Feeling a bit down. I took the first week and a half off work and had DS to myself. His younger bro continued at nursery and his dad continued at work.
We had days out, walks in the local area, films, his best friend visit, saw my parents, generally we kept busy but also had time to chill to chat and take it easy.
DS was a total nightmare, I have gone back to work today and I’m feeling quite disheartened by how little we both seemed to enjoy it. It feels like he doesn’t particularly like my company and plays up a lot.
Dsis had him today and said he was absolutely lovely all day. Obviously I know kids behave better for others so I am not surprised by this but it has confirmed at the same time just how little he got from his time off with me.
I have always felt a little pushed away by DS if I’m honest as he’s always been very into fun time daddy. My youngest is very into me which is lovely and has really given me a wake up call that it’s not necessarily my parenting.
Anyone else in a similar situation? Trying to work out how to get out of this rut I find myself in with a 5 year old!