This morning I got to be that mother that we all feel sorry for, as Big threw a magnificent tantrum lasting the better part of an hour. First of all there was the wailing in the pool when she was asked to swim on her back without floats (she did this two weeks ago but appears to have forgotten all about that). Then there was more wailing when she didn’t get a float thing to play with (20+ children in the pool, approx 10 big floaty things, hohum – all the other children were managing to share and play together). On the way out of the water her teacher had a bag of sweets – she rummaged through a couple of times and couldn’t find anything she liked. She doesn’t really eat sweets, and tbh, I haven’t encouraged her to. But being unable to find anything was just insult to injury, and there was screaming, stomping, door slamming and so on.
She wouldn’t get in the shower, she wouldn’t get dry, she wouldn’t get dressed. Other mothers offered sympathetic smiles – one grandmother said “ooh, you’ve a lot of patience love, I would have” mime strangling and shaking action “by now”. So close, it has to be admitted. When you are standing in a changing room, holding one screaming child under the shower with one arm, and wriggling todder in the other arm (cos if you put him down he legs it) you do start to regret having ever got out of bed in the morning. Especially after a very broken nights sleep 🙁
So eventually we got out of the swimming baths, having picked up Big’s certificate for passing level 2, and booking her in for level three starting January 8th at 11am (that’s a bit more civilised). Came home and dropped her off with Tim – had intended going to do some shopping but quite frankly, had had enough! So just took Small with me. Shops weren’t bad at all actually – but parking was dreadful. Ended up parking at the retail park and walking to the shopping centre – but at least it’s boosted my step total! (My walk-o-meter arrived the other day, and I’ve been very depressed to discover that I hardly walk at all 🙁 )
Got lots of ideas for Chrimble, and think I’ll go down early one morning next week and pick up a few bits. Need to make a list though to check I don’t miss anyone out.
And that’s pretty much it so far today. children were horrid when the phone rang, and the day seems to have evaporated without achieving anything so far.
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6 responses to “How horrendous?”
Oh no 🙁 Why is it that it can all be going so well one week and the next they can fall apart completely? You have my utmost empathy!
(((((hugs))))) for a naff saturday Jax. Jax do you know what time Sarah is on TV in the morning and what channel?
I’m glad I’m not the only one who hat sh*t days – hope today is much better! And wrt the walk-o-meter thing, I was appalled at how little I do too. About 3500 on average. I thought I’d do lods more than that, since I feel like I’m forever chasing toddlers.
At least you are using yours – I left mine in the kitchen and forgot about it!
lol – well I *had* to have one and ended up buying one (Ady has the freebie walkers one too now thanks to the link you posted). The closest I ever got to 10000 was the day on holiday in Dorset when we walked all round the shops in the morning, down to the beach carrying one child there and the other one back again and I thought I was going to die – so it’s either less steps and I survive or death by pedometer 🙂 I’m not utterly convinced it does register every step though as I seem to be up and down the stairs and round the house loads more than mine ever suggests even when we don’t leave the house.
Hugs for the other stuff too – that is why I keep chickening out of swimming – I can see me being that woman with a slipping towel and two wet and whiny children 😉
Buy roller skates.