What part of the day do you dread?

[iiTTCii]

At the moment, mine is putting LO in her car seat. Before I have chance to strap her in, she's stood up, turning round, climbing out, making her body stiff, screaming, kicking her legs.. It goes on. By the time I've got her in, I'm exhausted. I dread it every time.

 

[missk1989]

Bed time. It takes around an hour most nights once he is bed for him to fall asleep and that is following his bedtime routine. I have tried shorter routine later bedtime, no bath, earlier bedtime. The only thing that works is cutting his nap and Im not sure any of us are ready for that.

 

[sezzolou]

At the minute it's first thing in the morning. Lo is 17 months and gets up around 6am and spends a good couple of hours just constantly moaning for food and more food! He has a big bowl of porridge as soon as we get downstairs (usually he gets distraught at the 3.5 minute wait for it to be made lol). He whines when he finishes his massive bowl of porridge and continues to moan just stood in the kitchen pointing at the cupboard, fridge or fruit bowl. I always give him healthy stuff but I feel like he's getting too much. This morning in the space of 2 hours he had a big bowl of porridge, a full banana, satsuma, toast and 2 digestive biscuits plus his beaker of water. He still wanted more but surely that's enough? Distraction doesn't work for long.

 

[Amy2701]

Right now it's the half hour before we leave for playgroup. Lily insists on putting her own shoes and coat on (including the zip - which she simply cannot do, but she's adamant). I love that she is independent but she takes so long I have to start getting ready to leave ages before we actually have to leave. Then when we get round to putting Connor in his buggy (after putting his socks back on for the 5th time - the boy hates his feet being covered) he screams and wriggles, making it almost impossible.

I'm so glad she only goes to playgroup 2 days a week! Lol

 

[sue_88]

In between 4-6pm. She's so flipping grumpy but also WIRED and goes nuts, at 4 she's hungry for dinner but dinner time is 5, she eats then wants her bath but bath isn't until 6:15 lol. It's a tiring couple of hours!!

 

[stephanie1990]

For me its 9-10 if im going out that day, to get them both dressed and the house all clean is a nightmare!
Also between 5 -8 which is tea time, bath time and bedtime! worst time pf the day for me. love it come half 8 when they are both asleep, everything is clean and i can actually sit down with a hot coffee lol x

 

[liz1985]

Anytime that I need noah to do something. It doesn't matter what it is, he won't want to do it and it takes ages. The worse one is getting ready to go out. Takes him forever to put his shoes and coat etc on.

 

[Gwen77]

Dinner time. It's so stressful and I dread it every evening. I'm already tired from working all day. After work I have to pick up the LO from daycare, come home and make dinner. Then LO barely touches anything on his plate and it's a fight every night to get him to eat ANYTHING. We used to try and get him to eat what we're having. But I've given up. He whines and cries because he doesn't want any of it. I just want him to eat SOMETHING. So we give him whatever he'll eat... Toast and fruit, PB&J sandwich, cheerios, crackers, ANYTHING.

 

[JessyG]

Between 7pm and 7am 😂

I never know what our nights will be like!

To me she is pretty easy during the day so I guess its a trade off. Yes sometimes she faffs getting her nappy changed or throws her tea on the floor but that is nothing in comparison to her nonsense during the night!

 

[Bevziibubble]

Definitely the hours of 2-7pm, even more so now it's winter as we are pretty much stuck in the house especially if it's extra cold and windy. It's so hard to keep her entertained in the house and the time can go by really slowly compared with being out and about.

 

[seoj]

Bedtime. It's always been bedtime (off/on)- well, not going to bed, or being in her room- but settling her to be ready to sleep-- as to how long she needs us in her room, how easy or difficult she settles, how long it takes before I can get the downtime I need. It's varied from super easy to 2-3hrs of less than ideal moments. She's always needed a lot of downtime- always. No issue there. And when she's good she'll simply play in her room on her own for a while till she's ready for tuck-in and cuddles. But lately she's struggling to settle. Worse than she has in a long time. She was up till 10pm the other night- and I finally had to just go lay with her till she passed out (within 10mins)- cause every time she seems settled, she'd come out and want me. I love that she wants me- I do- and I love our routine (mostly)- she never fights going into her room. She loves it- even asks for it! But the time it takes her to settle enough to snuggle in and go to sleep varies- a lot (and similar to her Dad). Lucky she has always been a great sleeper (must get that from me!)! So I appreciate that. And otherwise a pretty darn easy kid. So, I suppose all kids have their "thing"

I'll admit last night I didn't want the hassle so I just drove her to sleep- as the car is like her kryptonite! So, in case of emergency... well

 

[KatieB]

Late afternoon if Alex hasn't had a short nap late morning. He is currently in the process of dropping it but still needs a small nap to get him through.

 

[minties]

From 6am when Thomas gets up to 8pm when he finallt goes to sleep

 

[JenX]

Getting her in the car seat or changing her diaper. OMG. Why does it have to be so difficult to do the most mundane things?

 

[Gym knickers]

Getting her up to the bath, then dried and dressed after the bath (she loves the actual bath time). It's like fighting a wild beast! She has to be covered in Aveeno which makes her slippery and she goes all floppy and won't let me dress her, all the while screeching 'noooooooooo!!' At ear splitting volume. Brushing her teeth and hair afterwards is again the most physically demanding thing I do! It's def not easy at the moment either with my big bump! I'm literally out of breath by the end!

 

[FAB mama]

Definitely meals I think… it's so hard to get him to eat! I used to love to cook but now he makes it very difficult to get that done and if I make the effort then he won't eat it anyway!

 

[embo216]

For me it's always straight after nap time! He's just so grumpy for at least a hour after his nap, annoying thing is that's usually school pick up time

 

[Natsku]

The time between picking her up from daycare and dinner being ready. Thankfully that's only two days a week - its much easier to handle when its not a daycare day as she's not so tired.

 

[w8ing4bean]

In between 4-6pm. She's so flipping grumpy but also WIRED and goes nuts, at 4 she's hungry for dinner but dinner time is 5, she eats then wants her bath but bath isn't until 6:15 lol. It's a tiring couple of hours!!

Basically this word for word lol x

 

[AnneD]

Getting out of the house in the morning - I have to go to work and she won't let go of me because she doesn't want me to go. She wants to be with me and I can't stay at home with her.