Just want to go home

[TooManyAnimals94]

In Cornwall for a week with my mum and daughter. Have been really excited about this for ages as I haven't had a holiday in years.

It's not going well. Daughter is 2.5 and I know kids that age are pushing boundaries and she's obviously unsettled by the change but she doesn't want to do ANYTHING.

Took her to the beach and she's happy for ten minutes then wants to go home/hungry/juice etc. Obviously I take snacks and drinks, she's just nagging me.

It's a lovely place set up for young families with a pool/play areas and animals. Pissing with rain today so thought an hour in the indoor pool would be fun. Again, excited about going then just wanted to cling to me in the water, not interested in toys, floats, jumping in which she normally loves.

On top of that she's being really annoying about food. Won't just sit down and eat when we do.

I'm just fed up. I was so looking forward to some quality time with her and I feel deflated.

I know I'm being unreasonable and toddlers are a law unto themselves but was it too much to ask for a nice time?

So can you just bob in the pool with her? As you say she might be unsettled by change of scenery and just because she isn't playing how you think she should if she is cuddling in the pool with you isn't that quality time? If you relax to her clingyness then she might/should start to relax as well.

Try and take some positives, you aren't at home, so none of the boring chores staring you in the face, make an outing about going to buy some milk, children's magazine with all the plastic tat attached to the front usually worked with ours just before eating.

Basically you just have to lean into a clingy uncooperative toddler.

Hopefully she will relax a bit today and something will be enjoyable.