...to amuse himself for a short while.
I'm in the mood for a bit of a rant so I'm trying to rein myself in-but do you expect a 3yr old to amuse themselves for half an hour whilst you get on with things you need to do?
I've spent the last God knows how long trying to get my ds to stop following me into every room in the house and amuse himself whilst I get on with things.
Do your children play whilst your busy? If I try to do something other than give him my total attention at the moment then he either does things that he knows I don't want him to do (things where I'm worried he'll hurt himself so I then have to intervene) or jumps all over me.
Sorry-its beginning to drive me insane. He gets my total attention at all other times and we're always doing things but I'm trying to teach him to amuse himself as I think he needs to know this for school etc-am I the one getting it all wrong?!
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rabbitrabbit · 09/06/2006 10:20
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