I'm not sure where to start so apologies for the garbled way in which this is probably all going to spill out.
My ds is 2.6 and on the whole a very happy, smiley and friendly little boy. He has the odd temper tantrum which is inevitable but as fast as he gets annoyed and throws his toys around, he then calms down and wants cuddles.
He chatters away incessently (sp?) and babbles, saying the odd word that my dh and i can understand but he doesn't have any proper conversation. He seems to understand things we say to him... such as... wheres your juice or shall we take your shoes off, for example. Sometimes he acts on what we say,other times, especially with me, he'll stick his fingers in his ears and just laugh at me! He definitely responds better to the males in his life, such as my dh, my dad and my brother, all of whom have deep scary voices.
However, yesterday i had an awful day with him yesterday and comments my parents made have really got to me. I'm also 24 weeks pregnant and feeling raher tearful this morning. So, here goes...
On Friday,my wonderful sil picked my ds up in the a.m to give me a break. He stayed with her, my brother and niece and nephew (4 and 7.5) Friday evening, and they bought him to my parents place yesterday afternoon where i'd spent the day.
The minute he walked in,he was soooooo aggresive! He kept slapping me quite hard and throwing stuff around. He seemed really angry and my brother said he'd woken up in a bad mood and it had lasted all day. If anyone said no to him, he screamed or if i tried to cuddle him, he wriggled and slapped me. My dad was getting annoyed with him for hurting me and kept saying that we should take him to see someone about his behaviour! I felt close to tears all afternoon and like a really incompetent mum . My mum and dad think the world of my ds and say he's the most adorable little boy, so when they say that perhaps we ought to have his behaviour looked into, i find it really upsetting.
After my brother and sil left my mums yesterday, we sat down to eat and my ds was starving. After eating, he calmed right down and turned back into my little cuddly boy.
He was tired because he'd been to the park and playing with his cousins and hadn't had a nap, so i think this was the cause of most of the upset... but i now have a niggling doubt about his behaviour, and it's really upset me this morning. My dh says it's just the way our ds is and that he'll talk when he's ready and that he'll grow out of the throwing/angry phase.
Sorry, i know that was a ramble but what do you guys think? Am i just being hormonal and super sensitive, or does it sound as if we have a problem? Please be honest with me..thanks x