I Yelled at My Kids Last Night — An Honest Mom Confession

I don’t like yelling at my kids. I really don’t.

But when you’re sleep deprived, overstimulated, and you’ve asked them to brush their teeth for the tenth time… sometimes you lose it.

And last night I did.

I went full heavy metal mom voice on them and boy, did they get moving after that.

I’m not a mean mom. I don’t yell often unless it’s necessary or it’s just been one of those days where my patience is hanging by a thread. The kind of day where you have a headache, you’re overtouched, overstimulated, and you feel like every tiny thing is just a little too much.

I hate yelling. I really do.

I see the hurt in their eyes when I do it and it kills me inside.

I will stay nice until I’m not.

But last night? I was done asking.

Cyrus hasn’t been sleeping well lately. Like… at all. When I finally got him down, I went to get the girls ready for bed. Of course, that’s exactly when Cyrus decided sleep was overrated and he needed mom again.

So there I was… asking the girls to go brush their teeth while Cyrus was very vocal about how he felt.

I asked once.

Then again.

Then again.

And they just stared at me like I had a horn growing out of my head.

At that point I didn’t have the patience anymore.

So I yelled.

Not my proudest moment, but it got the job done.

I got Cyrus back to sleep and when I came back to check on the girls, their teeth were brushed and they were already in bed. I sat down with them and apologized for yelling. I explained why I lost my patience and they apologized too.

And just like that… it was sunshine and rainbows again.

We hugged it out, said our prayers, and sang our bedtime song.

If you’re ever feeling terrible about yelling at your kids… you’re not the only one.

Sometimes the weight of everything lands on us all at once and when we break, we break. That doesn’t make you a bad mom. It makes you human.

Take a breath.

Take a moment.

Then go hug your babies.

Everything will be okay. ❤️