My 15 month old is really getting me down. In the last few weeks his behaviour had nose dived.
He won't eat much of his food anymore despite them being things he likes - will only really have fruit, yoghurts, crisps, toast and spaghetti hoops - he loves spaghetti hoops.
During the day he's stopped playing independently and is in constant need of my presence. He doesn't always want my attention but he needs me to be within a metre of him. If I get up to do something he'll have a tantrum and start hitting things and throwing books. He has also hit me a few times and pulled my glasses off my face.
He tries to push me away from kitchen cupboards when I'm washing up and will stand in front of me reaching up for me to pick him up which I will sometimes, other times I step around him and continue what I'm doing.
He doesn't laugh as much as he used to, he's more whiny and fussy.
I worry that he's bored, I worry he's not happy, I worry that he can't be independent and happy playing by himself.
Two good points are that he's very good at sleeping and rarely wakes up at night and we do read together quite a lot in the daytime.
That said I'm so upset and I'm drained, I'm actually clock-watching leading up to bedtime and when I realise that I am I feel so bad I could cry. What's going on? Is this normal? X