lost my mind

[Briswegian]

My nearly 8 year old and five year old are driving me nuts. THey are just not listening and just being naughty which is bad enough but when they cant be quiet or 10 mins inbtween their bowling activity in the morning and park play date in the afternoon, and wake the two year old and the baby in the process....i loose my nana. They just cant stop, change their behaviour, listen. I am usually a happy mum, but at the moment, I feel like i just make food and clean and i can't even get on top of that. Got heaps of people coming on friday and cant get house semi tidy. HELP

[freyas]

Hang in there chicken!
Have they got any friends you can organise for them to hang out with while you get a few things done? Or anything you could bribe them with to get them to help you out? Depends what they're into but Eg trip to the movies if they help get the house tidy?

[OJandMe]

Get them outside!

When mine are all going nuts I do gardening, or take them for a bike ride, or make them help clean.

I find if I'm outside, they're outside... and once they're outside they're usually happy doing things like gardening or riding their bikes or playing hide and seek.

[Briswegian]

funnily enough....had them outside, then cleaning up. i am really tired as baby feeding constantly......god bless my dad, he has just picked em up till lunch tomorrow. i needed a break. By then i wont be shouty mummy any more.