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Pregnant mummas of toddlers, how are we doing? I've just had a really awful day today - my 3 year old managed to press every single one of my buttons and I just couldn't keep my stress under wraps. He completely ran riot at his gymnastics class, trashed the house, wouldn't play on his own for 2 minutes to let me do some laundry, then he drew on the sofa in felt tips - basically it was one thing after another. I'm usually able to keep my emotions in check but today I just exploded. At bedtime he was still misbehaving, refusing to clean his teeth and I shouted.
We did kiss and hug and bedtime (surprise surprise after my explosion he wanted daddy to put him to bed instead) but I now feel like the world's worst mum so I've drowned my sorrows in a whole tub of ice cream - which of course I feel guilty about!!
Oh and you want to know what my husband said? "I wish you weren't so hormonal all the time" 😂
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I find myself shouting a lot these days. I have a 2 year old boy I don’t know where they get the energy from. Always jumping on me and on sofas and I just scream. Even for bedtime it’s like wrestling with a fish and I do have mum guilt after but we kiss and cuddle after. The exhaustion after is real!
Girl same and another boy on the way. God help us all. 🙏
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Honestly I’m in same boat atm, boy is 2 and half and pushing my buttons to the max majority of days, by end of day my patience is gone and then I feel awful cause I’ve snapped at him. My health visitor said it’s normal for that age and when baby arrives his behaviour will either get worse or complete opposite and he’ll just start behaving. Fingers crossed for behaving 😂 if partner is home I do get him to take over toddler duties