Hello.
I'm currently 36 weeks pregnant and having difficulty with my toddler.
Hes cutting his 2nd molars at the moment so he is miserable anyway, however the last couple weeks he’s been wanting me to carry him everywhere. When I leave him and say no he flings himself around and hurts himself. He’s never like this around his dad.
also at bedtime he’s got into a habit of wanting me to stroke him until he falls asleep. This has come from trying to get rid of his dummy on Christmas Eve (worst idea ever- never do this with a teething toddler- but my partner was adamant) but it was me who had to stroke him all night while he cried and I got around 3 hours sleep and now paying the price as I’m so rundown!
we ended up having to give the dummy back 2 days later, he wasn’t well and I couldn’t bend over the cot any longer being so heavily pregnant.
however now at bedtime he wants me to stroke him still, even though I say ‘okay 5 minutes then mummy has to go’ he just freaks as soon as i leave and cries hysterically for over an hour.
is this just a phase? Is it because he’s teething? My partner says I’ve set up a bad habit now from when I stroked him to sleep without a dummy but it was my only option at the time so he could sleep😥
or can he sense that I’m having the baby soon?? He knows he’s getting a brother but I don’t think he fully gets it. But sometimes I’ve heard kids can sense when somethings going to happen, maybe he knows I’m close to labour?