Do you ever just wake up some mornings to your child shouting from their bedroom and think today is going to be ‘one of those days’? Or do you ever start the morning fine and then something happens to turn your child into a dramatic devil, all because you gave them the wrong juice cup or breakfast bowl!?

Today alone has consisted of yoghurt flung everywhere, several meltdowns and naughty corner visits, two refused dinners, my glasses being broken and about 6 punch ups between the kids… I mean, what the actual f#@k!! May I add I am infact poorly and run down and this is what I am dealing with! As well as two bunged up coughing toddlers who are coughing themselves awake in the middle of the night but yeah, being a parent is SO amazing all the god damn time! Some days as a parent are just pure utter crap! There I said it, shoot me if that makes me a bad parent but I don’t think it does. Who are these super human people who enjoy every single day of parenting, who have everything together and never seem to lose their s#!t!? Is there a class I can take because honestly I’ll take any advice I can get some days.

I think the reason we feel so bad when our parenting skills come head to head with strong minded toddlers is because of the pressure we put on ourselves. The pressure to be perfect and enjoy every moment because of how lucky we are, yes we are so lucky to be blessed with the chance to be parents and even more so to do it twice, that doesn’t make it any easier to handle though. We can be so quick to judge someone in their time of need, comments such as “oh look poor girl can’t control her children” “those children will walk all over you when they are older” and “maybe you shouldn’t of had two if you can’t manage” … come on!!! We all need to stick together through this chaotic journey,  no ones handing out rewards at the finish line and no one has ever got through parenting without some time with friends and comforting words. If you see me with a child mid meltdown don’t judge me, can you help me? I mean take one it’s yours have it, it’s your problem now! Seriously though guys, we need each other! No one understands what you’re going through more than other mums! That mum in the corner of toddler group with breakfast down her top, hair in a mum bun, bags under her eyes while trying to work out what day it is? She gets you! The mum doing her weekly shop while fighting toddlers out of the chocolate isle and having to wrestle them back in to the seat? She’s been there! The mum reading this who’s that exhausted at 10am she’s just letting the kids do as they please with the plan of sorting it out when they are asleep? She totally understands your pain! The mum you saw walking down the street with her makeup done, child behaving in the pram and looking like she’s got it all together? You don’t know what happened before or after you saw her so don’t feel like you are failing!!

Mummas, daddy’s, grand parents and anyone else looking after babies, toddlers, teens, what ever age! You got this, we got this.

Oh I’d like to remind anyone out there who is being used as an ear to vent to, do not! I repeat! Do not!! Tell me it’ll get easier, why? Because you’re a liar! My kids will always be 17 months apart and all that’s coming is two teenagers!! If you have become my venting/punch bag (soz!) just offer me chocolate, alcohol or sleep! In fact offer sleep first.

#rantover