Ok so here goes.
I'm 37 with 4 children, 18 Years, 15 Years, 12 years and my 20 month old Daughter Ebony.
A little back ground, I was sterilised after my 3rd child, my first 3 children are with a previous marriage and I was set that I was happy with not having any more children. Fast forward 9 years and I met my current partner, after being together for 2 years we decided to go down the route of sterilisation reversal ! This was a success and after only 3 months I fell pregnant! My pregnancy was rough, I had severe sickness, developed high BP and my already anxiety escalated, due to all this I was induced at 38 weeks and gave birth to my beautiful daughter Ebony-Rose.
So fast forward to around her first birthday and her behaviour became hard work, however we rode it through, tried to work out the best way to keep her occupied, entertained, happy etc etc, however its come to a point now that at 20 months I'm struggling, she is such an angry baby, she screams, her tantrums are out of this world, she throws, hits, scratches, she climbs everything, if she can't get her own way she will go insane. I play with her, she has lots of toys, we have loads of garden play, she has the tele on, but none of this is good enough. I'd say that this behaviour is about 80% of our day. I can't take her to shops, its not worth the stress for us both, I dread leaving the house with her. It starting to effect my mental health, I cry alone wondering what I did so wrong, I'm becoming afraid of my 20 month old daughter ! She is such a clever girl, she speaks so many words, she understands me, she sleeps well, eats well.
Is this normal behaviour for a 20 month old?
Does any kne have any advice, tips on what I can be doing?
Sorry for the long post but this momma is really struggling 😪
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Struggling with my 20 month old daughter
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AliceMay83 · 09/04/2021 09:36
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