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I want to send away my oldest child.

TiffanyTheMomTiffanyTheMom member
in February 2011 Moms

More than that, actually. Last night I caught him wandering around the house 3 different times and I had to tell him to go back to bed. (He gets into mischief when he's up at night by himself.) Then this morning, after I told him to get his feet away from the baby, he still sat on the couch waiving his feet around and kicked the baby in hte head. Then, he found the toy golf club I comandeered from him yesterday because he was hitting things with it, and he stole it back. He is now sitting in his room and I'm tempted to keep him there ALL. DAY. LONG. just so I don't have to deal with him!!

He's not acting out, this is how he always is. It's just now, he has another casualty- the baby. Luckily he didn't kick her hard, just enough to wake her up and make her cry, but still. I already played a movie this morning and quite frankly I'm super sik of all the kid's movies we have. We've exhausted How To Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda,  Cars, The Labyrinth, Robots, Fern Gully, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Area 51, and a few others I can't remember right now. I am SICK of kid's movies! But if I leave them to play, then he and his other sister (who is almost 3, he's almost 4.5) they turn their toys into weapons. I'm tired, emotionally fragile, and just want them to behave for me for ONE day. ONE FRIGGIN DAY.

No, we don't have family nearby I can ship him off to. No, we don't have any friends who can take him for a day because they all work, and my friends who didn't work have moved away. (Dang military!!) DH has been working on his stinking car for the past 3-4 days and nights. He came in to get dinner for hte kids but doesn't help with anything else and I'm really exhausted. No wonder I don't have energy for housework!!

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  • sarag0116sarag0116 member
    I cannot even imagine being in your shoes!  This is my 1st and I'm exhausted with just her.  I wish I had words of wisdom but I don't . . . I hope it gets better though.  I'm watching Ellen right now and she's so funny, it always cheers me up!  Do something for you!
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  • TiffanyTheMomTiffanyTheMom member
    I managed to get away on Sunday night for ONE hour to do a Mary Kay facial. How I wish I had someone I could just leave them ALL with so I could go to Starbucks for an hour and read a good book!!
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  • JessC28JessC28
    Does your base have a CDC? Sometimes they'll do "respite" care for new moms with older children... At our base you can get "coupons" from the enlisted spouse's supervisor for an afternoon or morning. 
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  • mldainmldain member
    This is exactly what I was going to suggest. Fleet and Family might also have good resources. My mom works for them I can ask her what she would suggest and let you know.
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  • mldainmldain member
    Oops I meant to quote the CDC comment
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  • LadybugPicnic2011LadybugPicnic2011
    Sometimes something as little as a visit to a Mc Donalds with a play place or a park can help... Make the older kids run around and burn energy and you can sit in a corner with LO.

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