My 4 year old has been off school all week with conjunctivitis and a bad cold. I love him more than anything in the world, but he’s driving me crazy. I get that he’s used to being active all day and is also just enjoying having some time at home I guess, but being with him all day everyday when I can’t even leave the room without him calling out for me is starting to get to me. His hearing is bad at the moment too because of the cold so he’ll keep trying to get my attention or will repeat the same thing a few times even when I’m sitting right by him and answering him straight away which is just adding to the frustration. I started to count how many times he said “mum” within 5 minutes yesterday but we hit 30 before it got to half way so I gave up for my own sanity 😂

I feel bad for complaining because I know soon enough he won’t want to be this close, but I can’t help feeling suffocated right now. My partner was unwell for almost 2 weeks too so I’ve also been doing what I can for him and he hasn’t been able to help much at all with the kids... and now he’s back at work and is getting home late everyday because he’s trying to catch up on the work he missed while he was off sick... it’s just so much, especially because I’ve been trying to not get ill myself even though I can feel it bubbling there under the surface. We’re both self employed so no sick pay etc, so I get that my partner is doing his best to look after us in that sense and I’m massively grateful of him, but because I’ve been off work to take care of our son, I’m also having to catch up with work in the night when the kids are in bed.

I know it will pass soon, just needed to vent. He’s lucky he’s so funny and cute, even if he is the clingiest little thing on the planet right now 😂