Really feeling at the end of my tether and would like some input. Maybe an external person could see where I'm going wrong!
Ds is 21 months. He is a lovely little boy and I love him to bits, and his sister aged 11 years, but my lord he is driving me to the brink these last few weeks.
He won't stop whinging nearly non stop on and off all day. I am a sahm so try to find things to do to keep him happy - he has lots of toys (doesn't play with any of them), we go to the park and soft play lots (ok when he's there but nightmare screaming when time to go or in the car on way home), he won't walk on the reins without bending to pick up every other leaf and pulling me over in the process, he won't hold my hand instead, he won't sit in a buggy without constantly crying and whinging even for 5 minutes.
I am feeling utterly broken :( every day is a long and constant battle. The only good part being he sleeps for 2.5 hours a day for a nap (which has to be in the cot in the dark, if we go out he won't sleep - another problem) and he sleeps 12 hours a night. So that's good but it's the rest.
How do I get him to walk without picking up all the rubbish in the world or trying to pull me over? My back is done in :( he doesn't listen to no or any kind of persuasion. I've tried wandering off (safely I mean) and saying bye to get him to run after me but he literally doesn't care ! So it takes 3 days to get anywhere and is so frustrating I could cry.
I struggle to cope with the constant whinging and don't know if I should ignore it (stressful) or what really. Just drained.
I have no family help whatsoever and dh works 55 hours a week. So its just me and ds.
Dh has a rare day off tomorrow and wants to go out for the day but even though I know we should I feel like sticking my head in a bucket of cement at the thought of it and all the stress.