There is a time in my house that I really, really HATE! You see every single day at 5pm on the nose, my sweet lovely little kids turn into 4 screaming, howling, demons. (Today, I thought that it would be different because the baby boys were sleeping but no such luck. They popped up at 5pm on the nose screaming.) Some days are so bad that I have to start my cocktail time early (usually I wait until all the kids are in bed).
The reason that this is so annoying, besides from the noise level of all the screaming children, is that I am trying to make dinner. I have to do this little hop over, step over, try and reach the stove dance just to make dinner. Oh and I have to try and not burn anyone who is throwing a tantrum on the floor.
I have tried to gate them in another room but this just makes matters worse. They seem to get super human baby strength and either knock the gate over, climb through the blockade or get smart and go threw a different room (when one figures it out, its all over and here they come).
They follow me all over the kitchen and dinning room howling as they go. It is not a pretty sight. From the sounds of their screams, you would think that some one was cutting off their legs. I know that they are hungry but I fail to see how they could be this hungry to cause this reaction. They have just had a snack at 4pm.
I just don't know what to do. I dread this hour every day and Jeff can not come home fast enough. It makes me want to throw in the towel and run screaming away from the house. I keep telling myself that this is a stage and they will grow out of it but they have been doing this since birth. My only saving grace is that tomorrow, I will be at work and some one else is going to have to deal with the dreaded 5pm hour.
Deux par Deux Has The Cutest Kid Clothes
4 days ago
12 comments:
If you find a solution, please share. I find the same thing happens at my house the minute I start making dinner!
Sounds like enough to make a screaming mimi out of me. Yikes! I always tell people thinking about having kids to remember when they are pacing the floors with a screaming baby and contemplating throwing it out the window--they shouldn't, but they should take comfort in knowing they aren't the first one to think such thoughts.
Thanks a bunch for your comment. It was very timely, since some amazingly awesome soul shared the secret to customizing my background, and I will definitely keep the dark on light in mind (although I can't promise black on white)--I will promise it will be easier on the eyes, so I hope you'll stop back.
Ahhh! The "witching hour". That is what we called it!
How old are your little ones?
I would say that mine FREAKED like that from about 3 monhs to 10 months and then, just got past it on their own. (YIPPEE!)
Maybe you could try sitting them in highchairs with toys or something while you cook???
HI - I just came over from SITS.
5 pm is the bewitching hour in our house too... I find that if dinner is not on the table by 5:30 the kids are gonna lose it - and so is the mommy.
To keep them busy, I bring play dough in the kitchen for them to play with while I cook dinner...
And while they eat I have a glass of wine... sometimes two.
Jen Happens to everyone. It was hard enough with one baby and a toddler. Three is triple trouble. Do they amazingly turn into angels the moment Jeff arrives?
Fellow SITS mama here!
5:00 is the witching hour here, too. But I only have two to deal with, so I'd be starting cocktail hour early every day!
I typically give them an awful, awful snack (think a cookie) to keep them quiet. It's hard!
Guess what? It gets worse as they get older and can make food themselves. They start making a pre-dinner while you are scrambling to get the main dinner prepared. They are always in the way, irratable and normally use the pot or pan you require. Then when you finally blow up and tell them to GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN, they are either hurt and stomp off pouting, or worse condascending and tell you not to make such a big deal of things.
Oh and an added bonus, they don't really like what you made anyway.
Thanks again! I've noticed a lot of black on white as I've been looking around. Hadn't really thought about it before.
My brood is half the size of yours and I can't stand that time of day... Tonight I was trying to feed the baby, cook myself something to eat before heading to work as the 5 year old stood in the hallway and peed....
Hmmm, darn little buggers. 5pm is a rough time for most households, I hear. We've managed to move past that, but I remember it being rough when the kids were a little younger. Not sure how to help you on this one. It's like the movie gremlins...the cute little creatures turn into raving monsters. Scary,
Hey Jen! Love your blog, and I just HAVE to say that you are the first person I have found that currently has a tougher situation that I do!!! LOL!!! Our youngest is 14 months and I can't imagine doing the crazy 5 pm thing with 3 that age!!! Honestly, the twins are only 9 months younger than my oldest, so at some point in the past I had it with them, but it seems that I have mentally blocked that out!!!!!! All I know is I am glad there are others that are sharing similar pain!!!!! I will keep checking back!!!! Good luck! Andrea
Found you through SITS.... I call this time of day the "Witching Hour" it's like that at my house everyday too. I have found that having a clean plan for the evening including what is for dinner is my best defense.
Post a Comment