Plz HELP! I'm on a holiday from hell!

Pollycat

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

Well it looks like the basis of holiday from hell has been covered already but I would add that a holiday from hell my constitute a serious illness, mugging or natural disaster and not the sleeping facilities

Exactly!
A holiday from hell would be - in my eyes - being caught up in the tsunami of 2004 or in Tunisia or Mumbai when the terrorists gunned people down or the bombs in Bali etc etc.

Placitasgirl

Blimey, first world problem or what???

Children learn by example and I suspect have picked up on the fact that Mummy's desperately upset and about to have a breakdown at the fact her small children will have to sleep on sofa beds and not on in real beds, and are kicking off because she is!

Some of the most fun I ever had as a child were sleeping in a sleeping bag on a groundsheet in a tent in a friends back garden during the summer holidays, or top to toe in a canvas bunk bed in their touring caravan, where you couldn't move even if you wanted to!

Do yourselves and your family a favour. Take some quiet time out one evening to explain to your children that many their age have never had a holiday in their lives, let alone one overseas. Tell them that they're fortunate you're able to have holidays like this one and that they're lucky to have had the experience, even if some bits of it mightn't have been quite perfect. This might resonate and help you calm down a bit too. I know that sounds incredibly harsh, but your post sounds so over the top and spoilt i had to read it twice before I could respond.

As others have said, allowing such young children to dictate to you now (it's also known as giving in to them) sets you up for total domestic chaos as they grow older and really do form their own opinions. Time to get real, make light of it, ask if adjoining rooms with an interconnecting door might be available and get on and enjoy the rest of your holiday.

photome

ibizafan wrote: »

There's absolutely no way two children of four and seven would dictate to me which beds they slept in! Or am I being harsh?

No you are not being harsh. some kids get wrapped up in cotton wool though.

2 rooms and moving the mattress (s) in to one room is/was the answer IMO

FBaby

Are your children winding you up?

This was exactly my thought! I bet these are the same children who will gladly sleep on the floor when there invited to a sleepover at their friends, where there'll be naughty food, and films to watch late, and they will be delighted to sleep on the floor on just a couple of duvet.

Honestly, what are you teaching your kids telling them that it is ok to complain that a sofa bed is too hard and that therefore it is ok for them to have the big bed whilst mum and dad sleep on the floor!

If it had been my kids, I would have told them that if they didn't like it, next time, they could stay at home in the comfortable bed with a babysitter whilst mum and dad go away without them. Honestly, if that's how you allow them to rule the world at that age, what are they going to be like when they're teenagers? You'll tell them that they can fly first class whilst you and your husband get the economy seats because they couldn't possibly stay in such an uncomfortable position for 2 hours!

Saint_Chris

Where is the baby sleeping?




The holiday from hell for kids is no wifi................which at times on holiday can be a godsend.
Get your kids out there, let them see turkey, taste the food, swim in the sea, and let them come home shattered, so shattered that they will sleep anywhere, switch the telly off ( and in all the places I've stayed in turkey we've never had English telly) and sit on the balcony and talk to your husband over a drink, and if you have to move to 2 separate rooms so be it, kids will love it whoever sleeps with there mum or dad.


This is nowhere near a holiday from hell......this is a grown woman throwing her dummy out of the pram because she hasn't got what she thought she was getting, and can't make the most of it......I bet it is a bundle of laughs with you this holiday.

pollypenny

Pollycat wrote: »

Exactly!
A holiday from hell would be - in my eyes - being caught up in the tsunami of 2004 or in Tunisia or Mumbai when the terrorists gunned people down or the bombs in Bali etc etc.

Exactly!

And don't forget the broken heart! .

mgdavid

Guess they've taken advice and it's all going well now as the OP hasn't been back for a couple of days....

meer53

IMO most kids aged 7 and 4 can sleep anywhere. I've had loads of sleepovers at my house when my kids were younger, they all slept on the floor. No complaints. The OP needs to get a grip.

Teahfc

mgdavid wrote: »

Guess they've taken advice and it's all going well now as the [STRIKE]OP[/STRIKE]TROLL hasn't been back for a couple of days....

Just put your post right

Pollycat

Teahfc wrote: »

Just put your post right

A bit harsh.
The OP has been a member since 2005.
I don't think she was trolling at all.

It clearly was a big issue to her when she posted.
Hopefully, after reading some of the replies she would have put things into perspective & got on with the holiday.