Between the hours of around six to eight in this house there is a complete meltdown and the children all turn into tantruming, moany demons.
It starts with mealtime. The older ones switch to “Kevin and Perry ” mode and look at their meal like I have served up pond water whilst the younger ones cover every available surface with theirs.
Once I have bribed them to eat what I can then comes the painstaking process of trying to clean the bomb site of the kitchen whist trying to brake up several argument that are being caused by over tired, ratty children.
Next on the agenda is bathtime. The youngest ones will generally flood the entire bathroom every evening and then whale like mad when it’s time to get dressed. Followed by a night long battle to get my water phobic teenagers anywhere near a bar of soap!
Bedtime begins with the older ones trying every trick in the book to get to stay up that little bit longer. They all of a sudden become wonderfully helpful children that offer to do any chores they can think of to get a few minutes more downstairs. Number three’s favourite is to bribe me with a foot rub, which to be honest normally works. It’s a constant stream of running up and down the stairs with the youngest two with the usual screaming, crying, toilet and water requests.
After my blood pressure had shot through the roof and I’ve sprouted a few more grey hairs, I look at their little faces all calm and peaceful and all is forgiven until tomorrow night!
I can totally relate to this especially the meal time… although I only got 2 but still chaotic. Great post! #BabyBrainMonday
I have always said that the jump from one to two is the hardest. As soon as there is more than one your troubles start!!
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Oh my goodness I remember when my little one was a baby 6-8pm was ALWAYS the witching hour…now it’s the let’s go totally doolally hour! #BabyBrainMonday
Ha ha there is always a problem at every age isn’t there!!
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I can relate on the teatime thing! It’s hit and miss for my 13.5mth old son. Bath and bedtime is usually fairly peaceful at the moment as he likes both however I know this will change! X thanks for linking to #BabyBrainMonday
You never know you may be lucky. My second was a dream and I never had problems with him. It’s the other four that made up for it!!
Lol! Oh gosh. I have this with just the one, what am I going to do if we have multiples?’ I’ll end up locking myself in a room lol. Thanks for linking up #babybrainmonday. I’ve also pinned your post 🙂 xx
Thank you so much! It truly is the hardest time of the day. It’s such a relief when the last one is tucked up in bed!! X
…and this is why I don’t bathe my kids every night. 🙂 Hang in there, mommy! #twinklytuesday
I always think I can get away with this but they are always so dirty!! X
Are you sure you aren’t writing about my house. It is meltdown central around our place between 6-9pm and generally a total gong show. Kind of glad I’m not the only one. #wineandboobs
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Ha ha I’m sorry but it does make me feel a bit better that there are others out there suffering too!!
My girls were always incredibly routine bound, which made things easy. Now that they’re 9 and their routine changes during the summer, I’m starting to understand the fuss about bedtime challenges! Thanks for linking with #TwinklyTuesday!
My pleasure it’s a great linky.
I’m hoping as the younger ones get a little older things will ease up for us too x