Just that really. I wonder if other people's kids follow them around pretty much all the time? My kids are 9, 6 and 4. The middle one will often play by himself or with his siblings and be quite content. I've got guilt around him ending up having so much more time with me as the other two take up all my energy. My eldest follows me around every minute she is home. She talks, asks questions, asks me to help her with things etc. We never really have proper quality time just the two of us so this is probably her way of getting it. But it is literally all the time. I've had to explicitly tell her she is not allowed to stand next to me and talk when I'm on the toilet. Now at least get to be alone in thw bathroom. She's never been able to play by herself at all. The only way for me to get a break is for her to have a friend around. My youngest is very similar to his sister and wants to play with me all the time. The days he is not in nursery we basically play all day.. dens, jigsaws, read books, make small world's for Playmobil, play boardgames, dance... He had a couple of months he would play by himself a lot but for some reason that has stopped again. So him and his sister want me all the time.
Their dad is very hands on and good at playing with them etc but they don't want anything to do with him if I'm home. Apparently when I'm at work the children play by themselves or with each other while he gets on with housework. I would be grateful if I could even do the housework on my own. The other day I timed how often the kids said mummy. It was around every 50 seconds!! I'm exhausted. I'm recovering from severe depression and this is making it so hard. My husband tells me to go somewhere away from home if I want me time. I'd rather just have little bits of me time at home. It doesn't seem to be possible so I should probably book a weekend away for myself.
Just wondering if it's like this for other people or are we just a very dysfunctional/weird family?