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DS driving us crazy!

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magicfairy · 27/11/2007 12:39

oops posted it without a title, try again!
DS, 15 months has been going through a 'difficult phase' since bonfire night, thought it would have passed by now, but he is driving me crazy, i hate saying that but it is getting hard.
He is really clingy to his dad and when he is around he cant do anything without Ds habging on, if put down he screams and screams and throws himself on the floor. When DH has gone to work in the morning he is fine once he has calmed down until I want to do something then it starts again. I understand that it may be separation anxiety that toddlers go through and any tips on dealing with that would be gratfully recieved.
BUT it that doesnt seem to be the full story, his sleep has gone to pot, hes waking betweeen every hour to 3, not needing to be geeting out of his cot just a gentle bum tapping and he goes back to sleep, and his naps have recently gotten much shorter, less than an hour in the morning and afternoon. He wakes up really upset, especially from his naps, and seems tired all day and gets upset for no reason.
Last week his first 2 molars cut through and are still coming and hes had a stinking cold, for which medised has been a godsend but now that his cold has almost gone i stopped the medised, and thus we had another really bad night.
Any help, tips or advice would be great

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
mynameisnic · 27/11/2007 12:56

They go through phases, could be teething related, could be separation anxiety, could be the illness, could be a growth spurt could be all of these and more. The important thing is to relax and go with it and try to stay calm. There will be more changes to his routine as he gets older and the best thing you can do is to be flexible and adapt with those changes and accept that they are natural. Give him lots of hugs and reassurance and help him through these times which are probably also trying for him.

mrsgboring · 27/11/2007 14:12

Hi

Separation anxiety does affect sleep too - they wake up and wonder where you are.

It's also the age when my DS needed to go down to one nap from two, which I found really hard to do, but improved sleeps and naptimes.

Comfort your DS through this phase and it will be gone in no time.

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