You are doing fantastic, craft with young toddlers is a nightmare and really bloody messy, it’s ok. The joy of the country side your kid is the perfect age, maybe in a year be a little more interested to listen to name if different things, but talking and you think they are not listening they always listen. Some are better at ignoring than others each kid different.
this is a good one to do with age group in country side, picking sticks and rocks and random stuff, getting a shoe box when home putting pvc glue in it and throw the stuff in, you’d be surprised how much they love that. Easy messy if too much glue kid happy they picked the stuff. stick some leafs in as well and you can say the names of them may take a while till interested and attention is there.
kids are hard work, Iv got 3 kids, DD 11, DS1 9 and DS2 5 (he is non verbal autistic) trust me any parent who pretends it’s all roses is talking 💩, your not alone, it’s ok to vent, and get that out it’s actually better for you and eases frustration.
it pains me to say boys are easier in the sense that girls strops, attitude and independent can be frustrating. Boys will trash your home, run crash 💥 but emotionally are easier… PAINS ME TO SAY THAT.
you got this always remember that. And it’s sad to say you do end up missing that stage where things are easier in some ways, and very difficult at times. When they get older it’s a different kind of difficult, more emotions, school issues, the worry that they are ok if out playing. It’s crazy it’s like a life time of different stresses (im not helping much here 🤦♀️)
sleeping issues( or complete lack of it) amplify everything, which is 💩 because it’s the time you need to see slicer lining. The bit you miss is the ease of getting them up (that does get harder especially for school and having stuff to do when you have to drag them out of bed) and by the time you used to getting up so early they sleep in…. It will get better and will make everything else fall into place. X