I was boiling last night too
my daughter was at her dads and he said she was surprised she slept till 7 - not a peep all night!! Me on the other hand I was tossing and turning all night 
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my daughter was at her dads and he said she was surprised she slept till 7 - not a peep all night!! Me on the other hand I was tossing and turning all night I’m a SAHM.
My 4 year old wants me to play with him ALL the time and I feel awful when I say I can’t. I try to play with him to begin with then once he’s busy I try to move away…but he notices and I feel like he nags me all the time! Sometimes I just don’t have the mental energy to join in with him. He has a wonderful imagination and likes me to play all sorts of role play games! I have a nearly 2 year too.
I felt awful yesterday because I ended up saying ‘I don’t want to play with you”
I’d played for ages then he kept asking and crying when I said I couldn’t anymore…it got to me so much and I snapped. Just wanting to share. I feel like I might need to go back to work part time as I feel like I’m going a bit crazy.
My 4 year old wants me to play with him ALL the time and I feel awful when I say I can’t. I try to play with him to begin with then once he’s busy I try to move away…but he notices and I feel like he nags me all the time! Sometimes I just don’t have the mental energy to join in with him. He has a wonderful imagination and likes me to play all sorts of role play games! I have a nearly 2 year too.
I felt awful yesterday because I ended up saying ‘I don’t want to play with you”
I’d played for ages then he kept asking and crying when I said I couldn’t anymore…it got to me so much and I snapped. Just wanting to share. I feel like I might need to go back to work part time as I feel like I’m going a bit crazy.
Arghhh snap. I was thinking the exact same. He tried to get him to come back to bed but he was in such a good mood. I put the iPad on for him didn’t realise he’d gone downstairs cos I fell back asleepToddler was awake at 5:45 this morningI hate summer!
. Luckily my partner was already downstairs and they woke me up at 720. My first lie in since February when he broke his arm 
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Sorry I don’t know if this is good advice but they are only small once 🥹 it’s only cos he loves you . One day he won’t want you to join in. I understand you can’t play all day but just explain you need to wash up or hoover whatever then you can. The days are long but the years go so fast and one day they won’t want us in their roomI’m a SAHM.
My 4 year old wants me to play with him ALL the time and I feel awful when I say I can’t. I try to play with him to begin with then once he’s busy I try to move away…but he notices and I feel like he nags me all the time! Sometimes I just don’t have the mental energy to join in with him. He has a wonderful imagination and likes me to play all sorts of role play games! I have a nearly 2 year too.
I felt awful yesterday because I ended up saying ‘I don’t want to play with you”
Get a part time job if you feel it will help
My three year old is the same, she’s relentless. I do play with her a lot but I set a time limit of what I can do before I need to do something else like get ready for the day, hoovering etc. I find if I sneak away it breaks her play so I will sit passively with her while she’s engrossed with herself and do bits and bobs on my phone until she wants me to join back in or I need to do something else.I’m a SAHM.
My 4 year old wants me to play with him ALL the time and I feel awful when I say I can’t. I try to play with him to begin with then once he’s busy I try to move away…but he notices and I feel like he nags me all the time! Sometimes I just don’t have the mental energy to join in with him. He has a wonderful imagination and likes me to play all sorts of role play games! I have a nearly 2 year too.
I felt awful yesterday because I ended up saying ‘I don’t want to play with you”
I have a five month old too so I know how hard it is. It’s not possible to play all day and quite frankly it’s boring
I do try to set up her toys so she can do an activity by herself rather than asking me to play as sometimes she just needs help in getting started.We are not cruise directors. It is not our job to play with our kids 24/7. Independent play is such an important tool for them to learn, and getting bored is a great way to inspire that, and to inspire further imaginative play. So what I’m saying is you do NOT have to play constantly, nor do you need to feel bad about not doing it.I’m a SAHM.
My 4 year old wants me to play with him ALL the time and I feel awful when I say I can’t. I try to play with him to begin with then once he’s busy I try to move away…but he notices and I feel like he nags me all the time! Sometimes I just don’t have the mental energy to join in with him. He has a wonderful imagination and likes me to play all sorts of role play games! I have a nearly 2 year too.
I felt awful yesterday because I ended up saying ‘I don’t want to play with you”
We also are not required to make ourselves miserable to make a child temporarily happy. So I hate - HATE - playing imaginative games with the kids. Because no matter what I do, it’s never right. I don’t do, say, play in the way they are imagining, so they get frustrated and constantly tell me what to do, and that’s not fun for me. So what I will say is “that’s not a game I like to play - we can read together or paint together if you’d like”. And sometimes it’s a flat out no, because I’m doing something else. And we are not required to drop everything to play. It’s ok to make them wait, or to say “I’m doing xyz now, I’ll read with you after snack”.
So while they are only little once, we also only have this part of our lives once, and we don’t have to make ourselves unhappy just because they want us to.
I would try setting clear boundaries such as “I will play with you every morning until snack time, then you can play what you’d like while I do a few jobs”.
It’s also totally ok for him to feel sad that you won’t play. We don’t always get our way and that’s an important lesson to learn.
I think one of the worst things we can do is push our own discomfort aside every day. That isn’t a valuable lesson to teach our kids - you must be miserable to make others happy.
Be sure that you play plenty, and are involved, and it’s ok to say no at times. He will get used to it.
So full of wisdom 🩷
I very rarely play with my kids. They have toys up on toys. Mr B will sit down and play/play football/ anything they want, so he gets bugged the minute he gets home. GUESS who doesn’t because they installed independent play from day 1
We also don’t (but probably should, but whatever) limit screen times. Working 40 hour weeks, I just need peace
Nearly choked on my tea there
full of something but not sure it’s wisdom!You definitely are. You always say the right things in the best wayNearly choked on my tea there
Stop it! You’re so helpful 🩷Nearly choked on my tea there
I agree. I tried to get mini A to sit down and watch frozen and it lasted all of 5 mins. Mummy play with me, this is after we’d played with the bowling set I’d got her from Asda. Really good fun! Butttt then I was ready to do nothing and have a brew. She’s really good at independently playing but sometimes she nags me to join in. I try and get things I like playing too, Zingo, ludo, we usually play snap tooSo full of wisdom 🩷
I very rarely play with my kids. They have toys up on toys. Mr B will sit down and play/play football/ anything they want, so he gets bugged the minute he gets home. GUESS who doesn’t because they installed independent play from day 1
We also don’t (but probably should, but whatever) limit screen times. Working 40 hour weeks, I just need peace
Indirect rant - apologies. But am so ducked off.
Raging at those who don't follow the 48 hour rule for V&D. My 6yo has been vomitting since Sunday and likely picked it up on Friday at school. Thanks to others selfishness I need to take the rest of the week off work, potentially longer if my 2yo comes down with it
I'm in a probationary period too so even more pissed off. We've also run out of carpet cleaner so Mr B is off to the shops. I hope he brings back wine.
Raging at those who don't follow the 48 hour rule for V&D. My 6yo has been vomitting since Sunday and likely picked it up on Friday at school. Thanks to others selfishness I need to take the rest of the week off work, potentially longer if my 2yo comes down with it
I'm in a probationary period too so even more pissed off. We've also run out of carpet cleaner so Mr B is off to the shops. I hope he brings back wine.
I am 100% with you on this. My brother used to be awful for bringing his kids round us and then saying they’d been up all night vomiting, or had hand foot and mouth or something. So selfish.Indirect rant - apologies. But am so ducked off.
Raging at those who don't follow the 48 hour rule for V&D. My 6yo has been vomitting since Sunday and likely picked it up on Friday at school. Thanks to others selfishness I need to take the rest of the week off work, potentially longer if my 2yo comes down with it
I'm in a probationary period too so even more pissed off. We've also run out of carpet cleaner so Mr B is off to the shops. I hope he brings back wine.
urgh that’s so selfish of them. I guess the parent of the child with the bug probably has to go to work and has got bills to pay and clearly doesn’t care about anyone else as nobody else will subsidise their loss of pay potentially?! Even though I agree it’s selfish to spread germs around xIndirect rant - apologies. But am so ducked off.
Raging at those who don't follow the 48 hour rule for V&D. My 6yo has been vomitting since Sunday and likely picked it up on Friday at school. Thanks to others selfishness I need to take the rest of the week off work, potentially longer if my 2yo comes down with it
I'm in a probationary period too so even more pissed off. We've also run out of carpet cleaner so Mr B is off to the shops. I hope he brings back wine.
Yeah I get that but I'm in my probationary period which makes me an easy target to not get my contract extended. It's the summer holidays here too so I've lost money spent on pre-booked childcare too.
One kid in his class was sick and sent home. Then I saw him being dropped off at Big Biscuit's after school sports club
That was a few weeks ago but it does piss me off as Mr B and I do our best to follow the 48 hour rule. It's a crap situation for everyone to be honest
Argh I would be raging. It really isn't hard to keep them off for 48 hours, for everyone's sake. I'm emetophobic so the mere mention of someone having vommed sends me into a flying panicYeah I get that but I'm in my probationary period which makes me an easy target to not get my contract extended. It's the summer holidays here too so I've lost money spent on pre-booked childcare too.
One kid in his class was sick and sent home. Then I saw him being dropped off at Big Biscuit's after school sports club
It's a crap situation for everyone to be honest
Hopefully your work are ok and understanding. It’s a nightmare with kids and having to edge around childcare and stuff. Some places are dead understanding about childcare so hopefully your place is one of them. Nightmare though and selfish of the other parents xYeah I get that but I'm in my probationary period which makes me an easy target to not get my contract extended. It's the summer holidays here too so I've lost money spent on pre-booked childcare too.
One kid in his class was sick and sent home. Then I saw him being dropped off at Big Biscuit's after school sports club
It's a crap situation for everyone to be honest
We have had two wees in the toilet today that he asked for 
and one in the potty that I asked him to try before nap time. I am scared he is lulling me in to a false sense of security
@strawberrysunshine_x how is it all going with your LO and the toilet?
and one in the potty that I asked him to try before nap time. I am scared he is lulling me in to a false sense of security @strawberrysunshine_x how is it all going with your LO and the toilet?
Oh that is fantastic. Bless him. Fingers crossed he is on the right trackWe have had two wees in the toilet today that he asked for
@strawberrysunshine_x how is it all going with your LO and the toilet?
he still hasn’t had a wee at nursery that is on the potty!!! He had 1 accident in his pants yesterday. But they said they are confident he will do it and one of their own sons was the same and wouldn’t wee at nursery to start with
I do think they are pressuring him a bit cos they said they have got him sitting down etc but I’ve told them the way he likes to do it
he is doing really well at home still
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