I have a three 1/2 yr old, 22mo, and 11 week old. I am constantly battling with mum-guilt.
We have such a great time the majority of it all but the times we don't I feel like I'm not doing enough. Three year old constantly wants for something, (only the past three months) mimicking younger siblings behaviours not happy if we have days at home (sometimes needed) wants to be baking, making or anything all the time with no nap - she have up naps when she was about two. She rarely has one now.
Dd2 is at the age where he's learning she's also her own person. So when dd1 wants to help her she just kicks off and wants to do it all herself. The screaming, hair pulling stage. Both always wanting all I my attention all the time.
Then I have 11 week olds needs. Demand feeding etc to fit in with it all.
She usually does nursery every morning. But even after that she's asking for more things to so. Especially when the other two need naps, and I quite frankly need a break even for a cuppa. But she will mostly just wake them up by shouting a lot or wanting for things.
Like now I'm having five mins. But they won't leave me alone. It's lovely and I do the story reading, playing, etc but surely i should be able to have 5 mins! And them to occupy themselves or together. I know they can do it, as they do at times. It's as if they just don't want me to have a break lol
I feel guilty that I'm not reading enough, playing enough, meeting all three totally different needs. When in fact I am but it still doesn't seem good enough at the times I want a break or the days when were at home.
Anyone else?