Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone else has this problem and has any advice. I'm feeling very hormonal right now, possibly peri menopause and really struggling with brain fog, so I don't know if that's part of this, but anyway...
I have two kids, aged 5 and 2. I have this problem where if I'm talking to someone (another adult) at a playgroup, for example, and my child approaches me and starts asking for something, I don't seem to notice them. Like my brain seems so focused on the conversation I'm having that I don't notice they're talking to me until they start getting upset with me. Like my youngest will start crying and saying 'mummy I want...' and then I'll suddenly hear her and realise she's been asking for whatever it is for a few minutes, trying to get my attention. I feel like other parents are kind of wondering why I'm ignoring my child, but I'm actually really not, it's just that my brain no longer seems able to pay proper attention?!
I feel awful about this. I feel like I'm a neglectful parent, like I'm teaching my children they have to kick up a fuss to get my attention, like they don't matter to me (they matter most in the world).
What is wrong with me?? Why is this happening? Is this a brain fog thing? Anyone else experienced this? It's almost putting me off going to social things with my kids.