Itās not right that Mothers are mothers 24/7 & get ridiculed on not doing enough while men get to be a parent 3 hours a day or less & no one says anything.
Women and mothers are the caregiver, the chef, laundry attendant, house cleaner, always on mental alert, making appointments and plans, driving the kids where they need to go, buying food wipes diapers clothes shoes, the leader of the packā¦.i just feel we donāt get enough credit from the fathers. But the moment the mom needs a break or a breather, a shower, or mental silence , itās an issue with them. Weāre the crazy ones. Iām so done with men and wish I never gave my body to them
How to parent by natural consequences
The current situation: 4 year older brother has been out of pocket all day, making destructive and mean choices all day, not listening to me and throwing tantrums. Had my last straw when he traps and squishes my 1 year old under a blanket as I was washing the tub clean of cat hair since he pulled the cat in the tub with him when I was changing a diaper. I put him to bed asap and told him Iām closing his door and he freaks out and has a long screaming fit.
This happens like every hour every day, where I walk away from close supervising and all hell breaks loose because of my oldest. I promise Iām doing what I can for his needs, come read my other posts on my profile lol. This is a poll for natural consequence parenting. Cause it makes sense to remove him from whatever situation or remove whatever object heās misusing. But some situations I just canāt? And the going to bed consequence isnāt enough, I shut his door cause I know he likes it open and my angle here is āyou donāt listen to me so Iām not listening to youā. I told him that but he talked over me and kept screaming. I obv feel like the worst parent but Iām just at rock bottom. Didnāt stop screaming til his dad came in to tell him what for and then he was fine with the door closed. Heās sleeping now. Weāve had a fun day playing with friends and good food and visiting nanas and going on scooter rides and watching some of emperors new groove. I just donāt know what Iām missing and I feel so done.
Feeling left behind
My husband works in London.
Heās out constantly doing different things, dinners, nights out, events, golf days, trips.
Iām at home with our daughter which I wanted to be with her but Iām just feeling like heās living an extravagant lifestyle and Iām just doing the mundane things at home.
For me to go out itās not an easy task as I donāt have much family.
Iām really struggling with the feeling at the moment, I try and voice it but all I get back is its work and we wouldnāt have a lifestyle without me doing this.
Has anyone else experienced this and how to articulate it as this has been a problem for some years now.
Back to work
I go back to work in just over a week and I am really struggling with it. I donāt like my job, and I donāt get along with the people in my department, they arenāt very nice, very judgemental and will make passive aggressive comments all day. I feel like Iām consistently having to defend my decisions. I have spoke to managers etc, but nothing gets done. Moving jobs isnāt an option right now either.
I was in bed crying last night about having to go back to work, and I know Iām going to get worse the closer it gets. Leaving my boy, who Iāve been with all day every day for a year.
How did you cope with the initial return? Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated