Because he is doing my bloody head in … obviously that’s sort of a joke but some truth in it.
DS attended a private day nursery close to where I work for three days a week while I worked. Last year, I was on maternity leave for twelve months and he dropped down to two days at nursery and one at a local preschool just before his third birthday, partly to try to make friends he’d be going to school with. Now I am back at work three days a week we’ve kept that going as DH wfh Fridays so can pick up and drop off (the preschool is only 9-3 with no wraparound.)
I don’t work Tuesdays and Wednesdays and DS attends Tuesday morning 9-12 but I am considering sending him for both days. My reason is that to be honest he is wild. He does have so many lovely points but he is just never still, manic, charges around the house (not looking where he’s going so ends up slamming into things) trashes things …
It isn’t like this all the time. It seems to come in waves. We had a bloody awful period from February through to about may, then he calmed down and seemed quite nice and now he’s ramping up again.
The problem is it’s detrimental to our relationship because I feel like I spend all the time telling him off. Don’t do that, leave her alone, get off there, no get down, no I said GET DOWN. It’s so easy to get sucked into a negative cycle.
I used to deal with this by just being out and about all the time (he’s better out of the house) but that’s trickier with two of them and expensive and exhausting.
I feel mean but I am considering at least upping Tuesday to a full session (9-3) and then considering adding Wednesday.
He isn’t a bad child or anything but I do struggle a bit with him; always have if I am honest.