AIBU to refuse to play "fairy doctors" for the millionth time?

[olivesandolives]

I'm a sahm, picked dd up from pre school and as soon as we get home she asks to play "fairy doctors". We've played this all week and I just can't do it, I offered alternatives, play doh, drawing, bricks, puzzles, anything but bloody fairy doctors! She got quite upset but I held my ground and now she's sulking.

I'm tired, her little brother starts the day at 5am and by Friday afternoon I'm done! I've now stuck the tv on.

She LOVES pretend play, but it is THE most draining game ever!

I was not sad either!

I rarely play these type of games with ds,I just cant let myself go enough to do it.Sad but true!

One of the reasons I like having time on my own with my great nephews (lots of threads about why people would want time alone with other people’s children passim) is that I adore playing let’s pretend and will happily do it for hours. Which is a good thing, bearing in mind my family of pencils/ basket of washing/lemur/flamingo anecdotes. I realised my ds had the family curse when he was bought a comic ages about 2, folded it over, held it out and said “I got chips. You want one?”

DD used to want to play Climbers. I adapted this to involve me laying on the floor with my knees up (the mountain). She was happy to clamber over me while I closed my eyes and periodically came out with words of encouragement/praise. Was nice to have a lay down for 10/15 mins even if I was a human climbing frame.

Aw I’d come and play Fairy Doctors with her, it sounds great!