Please help.
My 3yo is incredibly needy and I’m at breaking point. She has to be with me all the time - by this I mean I can’t ‘nip’ out to make a drink or go to the loo. She follows me everywhere and I mean everywhere, all the time. When her dad isn’t working she will still follow me instead of going to him for things like a snack or drink etc.
Worse than this, when I’m driving she literally talks constantly to the point where I can’t focus. I ask her to be quiet til I’m round the roundabout or while I turn a corner etc and she just screams. I have tried an iPad but it doesn’t really hold her attention for very long.
I also have a six month old and the sibling jealousy has become very intense. My 3yo cannot cope with me turning my attention to the baby even to just go put him down for a nap (3yo will follow which is extremely unhelpful because she’s noisy). She will have pretend wee accidents to get attention. I just can’t deal with the relentlessness of her right now.
What can I do?