I know this isn't exactly an original topic but I just need to download and get yet more reassurance that this is all normal and It Too Will Pass.
My DD is 22 months old and it feels like more or less overnight she has turned from a sunny, cheerful, busy little girl who communicates beautifully and is sociable and adaptable, into an utter horror at times. You know the score - everything is 'no', tiny battles over EVERYTHING, physical resistance, shouting and crying when things don't go exactly her own way (she actually went purple in the back of the car yesterday when I didn't put the Charlie and Lola music CD immediately. I buckled...), wanting mummy and then not wanting mummy at all anywhere near her. It's all very confusing - as I'm sure it must be for her going through such a massive phase of establishing boundaries and her own identity.
And her daytime naps, hitherto like clockwork after lunch, have gone completely tits-up so she is overtired constantly, which I'm sure does not help.
I am trying to continue being patient and gentle yet firm, but tis so hard when I am knackered and number two is due in nine weeks (no coincidence, huh?). Apparently she's absolutely brilliant when at nursery four mornings a week, which is reassuring yet a tiny bit more frustrating because it really is only me she is like this with. Good as gold for daddy, too.
Any similar experiences to share? Any really good books/bits of advice?
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Has my litte angel disappeared for ever?! 22 months and impossible overnight...
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Pinchypants · 18/06/2008 09:39
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