We are 3 weeks into a full house of Covid. Mostly recovering well but 2.5 DS has turned into a tantrum nightmare. He has currently been screaming non stop for 4 hours. He's hoarse, covered in snot and still utterly beyond furious. Throwing anything he can lay his hands on, hitting, but mostly screaming. DH has had the paramedics out due to shortness of breath today, I have a BF 8 month old being woken up, and still no idea how to calm him. I'm sitting downstairs with him so everyone else can get some sleep. This is on top of at least 4 hours continuous screaming this afternoon, and has happened every day this week.
He's a bit behind in his speech, we have seen an SLT on line who wasn't unduly worried but I'm at the end of my tether. He's had calpol, which seems to help a little but is an absolute battle. No temp or significant symptoms now after a week of coughing and hives. I'm going to try the GP again tomorrow but they obvs don't want to see us in person.
I'm so lost. My DD never behaved this way, he is making himself feel so much worse than he already does and is impossible to comfort. Any touch sends him into an absolute tizzy of rage, no words or distraction. I need ideas please.