Toddler post-holiday blues

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Almost 3yo is really struggling since we got home from our summer holiday. Family time every day, in-apartment family dance party before dinner, all the food choices and daily pudding, activities, outings and daily adventures and just being so entirely active, together and laughing so much all the time. And then it's over and we came home. TV is back on, they don't want to do anything or eat really either. Mummy has chores to do and Daddy is back to work.

I get it. I absolutely do. They (we) had the best holiday. It breaks my heart seeing my usual little beam of joy so down.

How long is this likely to last? Any tips?

Yes of course I know that but I just wondered how long that takes at this age, 'to get over it'.

How long did it take in your experience with a child at this age?

Of course!

Could you recreate some of the holiday activities such as a dance party at home or serving a buffet style meal?

Don't most people who have a nice holiday have the blues after? I think its important to tell them every day life isn't upsetting.. my DD was in tears on the last day of our centre parcs trip, by the time she got home and reunited with her toys she was fine.

Not eating, lack of interest in usual activities, no interest in going to the park, just wanting to be alone or to sleep a whole lot more than usual.

And crying a lot, getting very emotional (not a clear straight forward 'I'm being a stubborn 2 or 3yo tantrum' but a clear 'Im incredibly sad and upset' emotion.

Could he be coming down with something? A lot of bugs going round at the moment.

Maybe, but it doesn't seem to be illness

It started the last night of holiday for mine too but being home and reunited with toys or returning to nursery and usual routine hasn't helped!

I'd expect a child of that age to be over it in about 30 minutes... Genuinely, a day or two at most. I think it sounds much more likely that he's ill and/or that you're projecting onto him than that's he's having some sort of toddler existential crisis.

Not for my little one, they present illness in night wakings, fever and comfort seeking which this is not.

Because I'm interested in other people sharing how long it lasted in their experiences.

Long enough for me to be concerned though, clearly.

In what way? Or are you saying children are not allowed to feel holiday blues or that only adults do?

I think how long you've been back is an Important detail.
We all get the holiday blues but it doesn't effect or overshadow usual activities it is just a thought and feeling and I don't know if a 3 year old is capable of those feelings really.
I think I feel it as the reality of back to work and life sets in but a 3 year old has a pretty easy going life.

How far Did you go? If it was long haul and you're not long back it could be some kind of jet lag maybe.
If it continues or if its already been a while I would assume like others he's under the weather.