I often try to live under the guise that I am always a positive, upbeat, everything has a silver lining sort of person.

Reality check – I am of course totally and utterly NOT, certainly not all the time.  Especially recently, on more days than I would like to admit, I’ve been GRUMPY.  I have most definitely been showing all the ailments of Grumpy Mum Syndrome.  I find symptoms manifests  in a number ways, it usually has more than one cause (a bit of a build up) and I can advise on tried and tested ways to cure it.

Grumpy Mum Syndrome

The Signs

please be aware that severity of signs and symptoms can increase dramatically and without warning

• Tutting and sighing
• Gradual increase of shrillness of tone
• Gradual increase in volume of voice
• Underbreath muttering – this can often escalate quickly to outright screaming
• Banging of cupboard doors, room doors, car doors – any door really that will give a really good loud BANG
• Gesticulation of hands in every direction
• Use of stick rather than carrot to get desired results (manifesting as  ‘grounding if you don’t, .. rather than ‘ice-cream when you do’..)

The Causes

What makes mum grumpy – where do i start!

• Repeat, repeat, repeat – if I’ve  asked once, I’ve asked 100 times – SERIOUSLY!
• Continual making of mess – especially immediately after cleaning
• Inability to follow any sort of instruction or request without questioning it
• All in the household appear to have lost their hearing
• Bickering, whingeing, whining, moaning

The Cure 

Try them, they work!

• Employment of a full time nanny, cleaner, cook, taxi driver, homework tutor, fashion advisor
• Failing that – just a bit of consideration, help, love and cuddles – would be a start

The thing is, I don’t want to be grumpy, I want to be the eternal optimist, seeing blue skies and sunshine beyond the grey clouds, I want to be happy, and cheerful and emanate positivity – but who am I kidding! Unless I manage to suddenly transform my family in to the Waltons thats just never going to happen.

Ok, deep breath, centring ones chakra (REALLY!), I can do this parenting thing I’m sure. Tomorrow is of course another day (thankfully), I get to wipe the slate clean, try again – banish  bad mummy and let good mummy reign supreme once again.

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