I don't know about you, but I hit a breaking point just about every day. I think I had a couple today. I can't decide which one broke me today. Was it when Mia tipped over the shopping cart in the store by hanging on the side? (Yeah, it went all the way over-- spilling the all of the contents of the cart-- including Eli. Luckily I am one of those
germaphobe moms who have a cart seat cover. I think it absorbed some of the impact for the poor little guy. He's fine but we caused quite the scene.) Or when Mia spilled her taco soup all over the floor at dinner? (My mantra when kids spill is "don't cry over spilled... fill in the blank." Before I was a mom I always thought that quote was for kids.) Or was it when the kids were fighting in the bathtub and Mia was pushing Sam underwater? Is it possible to break more than once in a day?
I hadn't thought about it until I wrote this down, but it seems there is one common
denominator in all these incidences. I guess Mia is my breaking point today.
So now they are in bed and I am picking up the pieces and putting myself back together for tomorrow. What was your breaking point today?
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During the kids doing their homework and the kids kept bickering about who was making faces at whom, etc. Trying to stop the kids from opening the back door and let Poppy out while Weston and Ben were digging trenches with shovels and a pick axe. Poppy yelling at everything was hers about everything. and having a terrible cold with aches that went to my bones. Not as good as yours though.
When 2.5 year old Abram kept pounding on my 7 month old Chloé's bedroom door as I was trying to put her down for her nap she was way over due for late in the afternoon. That had to have been quite a struggle in the grocery store. Oh, and if you didn't already think you had enough cleaning up to do, then there is a bowl of spilled soup, too! Could we just deal with these tough moments in our sleep while we dream them instead of actually experiencing them???
I don't think you can judge whether anyone's breaking point is "better" than someone else's. It just depends on how strong you are mentally that day. Sometimes I can handle it fine-- other days it just takes a little thing and ... snap.
Hmmm. I don't know what your problem is. I have perfect children. :-)
Too often I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
I hear ya sister!
I think mean Swiss people usually cause my break downs, but my kids come in at a close second.
Miss ya!
Hmmm...I'm feeling sympathetic. Believe it or not, it's been a few days since I've had a breaking point. We've been traveling all weekend and the kids were great. I know- miracle. I've had less problems with the kids while Joe D has been working from home. He totally steps up and handles stuff when he sees I am about to loose it. Bless that dear man.
Yikes!! Having your kid tip a cart over with nothing in it was bad enough, I don't want to imagine it with a full cart and baby!! That was more than enough for one day.
My breaking point was not kid related....it was coming home from doing paperwork at a messy office and my husband handing me a stack of receipts that I should "see if I needed" that were 6 months old....long story, but sometimes this obsessive-compulsive mama can't handle the chaos!...paper or kids!
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