If they aren’t expressing an interest in the area then I wouldn’t be worrying too much. Offer opportunities to freely access materials (a variety of colouring tools like crayons, pencils, paint sticks) and a variety of materials to work on. Also things like watercolours, scissors etc, and stickers and paper.
i colour with mine too i like that cos it’s not messy! i find when we colour though i get carried away and start colouring properly and dead good then get kind of offended when he scribbled all over itMine isn’t really interested in it. He loves painting but they do tons of that at nursery so we don’t really do it. We do colouring. I have a crafts set but he’s not arsed.
I shouted at him before bed and I feel soooo guilty. Like I could cry about it. I feel awful. He’s fine now and fast asleep & I made him giggle afterwards but I feel sooo guilty.
Hahaha that is so funny. Mine doesn’t really like colouring properly. He’ll scribble on the page and then want to go onto the next. And so on until the end. And then start again. I think girls are defo into arts more than boysi colour with mine too i like that cos it’s not messy! i find when we colour though i get carried away and start colouring properly and dead good then get kind of offended when he scribbled all over it
don’t feel bad for shouting. it happens. he won’t remember it by the morning. He still loves you. they test us sometimes and it’s ok x
. He cried for like 2 seconds but I just feel so bad. . And also my partner neverrrr tells him off I have to be the bad guy 
Omg it’s the same with us, my partner is never the strict or telling off parent it’s always me. So i feel like i’m associated with as being the bad one! But someone’s gotta do it cos how will they learn! i just do as you said and try and make him laugh not along after to stop myself feeling badHahaha that is so funny. Mine doesn’t really like colouring properly. He’ll scribble on the page and then want to go onto the next. And so on until the end. And then start again. I think girls are defo into arts more than boys
I know I just feel terrible. I’m such a push over
Thanks for asking hun!! He wasn’t sick all day yesterday then he woke up and threw up at about 12/1ish last night
but he’s been fine all day, he’s ate a bit more today so i’m hoping he’s getting past the bad bit now!What did the doctors say?Thanks for asking hun!! He wasn’t sick all day yesterday then he woke up and threw up at about 12/1ish last night
They didn’t seem bothered, they said he doesn’t seem dehydrated, and to ring back if he shows signs of dehydration which he didn’t thankfully
. I’m not sure why it bothers me so much. But mine actually sleeps really well most of the time. Just the other week he kept waking up but touch wood he’s slept well for the last two and she’s always moaning she’s hardly slept. Parenting is so hard sometimes. I don’t really know what the point of this was. I just wanted to get it written down somewhere .Something i’ve noticed since I’ve been a Mum is people LOVE to show off about their child and the worst thing is it’s mates who do it the most. When i’m on here no one seems to have the ‘my kid is doing so much and yours isn’t’ attitude but people i’m friends with in real life are. I have a friend who has a daughter 5 months younger than mine, and since she was born she’d make comments ALL the time. My son didn’t go in his own room till he was 2 and hers went in her own room at 6 months and she’d mention it ALL the time, whenever i’d see her she say how well her daughter sleeps in her room and say ‘do you get good sleep with him in with you?’ Every single time! then we’d see her fella and he’d say how they’ve been up all night so obvs it weren’t as perfect as she was making outI just need to rant about my friend. I love her to bits but I feel like we’re really clashing lately. She’s out spoken and quite bolshy. She has two kids her oldest is a month younger than mine. I feel I should stress she didn’t birth the babies her girlfriend did. They used a sperm donor. She’s made a few digs that mine is clingy cos I let him sleep in my bed. She said them going in their own room is part of growing up / gaining independence. And she also said if you put them to bed awake they’re less likely to be clingy during the night. I always feel inferior to her cos mine is quite clingy. Doesn’t sleep in his own room and isn’t a little genius like her daughter. I can’t really get this off my chest to anyone else. My other friend knows her and I feel she would take her side too just cos of her parenting style. I mentioned it to my fella and he said tell her to do 1 all kids are different
Don’t worry, loads of us cosleep. It’s about doing the right thing for your child. If her kid doesn’t need the kind of attachment yours does it just means they’re different- nothing else! Just try and laugh her off next time, at the end of the day you just do what’s right for your family, everyone is different.I just need to rant about my friend. I love her to bits but I feel like we’re really clashing lately. She’s out spoken and quite bolshy. She has two kids her oldest is a month younger than mine. I feel I should stress she didn’t birth the babies her girlfriend did. They used a sperm donor. She’s made a few digs that mine is clingy cos I let him sleep in my bed. She said them going in their own room is part of growing up / gaining independence. And she also said if you put them to bed awake they’re less likely to be clingy during the night. She’s said before as well that I should get him out of my bed before he goes to school. Why does it matter where he sleeps as long as me him and my partner are ok with it. . I always feel inferior to her cos mine is quite clingy. Doesn’t sleep in his own room and isn’t a little genius like her daughter. I can’t really get this off my chest to anyone else. My other friend knows her and I feel she would take her side too just cos of her parenting style. I mentioned it to my fella and he said tell her to do 1 all kids are different
Also girls are soo much different to boys as kids aren’t they. Girls always seem to do things quick and everyone is like aww boys are so lazy about everything
. I don’t mind some of the things but when it’s constant just feel like saying it’s not a competition. All kids are different and do things in their own way. Like my friends was counting to 20 when she was 2! She’s super smartDoes anyone else’s in here love attachment?? I’m not sure If it is cos he as additional needs or because it just the way he is. But he is very sensitive. Last week I went to the bathroom at my mums and he was crying downstairs and when I got back he sat on my knee and buried his head in my chest bless him.
My daughter is so clingy I tell her she’d still be in my tummy if she could beAlso girls are soo much different to boys as kids aren’t they. Girls always seem to do things quick and everyone is like aww boys are so lazy about everything
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Does anyone else’s in here love attachment?? I’m not sure If it is cos he as additional needs or because it just the way he is. But he is very sensitive. Last week I went to the bathroom at my mums and he was crying downstairs and when I got back he sat on my knee and buried his head in my chest bless him.
she would be cheek to cheek all day if she could. Often watches TV sitting on my shoulder. There is no such thing as personal space. Ohhh that’s adorable. Mine will only hug certain people. He’s just wary I guess. I know I don’t know why I’m bothered by it and I don’t know why she is bothered by what I’m doingAnd like @WeHadFunRight said loads of people co sleep. We do. we put him in his bed then he wakes up and gets in ours at 1ish, sometimes he stays in his bed til 5 and then gets in and goes back to sleep. every child is different and what works for you works for you and no one else should be bothered
My son is very loving. his nursery has even said to us he’s a very loving little boy and he gives everyone a big hug when their going
. She’s my good friend but we definitely have different parenting stylesThis is what mine is like. When I pick him up he puts his hand on my cheek and smiles at me. He often sits on my knee when we get in for a bit. He loves lying on me., and he does like to perch on my shoulder like a parrotMy daughter is so clingy I tell her she’d still be in my tummy if she could be
I don’t think it’s an additional needs thing for mine, I just think she absolutely wants that closeness so that’s what she seeks. If she’s not on my lap she’s on my husband’s.
( sorry I didn’t mean I was wondering if he has additional needs for doing that. I mean he has additional needs so I’m wondering if that contributes to why or he’s just like that naturally. )Yeah that’s why i like coming on here for advice instead of like, going to my real life friends cos sometimes they can be judgey. Even just moaning about being awake through the night about a random bad nights sleep he’s had, my friend will just be like ‘well we slept perfectly and she’s in her own bed’ Some people make parenting a competition honestlyOhhh that’s adorable. Mine will only hug certain people. He’s just wary I guess. I know I don’t know why I’m bothered by it and I don’t know why she is bothered by what I’m doing
