I've had a week of days that I don't like my kids all that much but I love them anyway. The days we all know too well; that start great.. get a little shall I say, horrible in the middle, and end with cuddles and gorgeous sleeping children. So this week I tried out some new tactics to settle down the horrible middle we all hate so much... here is how I went.
Ignore them: Worked well until I was told my one of the builders in the house (note constant renovations and 17 builders roaming around) I should really pick him up and give him a cuddle now. Guilt rushed over me and I said "sorry baby, I love you but can you please stop winging now, its slowly killing me"... he hit me in the face and laughed it off. FAIL
Distract them with toys: Once they had realised what I was doing when creeping away for a coffee they started throwing toys at each other... toys were a fail.
Feed them: Great until the food ran out and I wasn't going to over feed them!
Take them out of the house: Surely fresh air will work a treat! All went very well... the park became my new hero and I thought if anything ever happened to this park I would be distraught. On the way back we needed to pick up some milk... I should have known better. All went down hill quicker than they ate their snacks! Home we go.
Match them: At one point in this day the noise was so loud I thought how in the world can I calm this down. And then I thought how about I just join them. So I did ... Terrible I know but it was soothing. That was until they wanted to beat me instead!
So I gave in, it was a day for cuddles, love and time together. Sometimes there is no amount of distracting you can do that surpasses the need for YOU. Makes for a good story and a strong heart at the end of the day.
For my nanny children,
C x
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