So I don’t no were to start really so I will just jump right on in, My little boy is 19 months he’s my first and he does a lot of things that really has me over thinking and tbh scared and concerned over, he has always been a bit of a “cryer” shall I say from the moment he was born and I just always hoped he would grow out of it but unfortunately as he’s getting older he’s just getting worse.
Aside from the constant winging Noise he makes, crying and typical toddler tantrums, he is a terrible eater, I mean one minute loves food next minute won’t eat even things I know he loves, he always wakes up so angry from naps and from normal bedtime no matter how much sleep he’s had and he still always seems tiered which In turn adds to him being really grumpy and inconsolable.
he goes to bed at around 9:30/9:45 and wakes up at around 7am religiously give or take, and every day just starts of the same with him and it’s just so disheartening and draining to be honest.
I’ve tried my best to make his bed time earlier and he just won’t entertain it so I’ve given up trying for the time being as I’m trying to pick my battles with him because at the moment there seems to be quite a few.
when he wakes up in the morning once he’s calmed down and eat the little breakfast he can be bothered to consume and hour or so later he seems like he’s ready to go back to sleep he will lie down, rest his head on things and act like he just can’t be bothered no matter what toys are around him or what activities I try to persuade him to do he has no interest it’s asif he’s been awake for hours when in reality it’s been and an hour 2 tops.
since he was about 9 months old he started making this almost like humming, back of the throat noise when he’s getting tiered and I’ve been told of a few people there kids did it to and it’s a way of self soothing when there tiered but he does it even when I know he’s not tiered or when he’s only just woke up.
I know that was probably a lot of Info and problems In just one post 🫣 but I just feel like I need to reach out to other mums in the hopes that I’m not alone in this situation and that this is just normal for toddlers? Like I said he’s my first so I have 0 idea what’s usual behaviour for a 19 month old and what’s not. I find myself googling things ( I know bad idea ) and running myself down a rabbit hole looking at all of these awful things that could potentially be wrong with him and to be honest I’ve worried myself sick over it it’s alls I think about day and night and my anxiety is at an all time high worrying that there could be something really wrong with him
I am I being overly paranoid And looking to much into things creating bigger problems?
is there some sort of under lying problem that he’s trying to make me aware of but is struggling because he can’t yet talk?
I just don’t no what to think anymore every day there seems to be another problem, another hurdle and another reason for me to believe there’s something really wrong and I’m not seeing it.
im at my wits end and no matter who I talk to about it I get the feeling they think I’m being over dramatic or to paranoid or just one of them mums who looks for problems were there aren’t any because there kids didn’t act like mine or they have never experienced themselves what’d I’m talking to them about
any help, advice, suggestions or even just thoughts would be really appreciated
xxxx