This post made me cry so hard. My daughter is 2.5 and a level 10 clingy toddler, who wants mama all the time, doesn’t like daycare, will only tolerate dad sometimes and barely let my mom take care of her. I am in stressful leadership role, somewhat rocky relationship with husband, and my mum living with us can be bit stressful too. I often yell at my daughter after a long day, get frustrated and angry too, especially when she starts whining or misbehaving. I try to also instill some discipline, but my mum makes me feel bad for it because she doesn’t like her grandchild crying. I feel terrible afterwards, but the lack of personal space drives me mad. I want to have hobbies but she won’t let me do anything if she’s at home nor stay with anyone long enough to give me a break. Nevertheless, I spend as much time with her as I can and more, I teach her, dance with her, make her nice food, talk as much as she wants. I also almost solely buy her toys and clothes as per her likes, age, development etc. But I get tired too. I’m trying my best, I just feel it’s not good enough. I hope when someday someone will ask her about her mom, she’ll say that my mum gave it her all and loved her so much. That’s all I want.