Mom guilt

Emily

I don’t know if I should actually feel guilty or if I’m just being hard on myself. But I feel like I dont do enough activities or learning things with my son. He’s 20 months old and still doesn’t know how to talk. I’ve tried all I know how. I remember the first year of his life I was always in the floor playing toys with him and talking to him and I don’t do that as much anymore because he never seems interested in toys. The only thing he loves to do to play with me is rough house. He doesn’t have the attention span to do any learning activities to help him to learn how to talk. He’s always loved cartoons and I always feel guilty when I let him watch them. Because I think that may be what’s holding him back and keeping him from talking. Since covid we’ve obviously been stuck in the house so we all are bored. I’ve gotten a bit lazy too. I kind of entertain myself on my phone or I’m cleaning while he independently plays or I let him watch cartoons. Because I know he’s bored of staying at home too. Most of the time he wants to cuddle while he watched tv. I don’t know if I’m just being hard on myself or if that’s normal for everyone. I watch a lot of mommy you tubers and I hold myself to their standard of how they parent and it really makes me feel like a bad mom.