I'm hoping some parents here will know the feeling.
I have a 3.5 year old and he is wild. He's always doing the dangerous things whilst other children play nicely. It's just the way he is and no amount of me telling him not to do something helps, he's incredibly stubborn.
Today we went to a particular toddler group for the first time along with my 4 mth old baby.
Generally the children playing were a lot younger than him.
There was a tub of water with toys in it which he played with for a long time and obviously soaked himself. No big deal, I had spare clothes and changed him.
There was a massive container which had foam shapes in it. He insisted on taking nearly all the pieces out and then was trying to climb into the container.
The woman in charge handed him a ball and he threw it away, and she made a face.
There was a speaker on the floor and he kept hitting the button on it to change the radio station.
At this stage my baby started crying so I grabbed our stuff and left. I felt so much judgement from the other mothers who were mostly sat chatting while their children played peacefully on their own.
I do my very best to parent my son and I wish parents with more sedate children could spend 1 day with a more demanding child to see what it's like.
I'm trying to get out and about more with both children as I had PND while I was on maternity leave the first time, and days like today really knock my confidence.