Needing a rant... Sensitive and sad 3 year old

Hi all... To be honest I'm just needing a serious rant right now.

I'm hurting so much for my 3 year old son. He's the most gorgeous happy little boy normally, but he's always been very sensitive (to other people's feelings and his own) and fiercely independent!

This social distancing thing (we live in the UK) is really affecting him. He usually sees my mum and dad a few times a week as they look after him the couple of days I work.

We have a strained relationship with my in-laws, but he's used to seeing them every few weeks and misses them too.

He's been talking to me about how sad he is that he misses everybody. He said today that his heart feels like it's gone 💔

But in front of anyone else it comes out as aggression. He's being seriously grumpy with both sets of grandparents whenever he's on a video call with them.

My mum completely understands and is just trying again when he's a bit less upset.

But my mother in law just gets butt hurt about it and throws comments at him about how much her other grandchildren love her - which fuels his upset and makes him even grumpier. He shouted at her this evening because she kept on about his cousin's loving her and said he didn't want to see her any more (which we're definitely going to hear all about for a while from her)

It just really hurts me that he's hurting so much, and that certain people don't seem to accept that he's seriously affected by all this change.

Ugh. Rant over... I feel a little better having a good moan and a bit of a fry about it 🤣