Daddy is a ‘meaniac’.

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Ok, I am just kidding… But, sometimes a parent just needs a break…

My husband, who is ordinarily a great dad, has been working a lot of long hours and has been very stressed out lately… My preschooler has noticed this change in his dad who has been very short-tempered with him. Last night he told me that “daddy is a meaniac”!

I understand that parenting and “not losing it” is hard for parents with full time jobs (I used to be one), but at the same time, it’s also hard to be a full time parent. I want to let my husband have some time alone to relax, but I would like some time alone too! I am wondering how to find the balance with 3 small kids. As much as I would like to think that I am not one of those moms that just hand off the kids as soon as the dad steps into the house from work… sometimes I am that mom. (Sometimes we are all “that” mom!)

Usually my husband is the cool-tempered one, the one who remains calm in the face of toddler destruction, the one who can reason with a preschooler having an argument using every word in his vocabulary, the one who can hold a crying newborn till he falls asleep… I wonder if I am causing him to turn into a ‘meaniac’?

At least kids seem to forget the bad things really fast… so tonight daddy is back to being his ‘best friend’!