There are those days that it might just be better to hide under the covers than to come out of your room. Well, today was one of those days. Hence the fact that I am not sitting on my bed while the little people are sitting with dad watching television. I am not really sure what it is… too long on vacation, cold weather outside, or my hormones… or a combination of them all, but sakes alive!
Frustration points…
The play room: We have a room that is set aside for toys. I do not like the boys having toys in their room, a bedroom is for sleeping therefore no toys enter. Their play room has been getting destroyed. I have bins for everything so there is a “system” of sorts. When we moved in April I purged their toys, we had a basement full of toys and I got rid of about 60% of their stuff, whether it was baby items, toys that were broken or never played with they went to the second hand store or goodwill. Now with three boys in a 9X11 play room toys seem to find the floor in two seconds flat. Usually one boys is playing with one thing. another boy another toy, and yet another boy with another toy… that means that potentially there could be cars and tracks, trains and tracks and books all out being played with. When clean up time comes around there are too many toys out that they get overwhelmed and can’t find the floor.
What is a mom to do? I am seriously about to box up everything and say “adios” to all the toys. There are a few other options but I am not sure I am willing to do them… namely, ignore the mess. I am not one to let the mess just be – hubby really is not one to let the mess be either.
Dinner: So I know that I mentioned it on Dinner Battles, but this is a huge frustration for me. Tonight case and point… I made dinner. Dinner was on the table at 5:15. Two out of three of my boys ate most if not all of their dinners. One boy did not touch his dinner. Everyone was done with their meal or my frustration of telling boys to eat was at about 5:45. I cleaned up from dinner, meaning all dishes were washed/put in the dish washer, floors swept and table cleaned. It was 6:15 and I had three boys requesting food. Since dinner my three sons have each polished off two bananas each, a yogurt and some wheat thins. I would have draw the fast hard line of no more food but the hubby said that if they are hungry then let them eat.
What is a mom to do? I am about to say I am no longer making dinners. You want food then figure it out for yourselves… not really realistic since the boys are 5,3 and 1… but my frustrations are leading me to that direction.
No napping: Okay I know that there comes an age where kids can drop their naps. Big brother can legitimately so without a nap and be a decent person to be around until bedtime at 8:30. The other two brothers… not so much. Middle brother is getting a little to big for his britches and thinks that since big brother doesn’t nap he shouldn’t have to. Middle brothers spends nap time, whining and complaining which will lead me to frustration. Since all our brothers share a room my frustration usually leads to little brother not getting a full nap that he needs. When brothers do not nap that means that I do not have any down time… let’s be honest here, nap time is as much for the kids as it is for moms!
What is a mom to do? Forgo naps for the older two and just send everyone to bed at 8pm… knowing that they will be up by 5:30 or 6am? Separate everyone to different rooms… little brother in the shared room, big brother in the playroom for quiet time and middle brother in our bedroom for nap time?
I don’t have any answers just trying to figure this whole mom thing out!
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