so much crying get done in my house off my 4 boys. They make each other cry, they do naughty things that I do have to tell them off (which makes them cry sometimes), they ask for things that I cannot possibly agree to - so it feels like cry, cry, cry, cry.

I often wonder if my neighbours think I am just so horrible to my boys with the daily crying that comes out of my house..

feeling just a tad fed up

The summer vacation ends soon and the new routine should calm down everything.

Cheer up!


Joy and celebrations,

Adee

this has not been a good week - maybe because of school/nursery being back to normal - I have been driven up the wall this week (boys seem especially high spirited, the older two that is)

but I will try to cheer up (will someone pass me the biggest slab of chocolate cake that I am not suppose to eat (as I am far to chubby) and take my kids off me for just half an hour so I can actually enjoy it - well I can dream)

I shouldn't moan as I am very grateful for my lovely boys

I hear ya, it seems like the boys here cry more than the girls without a doubt! My DH always has said that boys are easier, well no way, not in my experience. They are so much harder for me. Hang in there and hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

a bit less crying, a bit more cheer from me (even if I did have to clean my kitchen after DS attempted to wash his shoes himself, and strip the spare double bed and wash/make up again after my 3 year old fell asleep on it and peed on it and I did not managed to get the baby to sleep till 20 mins ago)

Can you get yourself some help? I remember those crazy days when they were younger and that feeling of not keeping up. Maybe even just a mothers helper who has the energy to keep one or two of the DSs entertained and out of trouble, take a few for a walk or outside so you can clean something without it getting messed at the same time. I look back and really wish I did more to get help, I even wish this summer I did better, would have made life a lot more tolerable.

somedays, i swear all I hear is yelling, crying and whining. I want to wear ear plugs! In fact, I have a pair of those big yellow sound-proofing ear muffs, the kind construction workers wear and on bad days, I put them on. Then the kids laugh.

That's when I can find my sense of humour. Don't ask me how often I do that because the answer is sad. lol

Project to what your boys will be doing next year, or in two years (go however long you need to find sanity) and realize they won't always be so screamy. Kids yell. They feel excited, body tight, out comes the loud voice. They feel sad and cry, they'll still yell out how they are feeling.

I bet the neighbours are busy feeling sympathetic towards you. Heck, girl, you have 4 BOYS! All young too. It can only get easier and less noisy, right?


hugs
jm


me:43
FSH 26
DS: born by c-sec Apr15'03, 9lbs5oz 41wks gest. (after 4 years of ttc, starting in 1998)
DD born by c-sec Oct 13 2007, 8lbs13oz 39wk gest. (after just under 3 years of ttc)
~~DS was conceived naturally the cycle following a cancelled DE IVF, using my good friend's eggs. She was on the verge of hyperstimming.
~~DD's nat conception I attribute to using OPKs like a crazy nut, eating grapefruit daily and using preseed. also 5 cycles of TCM ending 2 cycles before that lucky cycle.
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sometimes I go into my bedroom and just shut the door for 10 mins (semi peace)

or it necessary, I lock myself in the loo for a few minutes

I go down to the laundry for some quiet and actually have found that folding it straight out of the dryer gives me an extra 5min and I swear it's faster to fold it this way! weird. lol

Wasn't there a mom on this bb whose mother used to go into a closet and yell or cry? Some days are better than others, eh??

hugs
jm


me:43
FSH 26
DS: born by c-sec Apr15'03, 9lbs5oz 41wks gest. (after 4 years of ttc, starting in 1998)
DD born by c-sec Oct 13 2007, 8lbs13oz 39wk gest. (after just under 3 years of ttc)
~~DS was conceived naturally the cycle following a cancelled DE IVF, using my good friend's eggs. She was on the verge of hyperstimming.
~~DD's nat conception I attribute to using OPKs like a crazy nut, eating grapefruit daily and using preseed. also 5 cycles of TCM ending 2 cycles before that lucky cycle.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

sometimes I go into my bedroom and just shut the door for 10 mins (semi peace)

or it necessary, I lock myself in the loo for a few minutes

but the boys would love me to get ear muffs - they would have so much fun with it (and it would be broken within the week)

I have days I feel that all my boys do is either wrestle or get into little arguments. From speaking to other moms of boys, it seems that this is common and normal. It is hard to keep a sense of humor about it, but I do think it helps. Do something silly to get their attention and change their focus. I have done really dumb things that have gotten a good laugh, like putting the dish towel on my head and using a funny voice to ask them to stop fighting, or making funny faces, whatever comes to mind to just get them to change the subject!!

I try not to let it get to me, but I only have half the boys you do. And some days it really does get to me. Give yourself a break. When it really gets to be too much for me (like when Im pmsing or really tired or have other worries on my mind), I tell my boys Im putting myself in timeout. I go to the bathroom and shut the door. They always change their behavior when I do thissome days they think its hilarious, and other days they get quite upset. My intention is not to upset them, but simply to get their attention. It always works!

Hang in there Mo, one day theyll be all grown up and youll miss all this craziness.

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