I just want to know if anyone else has a chaotic dinner time? It seems like in our house it is the end times EVERYDAY! It can be calm as a stream, younger son will be on ipad watching adults play with toys, older son will be in his room carrying his hermit crabs around. Soon as I creak the gate open to the kitchen to go start dinner (usually 10 min before husband comes home) the madness begins.
The younger son starts screaming because he thinks the food should be ready soon as the gate opens. The older son starts yelling about he doesn't want dinner. Then the husband gets home, let's the younger one in the kitchen and all hell breaks loose. He starts digging in the fridge and cabinets, pulling out silverware, coming at the hot stove or crock pot or air fryer. Of course the husband just walks off so I am left to fend for myself. Eventually I do get something cooked and the little one appeased.
Then the older one decides he wants something to eat (of course), because of his sensory issues he will only eat certain things. That is a battle all in itself, so I stand there going back and forth with him telling him he can not eat cookies for dinner. When we finally settle on cereal (happens quite often) I almost wished I would have let him eat the damn cookies.
After all of the chaos of cooking then fighting with the older son I look over at the younger one, who has been digging in his food with his hands (of course) and it is all over the table. I mean really after all the other stuff now this. I finally get to eat and it is cold. Then it is time to clean up everything (most of the time I leave it but that just makes it worse in the am), it is also time for my older son to ask for butter noodles.........
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