He is 2.2 and is my 4th. I am so done with trying to keep him occupied! I try to take him to a Surestart group most days. I try to play with his toys with him but he would rather watch TV (non-stop bloody Ben & Holly, albeit an improvement on Peppa). He does'nt want to read books or draw, he points to the computer and tells me to 'sit 'puter' in other words leave me alone! I hate taking him to the park because he doesn't want to play on the toddler equipment or swings. He wants to go on the big kid climbing frames and slides and I have to hang onto him in case he falls and of course he screams for me to 'go wayyy'. If we go for a walk, he wants to constantly run and will not hold hands, reins trigger a meltdown. In the pushchair, he will do his 'houdini' act and start to leap out of it. If I put some music onto dance with him, I am told to 'go wayyy'. I can never get anything done either because he is everywhere and I have to constantly watch him as he delights in playing with plugs or anything electrical/dangerous.
He will go to nursery 4 afternoons a week. It will take the pressure of me to do 'stuff' with him and I can at least do the shopping and housework in peace! We will still go to Surestart a few mornings a week. I hate the fact that I am not enjoying my time with him as I imagined when I was pregnant that it would be lovely doing stuff with him when the other Dcs were at school.
I feel quite guilty about it - should I?
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TooManyKidsNotEnoughTime · 29/09/2012 21:04
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