What is happening to my DS (17mths)???!!! Help!

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

What on earth is going on with my DS lately?

He has turned from quite docile and sunny natured to a total whinge bag! He hates being changed and screams when I lay him down, kicks my poor boobs beyond belief and only shuts up if I give him a stern look and tell him No!

He cries at the drop of a hat, hates me leaving the room - even for two mins to make his lunch and refuses a lot of the food I give him, but eats everything he's given at nursery, even if its the same grub!!!

One other main problem is that he will settle to sleep lovely for DH but not for me! This am DH came in from a night shift, co-inciding with DS's nap. He laid him in cot and within 2 mins DS was all dozey and sleepy. I tell DH to go to bed and I take over shush pat, rubbing his hair etc. Minute he sees its me, he gets up, screams if I try to lay him down, throws dummy/binky/teddy out of cot. I leave the room to see if that works - it doesn't, I bring a blanket in and lay on floor next to cot - that doesn't work! In the end I wake DH up (was getting desperate!) and within 5 mins he had DS asleep!!!!

What has happend to him??!

[Yvaine]

Erm...he sounds VERY normal

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

PS

He's perfectly behaved at nursery btw!! They are when I describe his behaviour!

[littleNonSpecificHolidaylapin]

Yes, he sounds a lot like mine. We've just had a full on strop because I wouldn't let him on my lap (I was on the loo at the time!)

[phdlife]

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

Oh thank God haven't spawned the second Damien then.....

He tries to hit me and bite me as well so I tell him NO! Then he looks up at me and says 'thorry' so I melt and hug him....DH says I'm not consistent and too soft with him.....I can't help it!

How to tackle this sleep issue though??

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

PhDLife - enjoy it while it lasts!!! lol

[Yvaine]

Keep on doing what you have been doing the whole time. It's a phase that'll pass if you remain consistent.

I've found that just at the point where you have your lovely toddler and think "hey, wouldnt it just be LOVELY to have another" and you go off and get pregnant, these angelic toddlers turn into hideous day/night monsters

[littleNonSpecificHolidaylapin]

No, Crookshanks but I have (that's DH's name )

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

Well I wouldn't mind another one at some point but atm it would be impossible! DS wants to be picked up all the time and the kicking while being change wouldn't do me any good! I think I need to wait for him to be a bit more verbal...maybe its just communication frustration....whatever it is, it makes my head hurt!

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

Er I meant..I haven't spawned the next Dennis the Menace or Horrid Henry....

[littleNonSpecificHolidaylapin]

Oh Crookshanks... DS is called Henry. He really is!

[rosmonster]

agree with Yvaine, be consistent. I've resorted to putting ds on a naughty spot (he's 21mo) for about 20-30secs, just to give him the space to calm down a bit.

And, yep, perfectly normal I'm afraid

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

[littleNonSpecificHolidaylapin]

LOL! I don't mind (well, I'm not going to be buying any Horrid Henry books ) and DH is used to all the jokes.

Strangely, I actually went to school with Damien - or the boy who played him in the Omen 2 anyway. He didn't have an 666 on his head though - we checked

[rosmonster]

lapin, I bet he loved Halloween with your school

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

Phew.....

Are you potty training yours yet? DH making noises about it for DS and I'm like arghhh!! I mean he's not even aware he's done a poo a lot of the time - no pointing to nappy or anything like that...besides, the way he's behaving atm, I can imagine him picking up the potty in temper and decorating my walls in manner of Tracey Emin or similar.....

[littleNonSpecificHolidaylapin]

Oh we didn't do Halloween as I recall... but he did get held down in the coach park by the rugby team one day!

He was saved by the fact that his dad was the music teacher at the boys' school.

[littleNonSpecificHolidaylapin]

Well, we have bought a potty, and it lives in the nursery. Occasionally he sits on it, and sometimes he wears it as a hat. I sit him on it when he has his nappy off, so he gets the idea, but to be honest, he's the same as yours - he gives no indication of when he's doing anything in his nappy. I'm not too fussed yet, I always had 2 in mind as a time to start anyway.

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

Thats what I was thinking....I mean he's hard work enough at the moment without adding to it!

Feeling guilty atm...am not in work this pm as feeling really gross with bug I've caught (going to Dr's later) but still took DS to nursery.....feeling as if should have kept him here because I'm home.....

[rosmonster]

stop wibbling

I think its better to keep them to their routine especially with nursery! Plus you deserve a couple of hours to yourself when you're ill!

I've also toyed with potty training but am still shuddering at the thought of it! Ds has started grabbing his nappy when it's dirty but that's about it. And tbh, he could just as easily be grabbing at his crotch

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

Well he's a man....the crotch grabbing starts early...DS already pullllllls his winky when being changed...its painful to watch!!!

[rosmonster]

I know, and what can you say so that they don't end up as some Norman Bates type wierdo?! If I m

[rosmonster]

whoops, something funny there happened with my pc,

I was going to say, If I move his hand away then its a funny game to play!

[littleNonSpecificHolidaylapin]

DS is crotch obsessed as soon as that willy's free, he's got it!

You definitely did the right thing, you are protecting DS from your bug by sending him to nursery!

[rosmonster]

I'm dreading the day I walk into his room and find him, well, you know...

My SIL caught my nephew searching for 'boobies' on google and he's 10