Don’t you just love Threenagers?! They’re extremely hormonal, stubborn and a cute little bundle of sassiness and damn right defiance! My Friday feeling was instantly squished by a mini buzz killer aka Bella. She’s been screaming for over an hour now because she wanted to read bedtime stories with her baby Sister Flo (aawwww I hear you say) who is already fast asleep (not much longer at this rate).
This hormonal meltdown began before Bella was even out of the bath! I calmly explained although it was a lovely Big Sister gesture, it was in fact past Flo’s bedtime and that we could read bedtime stories together tomorrow night and even the night after that. That is when the shit hit the fan.
The head went back, the face scrunched up and her tonsils were on show as she threw the most almighty bitch fit. There was a lot of screaming, crying, hitting and scratching, crawling butt naked on the floor at an extremely slow pace towards her bedroom, refusing to get dry, refusing to put her nappy on and generally refusing to do anything I asked her too. She reluctantly got dressed after I threatened to walk out and let her sleep butt naked in a puddle of her own wee wee because she isn’t potty trained yet.
As a result of her demonic behaviour tonight she forfeited her beloved bedtime stories. Queue round two of a hormonal breakdown! The tears and screaming all started again and lasted for an hour. It’s so horrible when your children get so upset but this Mama stuck to her guns.
Threenagers are so bloody exhausting! I feel like I’m constantly in the battlefield. It gets easier right? Right?! Apparently I have the Feisty Fours to look forward to next, just about the same time Flo will be hitting the Terrible Twos…hmm maybe it’s time to build myself a ‘Mum Cave’ with a couple of padlocks on the door and a stash of Maltesers and wine.
I feel so much better after my little rant! If we don’t laugh we’ll cry right? Who else has Bipolar Threenager on their hands? Thankfully Flo stayed asleep through the whole meltdown process (funny how Hurricane Bella can’t wake her yet she’s wide awake as soon as my head hits the pillow at night) and Bella has passed out and is fast asleep. I’m off to raid Bella’s Halloween stash-that will teach her!