I'm writing this after yet another exhausting day with my lovely 4 yr old son. Hes my 3rd child and I dont remember either of my older ones being anything near as demanding.
From the moment he wakes it's full on. He will not play alone. He constantly wants me to play with him if we are at home. He only likes to play "talking toys" which is small world games. I would gladly spend lots of time playing actual games, drawing, making things, reading but no, he just wants small world play all the time. I do play his preferred games with him but have started using a half hour timer for when we switch to something else.
He will ask for something, perhaps a drink but while I'm getting it will bombard me with requests for other random things and perpetually ask me to "look Look LOOK!" So it takes forever to get the bloody drink. By then hes moved on to something else.
I find myself telling him "we will do this and then you must sit down and just leave me alone for 10 minutes". He never manages or just starts saying "do I have to just be alone and do nothing all the time". It makes me feel so guilty but he drives me up the wall.
Hes also lovely, kind and very funny. Pleasant company and easy going as long as he has your your full attention.
Is it just his personality or am I doing something wrong? I'm pretty sure I'm raising him as I did the others and they were not half as demanding. Anyone else have a kid like this? Did they grow out of it at all?