Unhappy day

Do you ever have days where your children all seem to be unhappy for some reason? We are having one of those days. Chloe was up several times in the night because of bad dreams again (as far as I can tell). Then Livia woke at 5am having been sick everywhere! Cue complete bed change etc.

Despite lack of sleep I was actually feeling quite positive this morning. We went out to a park with my mum and brother who is visiting at the moment. Chloe was not in a cooperative mood and acted like Miss Stroppy Pants most of the time. Livia was still feeling poorly with an explosive nappy and not wanting her milk. So not a hugely successful outing!

Then after Chloe got back from preschool this afternoon it was clear something had happened which had upset her. I couldn't work out what it was and Chloe 'didn't want to talk about it' (when did she become a teenager?!). I think it's to do with not being the part she wanted in the Christmas play which they have been rehearsing. I rang the preschool to find out more but had to leave a message as it's closed for the day. I'm not sure if this was the right thing to do as it led to complete meltdown for Chloe. Perhaps this means that she is being over-dramatic, that nothing really happened happened and she is now embarrassed? 

Whilst this was all happening I tried to put Livia down for a nap, as she's been carted around all day without a proper sleep. But because she's feeling unwell she did not want to be left and also started crying. Two very unhappy children!  

Thankfully they have both fallen asleep - Chloe on the sofa next to me and Livia in her cot. Perhaps all this unhappiness is because of a hectic weekend (fireworks!) and resulting tiredness. Who knows!