Having a rough week

Sorry in advance for the rant but it’s been tough around here and I need to get this out. My kids decided to go on a hunger strike for real food, my 3yo won’t stop yelling mommy, and my 1.5yo stole my dinner and then proceeded to chew it up, store it in his cheeks, then spit it all over the floor. I was so excited for a second when I thought he wanted to eat something other than corn chips and applesauce. At least I know the self inflicted starvation hasn’t impacted the chubbiness of his cheeks yet, because I didn’t even notice until he spit. The house is a disaster, my deck is falling down and the replacement estimates are insane, and I have in-laws coming for Easter dinner on Sunday and still haven’t gotten to the grocery store.I’ve got so many bruises and scratches from my 3yo throwing tantrums when I try to get him to do something, that when I go to doctor’s appointments, they hand me domestic violence pamphlets with my receipt. I reacted to his violence by spending more one on one time with him and trying to nurture him more, but that just made him an even bigger a-hole. Now it’s been no more mr nice guy around here and it seems to be working better, but finding the right balance of this has been a struggle. I am really bad at setting boundaries. Which makes it very hard to be married. And have relatives. At least I have no friends. Ok rant over. Oh wait, work is super sucking right now, I never get a day off and we have no money anyway and terrible health insurance, and I’m never going to get this kid potty trained. Now rant over, thanks to anyone who got to the end of this train wreck post. via /r/Parenting http://bit.ly/2XmgPHA