My kids have been pestering me at every turn today! They are out of school, of course, so I have to keep them busy. We went to the pool yesterday, and today I thought I'd run a couple errands and then let them have friends over while the baby napped in the afternoon. We got all ready and drove 15 min. away, walked into the first store, and had our first two tantrums there not 5 feet from the store entrance. I turned around, took them all out, got back in the car and drove home. Not just a little bit annoyed that they had spoiled my plans.
So we got home and had lunch, and they were good for 15 min. while they ate Spongebob macaroni, then the baby threw another tantrum about taking her nap. She cried hysterically all the way to bed and didn't stop when I shut the door. Then Camille took over from there. She shadowed Emma pestering her and making annoying noises. She tried to play games on the computer but didn't have enough patience to wait 2 seconds for the screen to load so she had the computer frozen clicking buttons and then freaked out. I sent her upstairs for quiet time (which incidentally she was already supposed to be doing.) She continued to argue with Em all afternoon, just hanging around and bothering her.
Poor Emma had a rough day. She was great up until the time I lay down for a nap, then she would not leave me alone. I tried to call a friend for her but they weren't home, and so we were waiting for them to call back and she checked about that every few minutes, otherwise she just sat right beside me balancing and messing around on Justin's exercise ball and hovering. I snapped at her and asked her to put it away, which she didn't. After not too long I went up to my room to escape their bickering, and Emma followed me. She kept coming in my room to tell me what Camille had called her and ask when I was getting up. At one point she told me to get up in 5 min and I said NO! I had barely slept at all.
Then Ash got up from her nap and started calling me from her room. Naptime over. Now it is 5pm and I'm feeling extremely edgy, but Emma's friend finally just got here and they are playing upstairs and not hanging on me for the first time all day. Time to make dinner.
I read once that being a mother of toddlers was like being pecked to death by baby chicks. I don't think it applies exclusively to toddlers.
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6 comments:
AMEN sister! I can't tell you how generally annoyed I have been by the pestering...it just doesn't stop. If they're not pestering me, it's each other. SOMEONE HELP ME. And being 110 outside DOESN'T help either!
One more thing...I would like to call your attention to your last post. Are you talking about the same children? Ha ha.
pecked to death by baby chicks... kate, you are a genius, that is EXACTLY what it is. my darling, beautiful, pefect, funny, sweet and angelic chidren make me SO crazy it is out of control!!!
I, too, have heard that. And I completely agree. And I also agree that it doesn't end with toddlerhood!! The whining also KILLS me... so not only are you being pecked to death, you're also having to listen to their persistent cheeps and peeps. Hope your 4th was OK, at least!
Yes, it is pretty contradictory. They are pests with moments of brilliance. I haven't seen any yet today though. They are currently sitting over lunch distracting each other from eating and will throw tantrums when I refuse to give them their treats because they didn't eat all their food. Arrggh! Even the bribery backfires sometimes.
I took a quick peek at the other family blog you're on... I find it strangely comforting that I'm not the only one having a lousy attitude about going to church lately. I just keep telling myself to keep at it... eventually, I'll pull out, right?
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