TO JUST WANT TO RUN AWAY AND CRY?

[BLUESEAPARADISE]

AIBU?

DS is 9 years old and is developmentally 9-18 months old and is non verbal .. he has had an extremely rough few days and we had little sleep.. last night was the worst night we have ever had .. he woke up every 15/20 minutes screaming and crying.. this happened ALL NIGHT 😭 as a result I spent all my night rocking him to sleep and holding him .. he isn't eating and is refusing his drinks 😭 last night he woke up and I offered him his milk ( he is still on formula - a whole different subject!) and he had about 3oz before screaming the house down and crying 😭. Today he has had about 7oz of milk and that's it .. he has refused his food and is just miserable and unsettled 😭.. he doesn't want anyone else apart from me and I am absolutely exhausted. He normally has a nap during the day for a couple of hours but he wouldn't settle.. even with me rocking him / holding him / pushing him around / going in the car. I KNOW he is absolutely exhausted but he just won't sleep!

The night before last he had about 2/3 hours sleep at a time.. I just want to run and hide ... I don't know what's happened .. he is " well " he doesn't have a temperature or anything 😭

Pleased you got seen.

Glad to hear you know what the matter is. Good luck OP, you're doing a great job

My dentist told me to use anbesol instead of bonjela. It is age 12+ but he said it is fine to use younger so long as it is only every 3 hours. It works like a dream. Numbs the gum completely. Obviously, do your own research as it does say from 12+ but just wanted to share as it works so well.
Hope you manage to get some rest, it sounds really tough.

Oh so glad you got sort of to the bottom of it! Poor little love, you sound like you're doing such a fab job though, but I agree you need a rest!