Sympathy as Mom Shares ‘Awful’ First Holiday Abroad With 4-Year-Old
The internet has reassured a mother who felt like a “failure” for not being able to enjoy family holidays with her 4-year-old—telling her that all children are like that, but there are some things she can do about it.
in a post shared Tuesday on Mumsnet, a mother who goes by the username SatelliteFish, revealed that she’s finding being on holiday with her daughter “awful” and is considering flying back early for this reason.
“She’s loving the fun bits,” SatelliteFish wrote of her child, “but if she’s not eating ice cream, swimming, bouncing on a bouncy castle etc she’s having a meltdown, mis-behaving or moaning. Won’t eat a single meal nicely , won’t go to bed nicely, won’t do anything nicely unless it’s a fun activity.
“Epic (and I mean epic) meltdown today because I wouldn’t buy her a lollipop because her behavior had been terrible. I said no and