Dear all,
I am just wondering whether this rings a bell with anyone: I am at the moment on holiday in Germany, visiting my dad, her granddad, with my 18 months old daughter. (we live in London) she has been here, in this house, at my dad's three times before, when she was 6 months, 9 months, 13 months and again now, for xmas. Previously she has always been a pleasure and delighted everybody who met her, but this time is the total opposite. After waking up in the morning she will be ok for about 2 hours, and then gets incredibly whiny and hard to please. Even when she is in a good mood she won't let me out of her sight, but when she starts getting whiny I cannot do anything to please her anymore either. She just whines, and whinges, and throws herself on the floor.. as if she wants to jump out of her skin almost. She is hard work at home in the UK as well (a normal, 18 months old toddler, I think), but this is worse. So I am wondering: is she acting like this because she is out of her usual surroundings? might she miss her dad, who is at home in London? Might the change of air make her more tired than usual, and maybe she she needs more than her usual one sleep per day? Is she so extremely clingy because I am the only familiar person in an otherwise completely strange place full of strangers? Is she bored? Does she miss the routine of nursery (she has been going to nursery since January 2012)? Maybe it is a combination of all of those things. I think for now I will start with letting her have two sleeps rather than only one during the day, see whether that helps. I am really mainly writing this to ask whether anyone else has experienced this: an admittedly full-on but sweet toddler at home turning into a little nightmare away from home. Its so bad that I am dreading her waking up. I had so looked forward to this time at home with my dad, but now all I want is to be back in London, hoping that my little monster will go back to normal.
I would love to hear from anyone.
Thank you!