My day in a snapshot

PrairieMom wrote: I left the house tonight with the dishes still on the table, Ally Crying and Ben running around like a crazy person. I told Dh I just needed to escape for a while. I returned with 2 books, " an Idiots guide to sleep training your child," and " scream free parenting"

Can you guess what my day was like today?

1lilpeanut2love replied: I am SO sorry! Hope tomorrow is a BETTER day for ya!

MyBrownEyedBoy replied: Oh, Tara. I am so sorry you had one of those days. Now I feel bad that I was irritated that Logan kept wanting to hold my hand when I was in the kitchen.

MoonMama replied:

kimberley replied: sorry you had a rough day. hope tomorrow is brighter.

Donna027 replied: So sorry to hear you had a tough day. Tomorrow will be better just hang in there!!!

huggybugboy replied: I'm sorry hon

C&K*s Mommie replied: Hope today is much better.

redplaydoh replied: Sorry you had a bad day... I had one of those as I do most everyday. I just sent an email to the English bookstore in Zurich asking if they could get me the book Scream Free Parenting. Maybe your bad day will be an answer to mine as well. Do you like the book?

PrairieMom replied:
I haven't had a chance to open it yet. So far just having it in the house has changed my attitude. I got home in time to read night night stories, and I was holding back tears when dealing with The Boy. He kept wanting to give me hugs and Kisses.

I got about 10 pages into the sleep training book before i feel asleep.

I hope I have time to get some reading done today. Somethings gotta change. I have been having a really hard time with Ben since Ally came home. I think I may have some PPD, I am fine with the baby, but MAN that kid wears on me. I know its not just me tho, because my DH is a really laid back guy and Ben wears on him too. He is just a really active headstrong stubborn child.

kit_kats_mom replied: Man. Sorry. My kids were acting up yesterday too. It was a rough one.

Glad you got to escape though. I'd also reccomend Hidden Messages by Elizabeth Pantley. I really helped me see that sometimes my kids aren't really trying to irritate me, it's just the way I was taking it. It helped me reframe the situations that really drove me batty and be more understanding.

3xsthefun replied: I hope today is much better.

PrairieMom replied:
I must have looked BAD when DH got home, he is the one that told me to get out for a while, and when I got home the floor was vacuumed, the dishes were done, the counters were clean... he even cleaned out the microwave.

I saw that hidden messages book there too. After I get through these two books, if I still need help I'll get that one.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Sorry Tara. I know how you feel... I DO have ppd, and I'm on some meds... and it's not my baby that irritates me, it's the other two. They just don't stop.

Actually, it's wierd... the more irritated I get at the other kids, the more I hold my youngest and cuddle her.

I guess it's because she can't talk back yet.

Simplebeliever replied:
Yikes! That sounds like one heck of a bad day. I hope those books provide you with some insight. I hope your hubby spoils you rotten for the rest of the week & I hope the kids take it easy on you.

coasterqueen replied: Tara. I'm sorry you had a bad day. I hope today is better.

Just know that thousands of women go through this adjustment period with two kids. Gosh I had the worst time of it and still do. Everyone told me how easy it was to manage two children. I think they were on some heavy duty drugs. I was talking to Dh the other day about how it seems harder now with two kids than it did when Megan was a baby (and you know all the probs we had with her then) and Dh replied "well that's because she wasn't mobile then my dear". Oh yeah, now I remember.

So you are NOT alone. Just vent any time you need to.

Oh and the sleep deprivation makes things that much worse, believe me I know that. Your body WILL adjust, though, at least it has for me. Now when I actually have the chance to get a good night sleep and sleep in I can't because my body is so used to barely getting any and then going to work and functioning properly every day.

CantWait replied:
Hey it worked, just on the wrong person

Sorry Tara, we all go through some sort of adjustment, fustration. It makes us human. We're here if you need to vent.

Hope today is going better.

holley79 replied: I'm so sorry your day was taht way. I hope today is better.

MyBlueEyedBabies replied: so sorry for your miserable day I have BTDT
no advise just

BAC'sMom replied: things will get better

My2Beauties replied: Sorry you had such a bad day! We've all BTDT when nothing seems to go right and the kids behave like they belong to some horrible monster creature than myself.

Oh and you guys are scaring me about the having two kids thing Desiree is much much older than Hanna so it's not so hard with her, she'd rather play hair and make-up with me and do the girly thing then run around and act crazy, so the adjustment to two little ones is going to make me go

PrairieMom replied: So far today has been better, but Ben was in preschool all morning, then took a nap right after lunch, so really things haven't had a chance to go bad yet.

siblingtooolivia replied: You poor thing - I have one of those head strong, strong willed children too - in the form of a girl though - she has been an angel lately - very cooperative, etc. etc. I think it should last until about December 19th when my c-section is scheduled for - I think it is the calm before the storm...

Hang in there....