I have a few concerns about my almost 2yo DS so will put them all on here and hope some posters can come up with some experiences/advice.
- From a young age Ds has always had a very bad temper (runs in the family) and has thrown himself backwards no matter where he is. This would result in either having to catch him at the last second if he was in our arms, or him hitting his head on our laminate floors. Thankfully this phase has now passed but he has learnt a far more worrying (in my opinion) behaviour. When he does not get his way he head butts the nearest thing to him. This could be me, the sofa or the worst is the living room wall. So far I have ignored this behaviour on my HV's advice but I am finding it so hard to ignore him screaming and hurting himself. Does anybody know how I should handle this?
- He is an obsessive thumb sucker. He sucks his thumb for about 50% of the day. It has gotten to the point that his thumb has a large lump which has been there since he was very young. He had a dummy from birth until 6 weeks, at which point he found his thumb and refused the dummy. I can already see that his front teeth are being pushed forward and want to try and get him out of this habit. My HV said that she has no advice and that he will grow out of it, but his DF/DGF both sucked their thumbs until they were 9/10 and as a result have awful teeth.
- I don't know if I am worrying about nothing but DS doesn't really speak a lot. He will be 2 in February, so what should his vocabulary be like at this point? He says around 10-15 words but he just points/nods his head/says no for any question, or if he wants something. I am starting him in nursery 2 afternoons a week in the new year to try and get him in an environment with other children talking to try and encourage him.
Thank you anybody who has stayed with me through this thread, and I hope that some of you can give me some advice - even if it is to just relax and stop worrying