15 month old hard work

[Purpleburple123]

Finding my 14/15 month old hard work at the moment. Just wondering if this is a phase that will pass?

1. He's become very clingy, wanting to be picked up all the time.
2. Needs constant distraction when in his high chair. He's not eating with utensils independently although will use a loaded spoon and can feed himself finger food. He will scream or throw tantrums if not occupied with me reading to him or a playing a game like building blocks or watching the tv. I'm trying not to sit him in front of the tv!
3. does not want to get dressed or nappy changes unless distracted with my phone
4. screams blue murder when going into the push chair or car seat.
5. no words yet just mumma and sometimes Dadda although he babbles a lot. Not sure if that's relevant.

We have just moved house and relocated so wondering if this is unsettling him or he's overtired. He does sleep at night really well at the minute which is a real positive!

Ahhh I remember this phase so well. My DS is 25 months and was just like this at this age. We still have pram and nappy change battles.

The trick with the pram is either give him plenty of warning before getting into the pram. It won’t work first few times but he’ll get the picture eventually. Failing that bribe with snacks (I use crackers or breadsticks) to get in the pram.

Nappy changes - I gave up on lying down nappy changes a long long time ago and just do standing up ones now. Funnily enough our DS lies down for the childminder!

With meals, our DS was the same. We found eating together helped and we just let him get messy. We also had a teddy and fed teddy at the same time and that seemed to encourage him.

Don’t worry about the lack of words - just keep talking to him/singing etc and language will come. For us it started slowly at 16 months and then just exploded but everyone is different and develops at different pace. You don’t really need to worry right now.

It’s all a phase, it will pass (I hope so anyway)!

@Tvscreen

Ahhh I remember this phase so well. My DS is 25 months and was just like this at this age. We still have pram and nappy change battles.

The trick with the pram is either give him plenty of warning before getting into the pram. It won’t work first few times but he’ll get the picture eventually. Failing that bribe with snacks (I use crackers or breadsticks) to get in the pram.

Nappy changes - I gave up on lying down nappy changes a long long time ago and just do standing up ones now. Funnily enough our DS lies down for the childminder!

With meals, our DS was the same. We found eating together helped and we just let him get messy. We also had a teddy and fed teddy at the same time and that seemed to encourage him.

Don’t worry about the lack of words - just keep talking to him/singing etc and language will come. For us it started slowly at 16 months and then just exploded but everyone is different and develops at different pace. You don’t really need to worry right now.

It’s all a phase, it will pass (I hope so anyway)!

Thanks for your reply. It's definitely a challenging time for us not least because we have moved and are in temporary accommodation at the minute. I wonder if teething is also causing some of his behaviours, he just doesn't seem to listen when I say 'no' so much now and he can get aggressive with hair pulling/biting/scratching. Also has gone off his food and got more fussy. He's been having nappy changes standing up for a long time too, much easier. Although now I have to distract him with my phone too! Hopefully this phase will pass soon as it's exhausting!