Sometimes Home is Not the Place I Need to Be

I’m a stay at home mummy, and have been for over 3 years now. I should know how to keep my kids entertained all day long. I don’t. I really really don’t. It’s fluke and what works some days doesn’t on others, and on other days I feel like I’m just failing. H doesn’t want to do any activity I suggest, B is destroying everything she gets her hands on and I’m just exhausted. Rocking mommy life, yeah right! Yesterday was a tired rubbish write-off day. One of those days that, through nobody’s fault is just a bit rubbish. They definitely happening more now I’ve two kids! You’re tired, you’re down and you’re just not great on your own. Ok, on your own looking after two kids who are also bored at your thought of a nice lazy morning. A nice lazy morning with no plans now means everything goes wrong and no one wants to get dressed. A shower is a three second jump under the water while B screams in her cot (why have you abandoned me here!), and H is throwing a strop – she doesn’t want to get dressed. And snack demands are non-stop. Lazy mornings […]