My DS is 25 months, came home a year ago. First 4-6 weeks were difficult but things have been great since then. Until now.
I know it's just the Terrible Two's. I know he's still so little and his behaviour is mostly normal (tantrums, hitting me when he gets upset). He is struggling to control his emotions, which is fine, because he is 2 and still learning and it is my job to help him.
But I can't. I'm just so exhausted and I am not the loving therapeutic parent I wanted to be working comes to handling the hitting. I try to hold his hands and tell him we don't hit but it just makes him worse. And when he gets upset he won't let me near him to try to calm him down (he is like this with everyone- DH, my parents, childminder). He had a huge tantrum today at the zoo (he was very tired and I had just put him in the buggy because he had run off and hit me), he was screaming and screaming. I went a found a quiet corner just the two of us, but he wouldn't calm down and anytime I tried to say anything to him it made him worse. Like he couldn't physically tolerate hearing my voice. I just feel helpless because I want to be able to soothe him and tell him it will be ok but he just seems to never want me.
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Skiphopnjump · 18/01/2019 16:39
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