Rapidly running out patience...

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With 20 mnth dd's crying/whinine/shrieking. It all started last Friday and has just carried on getting worse. Mornings are not as bad as the afternoons but she pretty much cries/whines from the time she gets up to the time she goes to sleep. I'm on my own this week and pretty much at the end of my tether.

The start of the weirdness was on Friday when I went with her to visit a neighbour and all she did was whine on and cling to me. Never had that before in a strange house full of kiddies toys... She is usually straight in exploring and playing. That afternoon after her nap was, erm, challenging.

I took her to the doctor on Monday to make sure that all she did have was a bit of a cold and that's all it was.

Yesterday and today have been absolutely dire. She has just cried constantly. Wants to be picked up but then pushes my arms away. Not interested in her toys. Throws her comfort toy on the floor and screams . Looks at me as she is walking across the room and flings herself on the floor in a rather dramatic manner and screams . Doesn't want to eat and screams...

But... She is okay when distracted. I took her to the grocery store this morning and she was fine... Usual smiles and chatter. She was fine at nursery on Tuesday morning. And now she is alternating between a dvd and the digital photo frame and seems reasonably content... Soon going to be dinner time so that will be the end of the good cheer and the crying will commence again.

Up until now she has been happy, content, smiley, confident little thing. I don't know what to do... I was honestly ready to take her to A&E last night after 3 hours solid of inconsolable crying it is just so out of character which is not like me.

I've tried calpol/brufen and it doesn't seem to be having any effect.

I don't even know what or even if anything I am asking here... I guess just for any suggestions of what this could possibly be? Reassurance that it WILL end soon and normal life will resume... I'm really struggling now and hubby is away until Friday and don't have any family/friends near by... And here she comes whining again...

ds has days like this too. its really hard, could she be teething again, or sickening for something? i would try reading drawing or anything you like to do together to take her mind off what is worrying her and remind her your still there for her and maybe she will settle down.

It'll pass. She may be having a developmental leap and be all insecure- I remember DD doing this. Or she might be about to get some illness that hasn't shown itself yet (eg chickenpox etc etc). Hope she's settled down a bit?

Perhaps take her to the dr's ds used to do this and it always turned out to be a bout of tonsillitis.

Thanks all for the reassurance. It's a nursery day today so hard to tell what she will be like as it's a bit of a rush to get out the door (I'm very slow and disorganized!). She was happy to get to nursery though and trotted off to play. I will continue to keep an eye on her (poor child gets her temperature checked about 10 times a day - just in case!) and try to take her to the doc tomorrow just to double check before the weekend.

Teething could be an issue but it's NEVER been this dramatic. Hopefully she's not getting sick but if so I do hope whatever it is hurries up, gets here and then gets gone again as this is torture! Sometimes it does feel like something has happened to her and she is terrified I'm going to leave her (nothing has happened out of the ordinary) so maybe a developmental leap could explain this sudden weirdness? Those big blue, teary eyes often have an expression in them that is heartbreaking :( and yesterday she had a long period of time when if she was anywhere but on top of me she just cried.

We'll see what the rest of the day brings... Thanks again xx

This is exactly how my DS is behaving at the moment and to be honest its just a relief to know it's happening to someone else and making them feel just as helpless. I think he might have an illness pending: the glands at the back of his head and the side of his neck are swollen- I just hope it's nothing terrible- I've been putting off the MMR as I have asbergers in the family and am terrified he'll get one of them and suffer terribly... Pleas do let me know how it resolved as I am at my wit's end too.