It's no secret in my family at the moment that my DS who is now 3.5 has been presenting some challenging behaviour. I mentioned to my mum that I'd been finding it tough so she very kindly offered to give him his tea last night, have him over night and bring him back after lunch today.
It's been such a lovely break. Me and DP had a date night, went to a nice nearby town for a mooch and a coffee this morning and just relaxed. We got home around 11.45 and started making a leisurely lunch. At 12, my mum messaged 'we'll be there in 5 mins'. No problem really, but obviously not the best timing - she just always gets a bit funny if i try to commit her to a time so I wrongly presumed they'd be over at about 1.
She comes through the door with her DH and starts telling me how loud, hard work, and energetic he is. She joked 'how did you end up with a kid like that?' I asked if she wanted a cup of tea before she went and she quickly said NO! We're heading out. And off they went. I'm just feeling a bit low now. I feel like I've put them out and that I've got this abnormally difficult child.
That's it really, just needed a bit of a vent. If you're lucky enough to get a break, do you ever feel guilty about it?