Please help me get through the rest of this week. The babies are fussy and not sleeping. Meg is being aggressive with me and with them and with other children. I want to scream, hide, sleep, and run away.
I totally relate...molars are the new item this week, and our eldest is having issues with small repetitive behavior stuff, just to prove he's 9 by the book.
Hang in there, Mama.
MAKE SURE YOU GET A BREAK. Even if it is for a 10 minute walk while DH/MIL/friend watched babies for a bit. It is essential to your twinsmama mind survival, methinks
I had all this AP guilt until I realized I just needed to breathe outside the whole world of being needed by every human in the household.
Thanks so much for your reply. Today is a little better. I'm not sure if the children are less aggravating or if my attitude is better (probably I got more sleep).
Sleep helps - I can relate. My 2 year old has been particularly trying this week - probably brought on in part by my older two excluding her and then babies have fussier than normal. Esp Maribeth. Hope things continue to get better for you.
Oh it can be so hard. We are just now getting through a rough patch.
For me, I would second the notion of getting breaks. I think it is so vital. Sometimes I think it is my kids, and I get away for an hour and I realize it was my attitude bringing the energy of the house down. (Or my ANGER bringing the energy up in a bad way.) I don't get a break every day, but I think I would do a little better if I did. Any possiblity of that for you?
hi analisa! i just recently added you to my lj; i'm justleakynow over there.
my guys are all about the same ages as yours - my son was born 1/16/02 and my girls are 5 months old. i'm barely coping some days!
we have napping issues, mostly - alejandro seems to sense when they are sleepy or when i am just about to get them to sleep, and then he starts making noise or whatever just to interrupt. he also knows now that he can run amok while i am nursing both girls at the same time...
anyway, it's late, and i really should get to bed, but i wanted to say hi & sympathize & send along good wishes for next week!
Better, thanks everyone. I joined a gym with excellent child care included in the membership price. We can't afford it, but money is about priorities, right? Every time I try to work out at home, everyone needs me at once. The kids are doing well with the workers there, who just love my children!
My house is still a pigsty but I guess it won't be forever...a neighbor I hadn't met before had to come inside today to retrieve her very friendly unleashed dog and I was *almost* not embarrassed b/c everyone who finds out how close together all my kids are is impressed I'm even surviving.
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