Hallo
I'm struggling a bit at the moment - I am feeling very very low and finding it hard to look after my son and don't want it to rub off him and for him to end up becoming a serial kiler, or in a mental home himself!
Do you think it's okay to let him play by himself for ages? He doesn't have any brothers or sisters (am not strong enough at the moment even though I would really like another), but sometimes I find it really hard to keep entertaining him. He goest to nursery to play with other children, and his grand parents look after him a lot, so he gets their undivided attention, but when he's at home with me I find it really hard to know what to do with him. I'm sure in our parents' generation they didn't really have to worry about this, as all the mums in the street would be friends and all the children would play together but I feel like the poor little thing is on his own a lot and isn't getting the love and attention he needs from his mum. I put him infront of the telly a lot, and am just desperate for some time to myself. At the moment he's playing with his trains, seems quite happy, and I'm selfishly writing on the computer. I'm so eaten up by guilt - for not giving him a brother or sister, and for not reading him books/inventing games/doing cooking etc that all good and normal mums do. I love him so much, and kiss and cuddle him all the time, but at the moment, even feeding him is very very hard.
Does anyone have any advice/words of comfort?
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ruby7 · 27/08/2007 09:45
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