10 month old - constant whining

[alphaechokiwi]

Hi,
Hoping someone can help - I feel like I'm losing my mind.
My 10 month old DD has always had a sunny, curious, adventurous personality. And until recently she's always been a very smiley happy baby. But over the last few weeks she has started to whine all day long when home alone with me. I try take her out to a play group or an activity every day and she's totally fine there. She crawls off without a backwards glance and is her old happy self.
But once we are home it's just a constant whinge. She doesn't like being put down at all. She doesn't want her toys or even watch cbeebies for a few minutes. I need to put her down sometimes -to go to the toilet, to make her lunch or to just have minute to myself.

She's miserable all the time with me. Mealtimes are awful -she hates being in the high chair and whines and eats very little. She will only nap on me. I want to help her but also need it to stop for my mental state. It's really getting to me and I want to shout at her to shut up. I don't understand how come she's fine once we're out of the house and with other people and children but utterly miserable at home with me. And I need to put her down sometimes -for my sanity. Help

[alphaechokiwi]

Bump. Anyone?

[KW89]

No advice, but you have my sympathy. My 11 month old DS has been like this for about two months 😕 so exhausting. X

[figginz]

Mine does this when she's coming down with a cold, or teething. Or, is your dd about to learn a new skill, eg pulling herself up?

I just tried to get out of the house all the time. And lots of cuddles when we were in the house, to limit whinging to absolute minimum.

[alphaechokiwi]

Figgunz - she's on the cusp of walking...

Thanks for the replies. I can't wait for this phase to be over, it's not doing either of us any good...

[JollyOlliebobs]

You have my sympathy, Alpha. My son was exactly like this around 9/10 months and was seriously testing my patience! It was like he was really high maintenaince, constantly whinging and whining. Trying to prepare any meal for him was a nightmare as he'd just whinge as soon as I put him in the high chair.

I really worried that perhaps I was raising a brat (!) but now we seem to have come through that stage, and it did seem to coincide with teething (back tooth) and a developmental leap. He's crusing around and pointing at everything now.

Have a hug from me, because I know how sh*t it is. I used to look at the other NCT babies and wonder why my son was such a whingebag!

[Xanamcx]

Hello! My son is also the same he is 9.5 mos now. When did your son calmed down?

Thanks so much!

[Firstimemum86]

Have things improved for you at all? My 10 months old has been a whiner from day one- so I understand completely how you feel!

[maddiesparks]

It's certainly a whiny stage around that time! DS 3 who is now 20 months seemed to do nothing but whine from about 8months to his first birthday. I remember feeling so exhausted by it all. A combination of teething and their little digestive systems developing around this time is probably the culprit. Sorry you are having a rough time - it will get better X