Bedtime blues

[xxsaralouxxx]

Been a very lucky parent so far with bedtimes and never had many problems, until four nights ago! Ds has now decided bedtime is a great time to scream and kick and wriggle and make me feel dreadful! Haven't changed anything in past four weeks, seems to have come out of the blue . Doesn't last long (about ten to fifteen minutes) but would love to get back to him saying night to the fish on the windows and love you when I kiss him on the head! Any tips?

How old is he?

He could just be sick or teething perhaps?

He's twenty three months - 2 next month - figured he might be sickening for something the first night it happened but nothing's appeared since!!

A troublesom phase one hopes? Go with the flow then get firm when you think its gone on long enough. maybe he just needs a bit of extra attention at the moment. I've been told that children regress in many different ways at any given time and you just have to ride it out.
See how things are next week.

Could be molars or could be bloody mindedness. Just ignore and carry on, it'll pass :)

Yeah tend to agree with the sheer bloody mindedness Have been leaving him for five mins then going back in and replacing dummy and raggy which have been lobbed across the room in temper, and then ignoring the shrieks. Eventually he gives up so I suppose I should just ride it out and hope it stops soon!!

Yes our evenings are precious and I know how pissed off/dissapointed I am when things don't go according to plan!