We have a 14 month year old boy who has been very advanced for his age. He was walking very well by 9 months and is a real climber and fidget. About 4 weeks ago we had another baby boy, since the birth of our new baby, William our 14 monoth old, seems to be increasingly difficult to cope with. He has always been a poor sleeper but is now all too often founding his way into our bed. He is also generally becoming out of control.
He is now not sleeping without about an 1-2 hours worth of household panto before hand. We have tried controlled crying when he was 7 months old and know this doesn't work due to him getting so upset he is sick, we have also tried gradual withdrawel but sensing our departure he will climb out of the cot bed, screaming after us. He climbs everywhere and has been getting up on window sills, tables, draws- you name it he's climbing on it/up it. He now completly ignores my warnings of "No" and seems to take pleasure when i smack his hand away from the likes of plug sockets.
I appreciate he is testing boundaries and is probably seeking more of my wifes attention now it is more focused on our newborn, but we need an action plan to sort his behaviour out.
Sleep time is the worst its ever has been and im loosing more and more time/sleep and its making the whole household very tense.
Matt and Lisa