Sudden attack of lazyitis....

Lalaladybird

My dinner plan of sausage casserole, mash and brocolli just turned into sausages, brocolli and bread and butter. With a hungry 5yr old, 3yr old and a tired crying 1 year old, homework and a pile of dishes from lunch, I just couldn't be bothered to start peeling potatoes and other veg and making a casserole and all the extra dishes and mess. I just want to go to bed now myself.

Does anyone else ever feel like this? My husband is not too impressed

Spendless

Tell husband to peel the spuds himself!

LEJC

...even better...give him the peeler!

itsanne

Leave him to do the whole dinner!

sassyblue

This is when you should tell hubby you're off out tomorrow, he can stay home and you expect him to run the house to perfection or !!!!!!

I know what it's like even though l only have one very demanding 7yo... If you want any advice try and get the casserole slow cooking and veg peeled earlier in the day so it's just a matter of cooking the veg at tea time.

I also used to only switch the tv on in the afternoon so it was a bit of a novelty and l could get desperate things done.

Chin up, tomorrow is another day, nobody's perfect especially one with 3 small children. After putting up with a day of their demands they leave us drained of all energy and as empty as a husk - good job we love them!

Xxx

itsanne

On a slightly more constructive note than my initial post, your husband clearly does not understand how exhausting three young children are, and he won't understand it if you don't tell him, better still show him by having him responsible for everything for a spell.

I remember being quite unwell when we had two children under two. My husband, who always has pulled his weight, managed to take a day off work. He smugly showed me the tidy living room that evening, passing the comment that he didn't understand why it couldn't always be like that :mad: :mad:. It wasn't until I pointed out that the washing from the previous day was still in the washing machine and tumble drier and the children had not been over the door that he realised how much was involved and started automatically doing more rather than "helping". I hadn't thought to tell him, probably because prior to the children things had been pretty equal. You probably haven't told your husband either.

I do sympathise. At least tomorrow is another day, and this aspect does get better eventually. Remember nothing lasts forever - it's just replaced by the next thing!

paulineb_2

Not lazyitis. You have a lot on your plate and your husband has a pair of hands doesnt he?

Support, he needs to give you support. As long as you all get fed, whats wrong with sandwiches and sausages. My mum and I had some oven stuff, veggie sausages, french stick and some other veggie stuff you just bang in the oven yesterday because Ive just had the most stressful weekend in a very long time and I dont have kids. I generally cook from scratch but not this weekend

Who cares if he is impressed, I bet you arent impressed with him. Until you feel a bit brighter and less tired, if its baked tatties, or egg chips and beans fine.

If he wants to cook a 3 course meal in the meantime, let him.

meritaten

lol - that's why I have 'meals in the freezer'! and a microwave.

*max*

If my hypothetical husband declared himself "unimpressed" with the evening meal when I have 3 kids to look after at the same time, he'd be wearing it.

WestonDave

To be fair I'd far rather arrive home from work and be asked to cook as OH is too tired etc, than try to look appreciative at a tea of sausage, broccoli and bread/butter! Looking unimpressed is allowed provided its not a form of judgement on one bad day - cos we all have them.

Having said that I've probably cooked 90% of the evening meals we've had since we've been married with my OH tending to cook for the kids earlier with us eating later. We're starting to transition to them lasting out to eat together at 6:30 when I get in so the pattern may change a bit as I'm obviously just walking in the door then so can't cook.

And yes we all get days where it all seems too much and we probably all have our "survival meals" (be it a trip to McD's, freezer meals, takeaway or sausage sandwiches!). Tomorrow is another day and there's no point using its energy to be stressed about what didn't work out today.

marisco_2

Lalaladybird wrote: »

Does anyone else ever feel like this?

I use to feel this way regularly. The thought of preparing and cooking a lovely dinner from scratch during a working week left me feeling cold. This despite me being someone who loves to cook, just not when I am tired, have a hundred and one other things to do and two hungry and demanding boys to feed.

So I came up with two solutions. I invested in a slow cooker and now throw all the ingredients for casseroles, chilli, spag bol etc into that, and leave it to cook away to its hearts content all day. Coming in to a lovely aroma is heavenly. Adding in dumplings to the casserole or cooking up some rice or pasta takes no time at all and minimum effort. I also do a lot of batch cooking on a Sunday once a month and fill the freezer with lovely meals. Defrost these during the day and then just stick them in the oven to cook and add some veg as a side dish.