kvetching.mama

(she/her/hers)
sometimes you need an anonymous space to Twitter-vent (without the in-laws commenting)

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

I feel so invincible at night.. who needs sleep? I can stay up forever!

....Then morning comes and kicks my butt.

#nightowlproblems #morningalwayscomes #momlife #whoneedssleep #happymonday

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

Mother's day: when, on Wed, your in-laws can demand pictures to be given on Sun. So, you drag the kids to the park on Sat and now everyone is crying.
#MothersDay #lifewithkids #familypictures #smile

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

TFW you've had a crap day cuz you've been so exhausted and yet you stay up stupid-late, to spite the crap day... no doubt there's a Japanese word for that
#crapday #stillawake #stupidchoices #momlife #lifewithkids #notsleeping #HappyMonday

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

Being awakened at 4,5 and 6am makes getting up at 7a veeeery difficult. Not an auspicious beginning to the week
#canigetadoover #momlife #lifewithkids #nosleepgang #tiredmom

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

I swear this quarantine will turn my kids into agoraphobes... it's a beautiful day and we had to force them to go for a bike ride with us
#chicagospring #crabbykids #bikeride #familytime #quarantinelife

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

2hrs ago, we played in the snow.. they had fun, got soaked, got cold, then came inside and I tossed everything in the washer.
Now the little guy is sobbing because the snow is melting and I won't let him put on his wet, wet clothes
#whymykidiscrying #snowday

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

That awesome feeling when the 4yo wakes up at 4:30a and appears to be up for the day
#HappyMonday #GoodMorning #nosleep #momlife #lifewithkids #EarlyBird #howisthismykid #notamorningperson

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

What level of quarantine am i?
Big kid (7) is having a Zoom playdate and little kid (4) is running around with no pants and I just adjusted the camera higher so you can't tell
#quarantinelife #Zoom #playdate

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

Yes, thank you weather gods, a thunder storm at 1:30a is exactly what my already skittish children need
#AWAKE #springstorm #thunderstorms #chicagospring #nosleep

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

@nealsgroupie My kids and I drew chalk obstacle courses on the sidewalk in front of our place today.. waved at a neighbor. Yesterday I drove a meal to a friend's home and ding-dong ditched..

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

Quarantine Day it-doesn't-even-matter-anymore:
9:20am
Both kids are in their rooms, behind slammed doors, promising to never speak to me again

I wish that might be true.. just for a couple hours
#momlife #lifewithkids #QuarantineLife #COVID19 #CoronaLockdown

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

Pro: The 4yo has *finally* decided pooping in the potty is no longer scary. Yay!!
Con: he now insists on pooping every.single.time he visits the bathroom
#somuchpoop #takesforever #momlife #lifewithkids #QuaratineLife #pottytraining

[Channel 4 Dispatches @C4Dispatches]

“If you are irresponsible enough to think that you don’t mind if you get the flu, remember it’s not about you - it’s about everybody else.”

Intensive care specialist Professor Hugh Montgomery explains why this coronavirus is different from the ordinary flu.

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

Thanks to #PJMasks my 4yo now adds "super" to all his actions:
"Super running muscles!"
"Super speed!"
"Super punching muscles!"
and, most recently:
"Super pooping muscles!"
#lifewithkids #momlife #boymom #poop #Superheroes

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

The in laws just sent over a dino-transformer to the 4yo that is 8+ (too complex for this disinterested mama) and now he's wanting it switch back and forth over and over and over and over and over and over
#lifewithkids #momlife #Transformers #ShelterInPlace

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

@momsense_ensues I'm not scared of the coronavirus, I'm scared of it and it is not an issue

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

TFW you're trying to show your kids educational videos on YouTube and the internet goes out
#schoolclosure #homeschooling #goodintensions #internetissues #FirstWorldProblems

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

School and church are cancelled.. libraries are closed.. and now I'm cramming to prepare for emergency homeschooling for my 2 kids like it's a pop quiz.. #itsforthebest #but
#insomnia #Anxiety #CoronavirusPandemic #yayinternet

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

@SnarkyMommy78 Right!

[kvetching.mama @KvetchingM]

Pretty sure my 1st grader tried to toss half of his homework pages yesterday.. I found them poking out of the downstairs bin today.
So, I stuck them back into his folder when he got home today... and he did them, plus today's work, without comment.
#gottawatchthisone #momlife