I feel like im traumatising my children.

I have 2 kids a 3 year old and a 2 year old. I used to be a chill fun mom but for the past year ive become so erratic and im just constantly yelling. I never catch a break ontop of that im pregnant aswell with my final baby. I wanted them to be close in age so i could get it over with. I find myself yelling at the kids 80 percent of the time daily!!! I dont have a village, husband helps on weekends but uts not like i get a break, im there aswell with husband taking care of the kids. On weekdays he comes home late so only gets 2 hours with the kids before they sleep. Im so burnt out. I dont wsnt to traumatise my kids. I see them flinching all the time when i start yelling and a few times ive thrown things at them too in anger. I was never like this.

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Same! My 4 year old refuses to listen so I find myself constantly yelling or sending him to time outs because my 2 year old copies him and I'm 33/34 weeks pregnant with a 3rd. It's so much worse when we go out cuz they don't listen or run in opposite directions making it so much more dangerous. I'm here if you need someone to talk to in general because I literally lost my cool in the mall all because my kids weren't listening to no, my drink got spilled and I was so overwhelmed it was unbelievable

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Sometimes it helps to let your kids just do whatever. And what I mean by that is, if it’s not going to hurt them or someone else, or destroy anything. Just let it happen. It beats raising your blood pressure and giving them anxiety from all the yelling. I usually let my daughter free play and she will get into things and I just let her, I can clean it up later. Or take them to a park, tire them out, when you get home they’ll behave a lot more since they won’t be so full of energy,

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Do you have friends or family that can watch them occasionally? Or leave on the weekend and let your husband handle it for a while. You need a break. I say this with love: yelling and throwing things at your kids to the point that they're flinching isn't good. You need to get it under control now before it gets even further out of hand. Especially with another baby on the way.

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