struggling

[tiredmummy33]

I am finding my children hard at the moment. My two year old boy is very clingy he throws things including food and has tantrums. He wont really play with anything (he used too) but does love being outside.

My 5 1/2 year also will not play with anything. It breaks my heart cos they have so many toys. She does love art and craft and will happily do that all day but the mess is enough to make me lose the plot if i get her to do it she will but with a lot of whinging. I work almost full time and just feel like i have totally lost my way at the moment.

No particular advice to offer except to say that you have my sympathy. It can be so tough. I'm sure you're doing brilliantly and it will pass.

I'm finding my two (5 and 3) really hard work at the moment - end of the school year and the older one is so quick to tears I feel like I'm just dealing with one melt-down after another. I feel shattered and irritable much of the time and I'm off work at the moment so don't even have the excuse of full-time employment!

Hope things get easier soon.

I feel for you there are times when it just seems so hard. Your dd sounds a bit like my dd1

dd1 never really plays with toys, she never has, even as a toddler. (only when she has company/playdate will the tpys come out)
But she will spend hours and hours on art and craft.
I have a set of drawers with things they are allowed to used without asking, and a table they can use.
So scissors, pritt stick, coloured paper, pens etc

and they are not allowed in MY drawer which has paint and pva glue, which we only do together.

I have a plastic cloth which lives on the table for weeks at a time.
It really helped to get her project books, eg a book with stencils, stickers and colouring, as it kept the mess confined.
HTH

She loves making models so uses a lot of sellotape and does a lot of cutting. I have tried being strict trying showing her how to tidy up. Just feels like a losing battle. My youngest used to love playing but is now currently obsessed with the ipad!

can you put a small table and craft corner in her bedroom?
Then it isn't quite so in your face!

We did that. She didnt like being in her room on her own!! i just want my little boy to play. He used to play beautifully with cars or his kitchen or lego. Ive tried playing with him and setting up stuff to play with but he just comes running after me wanting a "mummy cuggle". His routine has been a bit all over the place atm so maybe that hasnt helped.