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Post by jumperhop on Jan 23, 2015 0:30:31 GMT
It's been a few months now that everyday around 4:00 after my kids come home from school I get a headache. Mom, Mom, Mom!!!!!! Being pulled in ever direction.
Very blessed and very thankful but boy would it be easier to be a Mom without a screaming headache.
Jen
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Nicole in TX
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Post by Nicole in TX on Jan 23, 2015 0:39:13 GMT
I would recommend a glass of wine 15 minutes before they walk through the door!
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Post by scrapmaven on Jan 23, 2015 0:40:33 GMT
At least you know you're wanted? To our kids we are everything. We are the ones w/whom they celebrate their achievements and the ones that they blame when they can't find a pair of socks in their room, because they lit dynamite and ran. Mom is everything. They annoy you because they trust you enough to do so.
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Post by maryland on Jan 23, 2015 0:53:11 GMT
I miss those days! My 15 and 17 yr. olds come home and "catch up" with their snap chat friends. But they are girls, so I don't expect too much talk about their day. I would love to hear about their day! I will say usually later in the evening when I am catching up on pto stuff, that's when they all decide they need my attention. That can cause a headache! I am "free" for hours, then once I get doing something they all decide they want attention.  My 11 yr. old is still pretty good at telling me about her day. |
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 23, 2015 1:00:25 GMT
I got home today and my 18 year old boy wouldn't leave me alone. Ugh. I told myself to get over it because it own't last forever. (He was primarily interested in dinner plans.)
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Post by Nicole in TX on Jan 23, 2015 1:02:17 GMT
I got home today and my 18 year old boy wouldn't leave me alone. That is very sweet! |
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 23, 2015 3:42:08 GMT
I got home today and my 18 year old boy wouldn't leave me alone. That is very sweet! I wanted a girl (when he was born). I always joke that I got my girl with him. He loves to talk and is very easy going. I lucked out with him, for sure. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 4:00:12 GMT
Mine used to go to his room when he got home for time out to recharge his batteries. I needed the time to just sit and think for about 15 min. Then we were great! He had to leave me alone. I left him alone.
Please note he had 4 trillion kisses, eleventy billion hugs, a quadrillion cuddles, hours of snuggling on my lap and he slept beside me (he would sneak in at 3 am) until he was too old and stopped like Puff the Magic Dragon.
I would be terrified of having a girl. I know I would screw that one up for life. The boy has the best nature ever. Totally well balanced. I would have a million boys again. Love them from the moment they are conceived!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 23, 2015 5:16:24 GMT
Ha ha, I love my DD to infinity and beyond, but honestly there are times when I wish that kid had a mute button! Yes, I absolutely want to hear about what is going on in her little life and what she's thinking about. But do I need to hear 52,000 times about the exact same (unintentional) playground slight that happened three months ago? Not really.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 7:15:24 GMT
Ha ha, I love my DD to infinity and beyond, but honestly there are times when I wish that kid had a mute button! Yes, I absolutely want to hear about what is going on in her little life and what she's thinking about. But do I need to hear 52,000 times about the exact same (unintentional) playground slight that happened three months ago? Not really. That is your spirited child for you. I had the spirited introvert. You have the spirited extrovert. They are just wired differently. I wish I could say it gets better. (Mine stopped talking all together. You might think he has a disability of some sort for not speaking, but he speaks. He just says what he needs to say and then he is quiet. We sat in the same room for 4 hours and said 10 words or less. He and I don't love each other any less. He just is very specific with what he wants to say.  ) |
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Post by gar on Jan 23, 2015 7:26:07 GMT
Aww, I remember it well. I used to long to not hear the word Mum, just for 5 mins sometimes. I'd go with the suggestion from Nicole in Tx  |
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Post by grinningcat on Jan 23, 2015 14:06:11 GMT
That's probably one of the reasons my parents had mandated quiet time when they arrived home. We were not to bombard them when they walked in and they would retreat to their suite for a half hour or more of quiet time before dealing with the rest of the household.
Perhaps that's something you could implement in the afternoons to avoid the headache.
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Post by threegirls on Jan 23, 2015 14:26:16 GMT
I feel your pain! My three girls start with me the minute they see me waiting in the pick-up area (we have to park and stand in a designated area). It continues in the car on the way home and then escalates when we enter the house! Last year it was so bad that I pulled the car over and made them all get out and take a quick time out. They were all talking at the same time and getting angry with each other because they all wanted to talk to me at the same time. I couldn't concentrate on driving with that crazy talk show going on! Well, after about two or three times of pulling over they learned to take turns when speaking.
This post is timely for me because yesterday I took an ibuprofen just before I picked them up from school!
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Jan 23, 2015 14:45:20 GMT
Honestly, there are some days I take either an anti anxiety or some advil before my son gets home. It goes from quiet to crazy in under 5 minutes. It isn't so bad some days and then it gets quiet until they get hungry lol.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jan 23, 2015 15:00:16 GMT
I will be the first to admit that one of the nice things about being divorced is forced down time away from the kids. I hated it at first, but after a while? It turns out that I am a better mother when I got to a have every other weekend to myself. If I dared say it out loud, the perfect mommies would shoot daggers with their eyes and tell me that there is something wrong with me if I didn't like to be around my kids 24/7.
No, I love my kids, but I sure did enjoy that free time. It gave me time to recharge and regroup, and be a better me when they came home.
I say this all the time, I am not a perfect mom-but I am a good one and that is enough for me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 16:00:09 GMT
I will be the first to admit that one of the nice things about being divorced is forced down time away from the kids. I hated it at first, but after a while? It turns out that I am a better mother when I got to a have every other weekend to myself. If I dared say it out loud, the perfect mommies would shoot daggers with their eyes and tell me that there is something wrong with me if I didn't like to be around my kids 24/7. No, I love my kids, but I sure did enjoy that free time. It gave me time to recharge and regroup, and be a better me when they came home. I say this all the time, I am not a perfect mom-but I am a good one and that is enough for me.  |
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Post by Judy26 on Jan 23, 2015 16:29:43 GMT
I once told my 5 year old son I was changing my name. I was no longer Mom. So he started calling me Judith whenever he had something super important to tell me. He is 20 now and he still calls me Judith to get my attention. All I can say to you is this too shall pass and you will miss it some day. And I second the wine solution.
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Post by Jennifer C on Jan 23, 2015 16:50:05 GMT
After school and before bedtime are my crazy 20 minutes. I've tried to better organize, manage or change their routines but it always ends up with mom, Mom, MOM MOOOMMMMM!
My dh tells me that one day I will miss it. I tell him yes, unless I lose my mind before I can miss this time.
Jennifer
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Post by breetheflea on Jan 23, 2015 17:07:13 GMT
I once told my 5 year old son I was changing my name. I was no longer Mom. So he started calling me Judith whenever he had something super important to tell me. He is 20 now and he still calls me Judith to get my attention. All I can say to you is this too shall pass and you will miss it some day. And I second the wine solution. I did the same thing to my 5 year old. Now instead of mommy? mommy?? mommy??? MOMMY! It's Mommy? Mommy??Mommy??? BWIANNA! It does get my attention... although he still usually does this to tell me something really really important like what he wants for Christmas in 11 months or that 2 years ago a light bulb burned out in a house we don't live in anymore. I hate the hour after school before DH gets home. I have 4 kids... |
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Time to get off the internet!
My 11 yr. old is still pretty good at telling me about her day. 
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