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I'm addicted to my phone but have a toddler

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JuliesName · 20/04/2024 16:47

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I have an almost 2 year old DS who I love. But parenting has been hard. He still doesn't sleep through the night and I work full time from home with him being looked after by my mum in my house which means I don't ever get a 'break' as even at work he's there even though I'm not in charge of him at the time.

Anyway, like a lot of 30year olds I'm addicted to being on my phone. On weekends or when I finish work I want to sit and scroll through MN or Instagram or any of the other hundreds of sites.

I play with DS for a bit and enjoy it but also can't wait to get back to my phone. I know I give it more attention than I should and he is probably picking up on it. He watches more TV than he should.

I'm also absolutely exhausted so laying and phone scrolling is much easier than chasing after a toddler. But I know all of this is wrong and I know IABU. Anyone else have this problem and figured out how to stop it?

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Padfootnprongs · 20/04/2024 22:03

Go cold turkey in your phone - delete the apps and set yourself a strict screen time limit.

Find other ways to relax once your son is in bed.

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