I am a single mom of 3 girls all under the age of 5. It can be very challenging. Therefore i thought id start a thread for single parents with children age 5 and under.

lot's of bottoms to wipe at the same time, no? and how bout those crying chains....one starts, then the others fall in?

I SEE THE CALL FOR SUPERMAN! That or is that S for something else?

Oh yeah we go through a bunch of diapers. Luckily my oldest is potty trained. And yes the crying chains are horrible! Sometimes i wish i could just become invisible and disappear during meltdown madness times. Lol!

It won't last long. They grow while we're sleeping. Then we miss it.

...well as a single father i for one can say i wont miss it as a matter of fact ..i'm looking forward to the day when he' has to put a diaper on my old dusty azz..here comes a little pay back for ya...

..alas mine is almost (sniff,sniff) eighteen and i will miss it.....NOT.....here's some more pay back....change my diaper..butt head...

Will i will definetly miss them being small and cute, but i doubt i will miss the horrific tantrums.

...i have enjoyed raising my son and i will feel a sense of loss yet accomplishment when he sets out on his own path...or i kick him out.. ..but then nothing like walking around the house NEKKID..just me and my old lady (who ever that is)..just me and my wrinkly old azz and her with her breast that look like fried eggs hanging on a nail... j/k

Well hopefully by the time mine are ready to graduate ill be able to look back and know i did a good job of raising them.

Tired? Lots of diapers? Yep. That's me right now. LOL. I have a 7, 5, 3 and a newborn. Very busy house, but full of love!

wow it looks like youve got me beat there. Lol! Our house stays pretty busy too. I have a 3yr old, a 18 month old and a 7 month old. Its tough but teaches us to be patient

I am in the same boat here... I have four fun and loving kids . I have daughter that is 10 and after her three boys under 5... I barely can find the time to pamper myself... WELCOME TO THE SUPER WOMEN CLUB....

1+1 = 3, brings me back to those statistics days.

WOW! I only have one two and a half year old and I feel like my hands are full. How do you guys/gals do it any tips? I work part time go to school part time and am a single mom feel like I can't keep up, I feel like my weeks are endless. I get one day off a week.

i completely understand. I work a full time job and am doing online college courses to get my masters in business. It really is challenging and often stressful. It seems that the only breaks i get are when im @ work. Luckily, i have a wonderful mother who helps me out alot. Without her i would probably go completly insane.

3 kids,wow, i only have the one and she is nearly 2 and keeps me very busy, plus i work part time and also want to do some study when i get a chance, even though some days can be challenge, they bring love and laughter into your life, and and i wouldnt want it any other way. so any parenting tips from anyone would be appreciated.

one of the most important things is a repetitive routine. I have learned from experience that most children do better when they have a set schedule routine. Throwing them off schedule can result to meltdowns. Also include in your routine 1 to 2 quiet times per day. You dont have to call it naptime: with my i invite them to go watch a movie in their beds after theyve eaten and played a little, and they usually end up falling asleep in bed. You should try and make the room as dark as possible with the tv on. The less light there is the easier it is to fall asleep. Also if u dont have a tv in the room then even a radio playing soft music

This quiet time will be your time to do whatever u need to do. My kids have a quiet time in the morning and another one in the afternoon. Also i have found that the best solution to tantrums is ignoring them. The more attention they get the longer they will last.

I'm going to try the quite time, lol but now I'm having a new problem. My mom, she helps me alot with my daughter (we live a five minute walk from one another) and I am greatful but she never follows my rules ie no sweets within an hour of dinner time ect when I talk to her she tells everyone who will listen how I'm a horrable to her and blew up about nothing...we play this "game" over and over I am thinking of cutting her off. I don't want to but I'm sick of the yelling ect in frount of my daughter. I left her father cause I think it's better to be from a broken home then living in one... now I wonder are my mom and me just making it a broken home with two addresses...(sorry about the bad spelling I had my computer fixed and they moved or removed my spell checker) any idea's or thoughts on how to move on or fix our issues?

lol. My mom were actually the same way for awhile. I finally had to sit her down and calmly and collectively point out that i am the