spotless.. completely unrealistic for my little ones but I have a hard time relaxing when the place is a mess.
And I have to admit that mine have been watching more TV than I would like this week
It's supposed to warm up here over the next few days so I'm going to try to get them out of the house a bit more- great because it will wear them out and if nobody is here, the house can't get messed up!
post #9 of 19
1/5/08 at 10:08pm
My 4 and 2 1/2 year old have lost their minds as well. Seriously, its crazy land in here.
post #10 of 19
1/5/08 at 11:43pm
Definately sounds like my house too. My dh starts school back next week and that will take away my help
post #11 of 19
1/6/08 at 9:27am
Thread Starter 
Oh but Dora WAS on! The TV stays on the cartoons ALL day now! Some days its PBS, some days its Boomerang. Or the Noggin channel. I hear ya on the wanting to keep house spotless! I would LOVE for my house to stay like that for ONE day after I clean it! DH is helping me rearrange the living room tomorrow (today), (translation- DH is doing all the moving and I'm directing). I just have to have some order! And, of course, tonight would be the night where I can't sleep AT ALL. I have normally fallen asleep by now, even after midnight. But here it is almost 4:30am without feeling tired yet. I didn't even nap today. I did wind up calling DH after I posted on here and he came home from work and stayed home the rest of the day. So I did get like almost an hour of being by myself. That helped a little.

I can't help but wonder if that was my emotional meltdown that some women go through right before they go into labor?. I know some women fight with their husbands or whoever right before. My DH is never home for me to fight with, with his schedule right now. It had to go somewhere. And my poor kids got it.

Anyone else blowup right before labor or am I just wishful thinking? Trying to pull something positive out of this?
post #12 of 19
1/6/08 at 11:28am
((((mama))))) been there, it'll pass - i swear! dh had duty friday, and i don' tthink my kids have fought so much in the last year as they did that day. i was ready to run away!
post #13 of 19
1/6/08 at 12:29pm
I can I just add a :

I am actually glad to hear that everyone else is having the same problem(s) I am. I know they are 2, 4, and 9, but can they get along for just 5 min and not destroy, what it just took me an hour to clean, please:

And my 2 little ones have REALLY nasty colds, like yucky full of mucus coughs. I really want them to get over it before the baby is born, and I DO NOT want to get it.
post #14 of 19
1/6/08 at 2:21pm
Im right there with ya too! If my 20 month old gets into the fridge again after redirecting, yelling, begging him not to I think my head will literally explode!!! I have been cleaning fiercely but I only have the breif memory of the clean house since its a wreck again!! Its a good memory though!
Angela
post #15 of 19
1/6/08 at 3:01pm
you know what drives me nuts?

my 2 year old wont let me out of her sight right now.. so if i go into the bathroom and God Forbid, close the door..she screams and throws herself at it till i come out. if i walk away across a room she cries "mama..where ARE you?" like ive driven away leaving her alone on a street corner.. yikes. its making me nutty.
post #16 of 19
1/6/08 at 5:41pm
Honestly this thread has kept me going. I am so relieved to not be the only one that wants to run away from their children (and husband sometimes ). I just have to keep reminding myself that this is temporary and that while I will be tired after the baby is born at least I won't have this huge belly, heartburn and sore hips to deal with as well and will finally be able to sleep on my stomach again.
post #17 of 19
1/6/08 at 6:51pm
Thread Starter 
I actually just got back from wandering in and out of the isles of Walmart and Beverly's store. I get back and now my DH is losing it with our kids! LOL. I'm just glad I'm not the only one that loses it when they don't get along. Talk to you ladies later! Off to start knitting my dishrags.
post #18 of 19
1/6/08 at 7:10pm
I ran away from home yesterday too. Went to ACK!! Walmart of all places for 2 hours. I wondered the store looking at everything. My family was on my last nerve. They didn't do anything wrong, I'm just really hormonal....gee I wonder why?
My husband just took the boys, 2 and 4, to go play put put golf to give me some time to myself. I feel like just maybe, I'm to wound up to let my body relax enough to have this baby. Hang in there momma's.
I keep thinking that maybe this is nothing compared to what it will be like when I have a baby and the 2 and 4 year old. Maybe I shouldn't be complaining.
post #19 of 19
1/6/08 at 7:15pm
What is it with 5 and 2 yr olds??? I clicked on this because it sounded like me!

Getting outdoors is a biggie for us. I joke that my older dd needs to be "free-ranged" for a couple hours each day...
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