SAHM Struggles

Any stay at home mom's out there?  I am a SAHM, I love being here every day with the boys.  Some days can be extremely trying, though.  Yesterday was one of those days.  Actually, it was only from 2:00 on that was frustrating.  Aiden has a summer journal he's supposed to fill out and return to his Kindergarten teacher once school starts.  My understanding was at the end of the year his class was expected to write their sentences on their own, to work on sounding out the words and writing down what it sounded like to them.  It didn't matter if the words were all spelled correctly.  So that's what approach I've been using with Aiden.  But every time he works on his journal it's an epic battle. He gets so darn frustrated and just gives up and, basically, detonates.  I've never seen anything like it.  I've thought about taping him doing it to show him later, see if it helps him see how ridiculous he acts while throwing these major tantrums and maybe it'll help him stop doing it. 

Anyway, from that point on I felt fried emotionally.  I just couldn't handle being here anymore.  As soon as my husband got home from work I walked (er, RAN) out the door, hopped in my car and drove to the park to sit by myself and read a magazine.  40 minutes later I felt completely refreshed and calm and came home to get supper ready.  It was so nice to decompress away from it all.  I felt like a new mom the rest of the night.  Thank goodness I have an amazing husband who lets me run off and hide.  It's the first time I've ever done it, but man did I need it.

Have you ever felt like you needed to get away from your kids after a stressful day?

Erin