Argh! This is the worst possible stage.
Newborn was amazing. Small baby amazing. Sitting up and early Walker baby also amazing.
Now he's a toddler and good Christ, this is hard.
Biting. Scratching. Tantrums. Never ever happy.
He also seems behind to some toddlers, although he started walking at 8.5 months. He still very much looks like a baby, and doesn't really speak apart from Mummy and No.
"Mummy no" being the ultimate combo of choice.
And the escaping! He escapes all cots, so can't have a cot now. He escapes car seats, had to find one that he can't actually escape from. We have 3 kinds of pushchair and he can escape both.
Escapes high chair and seats. Can't turn my eyes for a single second or he will climb out and potentially kill himself.
It's so frustrating. So either let him on the floor to cause havoc 24/7 or keep telling him to stop and keep putting him back wherever he's strapped into.
Also refusing to sleep until a ridiculous time in the evening, meaning no time for me or DH. Just constant screaming if he isn't allowed up. I tried seeing how it played out, he kept on for 2 whole hours before.
Someone send help in the form of alcohol