Since the day our dd was born she was difficult to care for, always needed to be held, tried to put her down she'd scream the place down, wanted to hold everything in sight and if couldn't would throw meltdowns that went on and on, taking her anywhere was intensely stressful as she was so incredibly fussy, we were fried by 6 months in. She also woke so much at night until 2.5 but our other friends babys hardly woke anywhere near as much and their characters were and still are so much more laid back and they've had a much more enjoyable time of it. I just wonder why and how it is some of get a much more challenging and difficult time of it than others...I know the answers prob just is how it is but just feel kind of frustrating as everything was so hard, she just seems to have a more difficult manner, refused to walk a lot until almost 3, didn't like holding hands until almost 3, isn't huggy, not at all interested in our dog whjch was a bit sad as again we have a couple of friends whose dds love their pet dog and like to hug it a lot but ours can't stand her being anywhere near her. She wakes nearly morning unhappy with a very loud shriek and cry and is just genuinely not a mornjng person, we're both very huggy smily and laid back characters and im just so surprised at how differnt she is, it's taken buckets of patience and tbh we're both on a stress level so fried. Her tantrums can be off the scale it's all honestly been exhausting and it hasn't been anything like how we thohhht it would be. We think she doesn't take after us at all most likely my mum who was very similar in character, I was hardly hugged as a child & had a very difficult relationship with my mum, my dad was the total opposite, I know why this is as it is It's just been such a challenge and we feel so alone in this as it doesn't seem to be common, Has anyone else had a similar experience to us???
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Our dd so differnt to us, anyone else similar exp?
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itscomplicatedlife · 19/06/2022 06:26
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