We LOVE this mum's response to her toddler 'hating her'
Tantrums are a regular part of life as a mum, particularly with little ones, and they can leave us feeling like awful parents, sometimes.
Siobhan Rennie, blogger at Me Oh My Mum, wants you to know that that's OK – and even when your child appears to 'hate you', you need to remind yourself that you're doing your best.
Siobhan's message, posted alongside a photo of her sitting on the stairs with a glass of wine, is really striking a chord with the parents of Instagram.
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The post was written on a day when her two-and-a-half-year-old 'hated her', and 'nothing she did was right'.
Siobhan gave an insight into the struggle, and it's safe to say that we can all relate!
“He wanted five different outfits on, then still I’d done something wrong...Everything we did was met with tantrums and tears. For no reason. No, he’s not sick. No, he’s not tired. No, he’s not hungry,” she wrote.
She admitted that 'some days just aren't easy', and no matter how much you 'wrack your brain' to find out how you could have done better, you'll still be confused – because that's just part and parcel of 'mum life'.
But, when we hit this wall, we need to remind ourselves of a really important message.
“You're doing the very best you can," assured Siobhan, explaining how we just need to accept that we'll have days containing the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
Describing motherhood as possibly 'the hardest job in the world', she added: “I know how lucky I am and literally count my blessings every single day. I'm just telling it like it is. My kids are the bomb-diggity. They can just be a***holes sometimes!”
When chaos is descending on Christmas Day, remind yourselves of this!
