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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just wondering today when the whole "rewarding" part is supposed to kick in. My kids are little, 6 and 3, and it makes me feel subhuman to say they're so annoying...but it's true. I hate myself and feel like a horrible mom. And they aren't terrible kids, just run-of-the-mill needy, dramatic, demanding, disrespectful. I'm just so over it.[/quote]

Same. One of the only things keeping me going is that I was able to get my 3 year old into a a five-day a week day-camp for the summer. She's supposed to be in PK this year but it's been via DL (which is a joke) and there are not spots available in any of the private PKs near us. When I'm at the end of my rope, I figure out how many days until June when she'll be in camp. It's still so far away, but gets closer everyday and can take the edge off a bit when I'm just done.

I used to enjoy time with my kid but that gets so hard when we are together all day long, especially this time a year when we have to limit outdoor time for weather and there is nowhere else to go (I miss museums and libraries and children's sections at bookstores so, so much). Lately the best I can do is assign every day an activity and just run with it the best I can. We have a day where we build a fort. A day where she comes to the grocery store with me and helps me do meal prep. A day where we do drive-through French fries after the playground as a treat. Etc. Last fall I was doing all these PK activities and making much more elaborate efforts. But I have to work, too, and at this point I'm just so run into the ground that I'm just looking for coping strategies, for her and for me.[/quote]

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