Hi,
So I feel like a right muppet writing this but I don’t know what to do. I’m seriously struggling with being a single parent at times at the moment.
Things that I never used to think about such as having a bath in the evening or trying to work money out or the kids behaviour all feels like a battle I just can’t win at the moment. I try and have a bath and if one of the kids wakes up that’s it I’m out the bath trying to get them to sleep before they wake the other one up and that’s my time over.
Like tonight for example, my kids are good kids and so polite but my 4 year old started school in September so has alot of emotions and testing the boundaries he’s doing, my 2 year old is going through the dreaded terrible twos stage. This afternoon has been an absoloute nightmare of bickering, arguing and just generally not listening. I then thought at least it was bed time soon and my 4 Yr old went off beautifully as my 2 Yr old did… Apart from now that my 2 Yr old has for some reason treated that as a power nap and woke up being an absoloute menice for just over an hour so I’ve been sat on his floor trying to stop him waking his brother up when all I wanted was to have a bath and get some wrapping done tonight.
Just really feeling the whole not having that extra support here at the moment and feeling like both kids are really at a testing time.
Sorry if I just sound like a right moaner I love these kids to bits they are my world but sitting here freezing cold and soaking wet for an hour is really starting to get to me! Xx