Anyone else’s 2 year old like this?
So during the day (when we’re home) it’s a struggle to get my toddler away from me 😂 don’t get me wrong, I am blessed to have my little girl but it’s difficult because she has no interest in her toys. It was her birthday recently so was gifted so many new things/toys and she plays for 2 seconds and just wants to sit around. I really hate putting a film on when I’m needed elsewhere (cooking/cleaning etc) but even when I’m doing those things, she runs to me and just wants to be around me constantly.
I have tried to explain to my husband (when he asks why I haven’t been able to clean the house) why it’s been difficult. For example, I go into the kitchen to cook but I can’t keep the door open because she will stand there with her hands up for me to pick her up but if I shut the door she’s banging on the door for AGES and I feel guilty.
I’m wondering whether I should let her help in the kitchen but I can just see it being a total disaster, like the other day I was filling up the dishwasher & she touched all the dirty dishes and I got angry because it meant I needed to give her a bath, every time I moved her she would run back so I gave up and sorted her out and she hadn’t even had breakfast at this point!
I feel stressed because I’m unable to get what I need done in the house and she doesn’t play independently either - she’s really into painting/crafts/drawing atm but she won’t do any of it if I put these things in front of her, she will just throw them on the floor & will only play when I’m there.
I can’t play with her all day long but I also feel guilty because I she’s my baby and I’m her safe space & she’s just excited to share her little world with me but I also need a clean house! Haha I end up just sitting with her, playing with her, cuddling her just so that she knows I’m there and she happily plays with her toys and does her crafting etc
She’s such an affectionate baby in the day time tho but the weird thing is, at night when she wakes up she pushes me away if I try and hold her or want to cuddle her or try and show her some love to get back to sleep, she will push my hands away and does the same to my husband and she ends up just sitting there crying her eyes out and we can’t comfort her because she doesn’t want us too! Eventually she just gets tired of crying and puts her head on my chest and falls back asleep.
P.s. these are just the days we’re home, when we’re out, its enjoyable cuz she wants to be independent. I am not complaining - I just wondered what I could do if I can do anything.
P.P.S. My husband helps on his days off & evenings it’s just that when he’s at work I’m a SAHM so finding it difficult and don’t want to neglect my child but it means the house is getting neglected instead and I hate living in a messy environment!
Hey! My toddler is turning 2 in June and she also already does this. It can get frustrating for sure. Do you have a Google home/Home Screen? What I do during kitchen time is pull out the step stool/toddler stool (whatever it’s called) and put the Google home on with some Super Simple songs, or videos of people playing with dolls (we don’t do cocomelon or those kinds of shows) and I give her some fruits and play tools to work on. Like a playset of plates/forks/spoons/ a banana peel/cheerios/texture items. It keeps her busy. When I’m done with everything I pull her over to the sink and have her “washing dishes” and it keeps her entertained for about an hour. She just washes some clean spoons and utensils until she gets bored. I throw in some bath toys too. It doesn’t work EVERYTIME lol but it does some times!!