Kid all take take take

Hey everyone, I’m really struggling atm I only have the one child, she’s super independent yet super clingy/needy with me at the same time. She doesn’t go to nursery, I work around her so she always has access to me pretty much all the time. I just feel like she just takes takes takes literally everything I have to give and wants more which leads me to feel so annoyed, irritated, angry even! Her dad tells me I shouldn’t see it this way but he doesn’t offer an alternative of how I should see it - that works for me. Like how much can a person take of three year old neediness? Any tips/advice/suggestions? Anyone feeling the same? Thanks
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Oh Hun I'm there with you, I have her 24/7 and I was getting like that until I started seeing things through her. We're literally all they have we are there support and safety, I started giving her little jobs and that to do on her own and it's been huge because now she sees that yes I'm there but she doesn't always need me. If you need anyone to talk to I'm here

It is hard but you are her everything. Even more so because she doesn't go to nursery. I think you should have a break every week even for a few hours where she goes to someone else and you get to do your nails or do whatever interests you. That way, when you come back to her you will feel like you have been reset xx

Thanks Heather and Emma, I hear you I am her world, I wonder if the problem for me is I don’t want to be. Not in a horrible way but it’s clearly having a negative effect on me, the constant neediness. She is constantly (sometimes literally) up my backside and calling “mummy mummy mummy” !!! This age is just not enjoyable for me, I’ve felt that for a while now. On top of all that my child will hit (she has always resorted to fight out of fight/flight) and I find that angers me too. I do give her jobs to do :) Her dad has started to take her out for a few hours weekly, so yesterday I had 3 hours to myself (I cleaned and sorted through storing things in peace) but still it doesn’t take long for me to get annoyed/irritated again. Anyway thanks again both of you x

Oh I meant she hits at other children not at me^ :(

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