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My toddler has been referred for a mental health assessment! 😢

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Expectationtoohigh · 28/10/2022 06:59

Hi all seems like more and more often I am reaching out for support and answers from you all. But, truth be told I don't have anyone else to ask these days.
My partner is struggling more and more every day with coping and understanding the children and I am finding the whole situation so overwhelming I can't process most things even on a day to day basis.
Like I have said before I had 4 children my so is 3 and has clubfoot and is delayed with his development and speech. He has shown vast improvement since he began preschool in September, just need to work on tantrums more than anything with him. Then I have twin girls 2. Twin 1 is very difficult to deal with she is highly strung and cries from waking up till going to bed. She will cry for no apparent reason and its not just a cry she will scream the house down. She will keep on screaming until everyone is awake if it is in the night. She was seen by the health visitor this week who is referring her to CAMS or the young mental health team for an assessment as even she is worried about her behaviour. The screaming gets worse every day and being a stay at home mum with no support network it's affecting me now.
Twin 2 is a little easier and a more independent. She can be to put it bluntly a bit of a bully towards her sister and her brother. She is very strong minded and will often even talk back at me and other people if things are not how she wants them.
Lastly I have a 9 month old who is currently teething which is a challenge on its own but she is not having her naps as she should during the day due to her sisters screaming and it is effecting her moods and her eating.
In all the past few months have been harder and harder and I'm worried that I cannot take much more as it is effecting me mentally now. I never have a break and never get the opportunity. I can't remeber the last time I had a bath without listening to screaming. I can't remeber the last time I had a full night's sleep. I can't remeber the last time I even did something I enjoy just for me.
Has anyone ever had any experience with anything I am going through, any advice would be greatly appreciated at this point.

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anomies · 01/11/2022 14:18

Oh gosh that sounds so hard! No advice but I’m sorry 💐 Sounds like you’re doing amazingly, well done. Has your little girl been seen by the GP? Any chance anything physical is going on?

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