19/03/2020
My little one shouts “I elephant!” as he presses a cardboard toilet roll onto his nose. Just moments before we were digging trenches in the dirt, pretending to be excavators and I know this afternoon we will enjoy another session of “Gruffalo Cave”, where he sneaks up on me while I “hide” in a little play tent and roars like a Gruffalo, *cue: mummy feigns a melodramatic scream.
OK so sometimes I do feel really ridiculous doing this (and I often wonder what the neighbours are thinking if they hear us). Unfortunately, I also used to feel like playing with my child was taking me away from other more important tasks – like answering emails, being at work or tidying up my house. Playtime felt really cumbersome for me and I longed to have some more time to myself and there are times when I still feel this way.
I think every parent feels this way at times, or a lot of the time, and that is completely OK. Unless you are Mary Poppins re-incarnated, pushing cars back and forth and roaring like a dinosaur isn’t always what rocks your boat, especially if you are tired or sleep-deprived (“just let mummy close her eyes for two minutes”) or have a long list of tasks beckoning you (“I really should be getting to that email”). You just don’t always have the energy to be creative and you don’t always feel inspired.
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