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I am not Supermom, and that's ok. (Right?)
Feeling a lot of guilt because I have SO little patience today and DS is getting to be quite the little handful. We spent the morning visiting my moms, and he refused to settle down and nap, preferring instead to whine and scream at the slightest little things. So, we left earlier than either my mom or I had wanted, knowing that the only way to get him to sleep was to put him in the car. Slept the whole 45 minute trip home and then some. I got exactly 2 hrs of sleep last night (darn night shift: worked 3 nights in a row over the weekend, slept waaaay too long yesterday when I got off so I was up until 4am this morning. That's exactly when ds woke up, wide awake and ready to play. Finally got him back to sleep at 530, and I crashed. Until 730 when he woke up for good). After his nap he was great for all of 2 hours. Then the whining started again, along with rhe screaming and tantrums (because I wouldn't let him play with the remote, wouldn't let him roll over on the changing table, wouldn't let him have his binky that he only uses for naptimes/bedtime even though there was NO way he was going to nap again...). His tantrums have started to include hitting (me), throwing things, and occasionally he'll lean into me arm/leg/whatever as if he's going to bite me. So when dh came home from work and suggested a family trip to Home Depot I declined,opting for a "break". And here I sit on my break feeling guilty because I feel like I should be able to handle all this in my stride, and I can't. And I don't even stay home with ds everyday - it's only a couple days a week. It's ok to have a bad day and need a break, even though I don't even SAH fulltime, right? Ok,vent over. Thx for reading.
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Re: I am not Supermom, and that's ok. (Right?)
You are TOTALLY fine. ?We all adore our children, we all wish we never felt feelings of frustration or exhaustion or annoyance when it came to our children- but we're human. ?We're all going to have those days. ?From everything I've heard, 12-18 months can be a really challenging time. ?My friend swears it's the "terrible one and a halfs" and not the "terrible twos". ?Hang in there!
Enjoy your break from the boys and don't feel guilty for one second. ?Hugs.?
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
Well, since you admitted this on a public message board, I'm afraid you are going to have to relinquish your supermom badge and hatpin.
Totally normal behavior on his part and totally normal feelings on yours. I hope you are enjoying your free time. Let the guilt go. We all have bad days.
Geez, I hope it's ok because I HAVE NO PATIENCE!
And I am in no way (contrary to popular belief) supermom either.
xoxox. Logan is going to be fine, you're going to be fine, he won't remember that you had an impatient day or two. Don't worry. He still loves you lots and lots. And good lord, it's perfectly fine to need a break too!