The days where you're not working and you're alone with just your toddler, how much of the day do you spend together interacting with each other?
I have a 2yo and on my days with her I feel like if we aren't constantly playing/talking/singing it's not 'right'. For instance, if we're in the car I feel like I should talk to her. Constantly. If I don't talk to her I feel bad. If I'm in the shower and she is playing with her toys on the bathroom floor, if I've not said anything for a while I chastise myself and start singing some bloody nursery rhyme again. Even if she's not interested.
She wants me to play with her, so I do. Sometimes I'm busy doing something else like cooking/washing and she can play happily by herself. But she owns the telly and the iPads. So...if I wanted to sit down with a cup of tea and watch something, she will demand peppa and/or cry/climb all over me constantly to get my attention and it's easier just to give in and let her do what she wants.
Perversely, if I do manage to snatch 20mins of peace I beat myself up for being a crap distant mum (God, I am annoying. Seriously bloody annoying, I know).
Other mums seem so chilled and I stil seem so frazzled like the early baby days.
Just wondering what others do to try as get some perspective on if I'm being a twat really; a twatty trying to be Mary poppins div.
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1wokeuplikethis · 02/06/2015 13:37
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