Please help me have more patience with my kids

icecream2011

Sun, Mar 11 2012, 8:21 am

My kids are at home (they are 2.5 y/old twins). We also have a baby. Sometimes it is really not their fault but I feel like I lose my patience with them because I AM tired and need some rest which is not available unless they are napping...
Please help me be more patient with them.

Thank You!

5*Mom

Sun, Mar 11 2012, 8:57 am

Sounds like a party, but you must be exhausted!! First rule of motherhood: You cannot possibly meet everyone else's needs if you are not meeting your own physiological needs. That means nutrition and enough sleep at the barest minimum. And objectively speaking, you really do have your hands full, b"H. How about a playgroup for the twins?

Pineapple

Sun, Mar 11 2012, 9:42 am

Get a babysitter for an hour or two per day and leave the house - it doesn't matter where you go just go!

I was given this advice and until I went back to work I realized how helpful it is!

de_goldy

Sun, Mar 11 2012, 10:26 am

Try to remember that even though they are officially the "big kids" because you have a baby - they themselves are practically still babies and just acting the way 2.5 year old are supposed to act.