Donāt enjoy sitting with my kids
I love my kids, but I feel guilty af when I say I hate sitting with them. They climb on me, toys get dashed across the room. Like overtime I will find any reason to not sit on the sofa with them. I will sit on the floor and play with them but I donāt see it as a relaxing time with my kids. My son threw a toy across the room this morning, split my lip so that went in the bin. Then theyāre fighting to sit in my lap. My coffee cup is going cold in the kitchen because I know for a fact if I bring it in itāll get knocked out my hands.
My daughterās already been in tears that I ādonāt care about herā because I wonāt let her sit on me, for reference sheās nearly 6. I donāt understand why she canāt lay next to me and cuddle me that way, why do I have to become a pin cushion for knees and elbows. My partner practically refuses to sit in here cause they do the same to her and she feels like the living room has become the kids room because we canāt sit in here without there being fights on who gets to sit next to who. By the time the evening rolls around weāve climbed into bed exhausted
Ungrateful husband or frigid wife
I work in a school and I'm off for the 6 weeks so majority of childcare is on me, my husband does shift work and this week he was on a course up city so wasn't getting home until 8/9pm.
So bare in mind he's sat in a nice air conditioned board room with regular breaks and lunch and drinks paid for by the company he comes home and keeps poking at me saying he's not got his leg over In weeks, he's never nasty about but it's everyday its "oh it would be nice to have something else" or just makes some sort of sexual induendo.
My reply to that is I'm tired, Ive entertained our son, fed him his breakfasts, lunches & dinners, taken him to nice places, walked the dog, cleaned up the house each evening and done the bath and bedtime routines...by the time our son is asleep I'm ready for bed myself.
And I've told him! I said I feel like you just overlook everything I do, he normally says sorry and backs off and says he's joking etc...but its everydayyyy š« .
Just needed a rant. š¤£šš»
Advice
Hi everyone,
Iām just looking for some advice or to hear from other parents who have been through something similar.
My little boy has just turned 2. He babbles a lot but isnāt saying any words yet. He responds to his name most of the time at home, gives good eye contact with me, and can follow some simple instructions. However, he doesnāt really play with toys in the typical way and often just carries one around.
I really struggle taking him out to places like the park, the farm or soft play. He doesnāt seem interested in the activities like other children are and would much rather push his pram around. Today I noticed he didnāt really seem interested in the other children either. They were running around and playing together, but he just wanted to do his own thing. I often come home feeling upset because I see other children enjoying everything while he doesnāt seem interested. Lately Iāve been feeling really overwhelmed, and sometimes I wonder if thereās any point in taking him out because he never seems to enjoy it.
He gets frustrated quite easily, especially with toys like shape sorters, even though Iāve shown him lots of times how to use them. Recently heās also started putting his fingers in his ears even when thereās no loud noise.
Weāre already under Speech and Language Therapy and are waiting for our next appointment, but Iād really appreciate hearing from parents whoāve experienced something similar. Did your child go on to talk? Did they become more interested in other children and activities as they got older? What helped?
Thank you ā¤ļø
