I am officially having the day from hell. I hate mondays at the best of times but todays been one of those “curl up under the duvet” days.
It started off quite promisingly, I woke up to Jack singing a combination of twinkle twinkle and Happy Birthday (The only two songs he knows I think) and Luke shouting through to him to shut up.
Bought them both downstairs even managing to do so without the usual argument with Jack about coming downstairs and not being able to play in his bedroom all day. Ha I thought, a good day thank god!
It all went downhill rpaidly from the moment I mentioned breakfast.
After asking both of them what they wanted for breakfast and finally deciding (After a discussion about how chocolate isnt for breakfast) ww would have jam on toast.
I made it, got them in thier highchairs and then Jack started whining “My not like jam on toast” “My want cereal” Then it was arguments over what we would watch on tele. Im being a bad mother today as I feel like Ive been hit with a truck and stuck the tv on to keep them quiet. The whining was increasin volume at the same speed that My head was getting worse so I just let him get on with it and left him to eat his toast and whinge to himself. He was just in an awkward mood.
Eventually we ate all our breakfast (Jack forgot about whinging and ended up asking for more) and I tidied up a bit, stuck the hoover round and ran a bath so I could de jam them before Jack went to nursery. By this stage I was feeling seriously crap. My head was banging and i have got sod all energy.
I went upstairs to grab towels and the dog tried to run past me, knocked me into the door handle and I now have a huge cut in the middle of my back that hurts every time I lean on it or catch it!
After soaking the bathroom, tantrums about hair washing and scrubbing teeth and paddys becasue we had to let the water out we got dressed and took Jack to nursery.
He didnt go last week as he was ill so I was expeting him to act up a bit as I left, but he screamed, threw himself on the floor and tried to grab at my legs crying. It was awful!!!!! I felt horrble leaving him, but I know that if I went back he’d have done it every week. Last time he went he cried for about ten minutes then settled.
Luckily when we got in Luke was shattered so we sat and watched a bit of button moon on the tv and choilled out having a cuddle.
Went to pick Jack up who had very quickly forgotten I’d left and was quite happily playing with cars and what have you. When we got there of course luke ran round playing with all the toys and I had to drag both of them out the room and round to the car. To top it all off it was chucking it down so Id got to get them in the car as quickly as possible.
Jack ran straight into the car door as I was trying to get Luke in and as a result has a huge lump/bruise in the middle of his forehead. Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!
Eventually got home and Ive just stuck them in bed for a bit. Im waiting ten minutes to see if Jack settles then going up there myself. I’ve already told Karl Im going to bd when he gets in.
I hate being ill. I have to struggle on instead of just giving in for a day or so and feeling better quicker. Karl cant take time off and theres no-one to look after the kids. I’ve spent the whole day letting them pretty much run riot and I’m ashamed to say I’ve been having daydreams about them having naps all day so I can get some sleep!!!!!!!!!