please help - worried about dd

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my usually bright, cheerful, chatty, busy 21-mo dd has been a nightmare the last few days - too many instances to mention but lots of tantrums and random meltdowns - so far, so toddler-tastic, I hear you say - but it's picked up in the last day or so - she has been really clingy, constantly wanting to be picked up and cuddled, saying "help me mama" with everything she does, crying hysterically with no provocation etc etc. Today she started crying - to the point that she was hiccoughing, you know what I mean - saying that her tummy was hurting and she wanted to go to bed. This was just after her nap. So I took her down to bed and we sat for about an hour reading etc. 5mo ds was there too, she took no exception to that though.

Eventually she asked to get up again. We came upstairs, palyed a bit and then I put a video on for her. We sat and watched it, all was fine. It ended and I came in here to get on with dinner and it all started again - the hurting tummy, the crying, the requests for cuddles and to be picked up. Now, for the last 15 minutes, she has been standing in front of the sofa with her face buried in her comforter. She has not moved, but is awake, just staring into space.

Is this normal? Fair enough, she may have a bit of a dicky tummy or something - her poo was a bit blech this morning - but I am worried at how she is acting. Please help. I don't want her to be unhappy.

Feck, ds crying now, must go. Please help.

Sounds really upsetting and stressful. Perhaps a visit to ther doctor to just put your mind at rest that it's not anything phsically wrong with her.
Then I would look at every area of her life - home, nursery, grandparernts, sleep - what ever she does and check there's no major reason for upset.
Then I would love bomb her! The only way to get through clinginess and dramatics (if that's what it is) is to be calm when they're whining and boost their esteem with huge amounts of opositive attention.
The staring in to space sounds odd -I wouls mention that to the gp too.
Good luck.

Yes - agree with TMMJ. She is probably coming down with something. It has been very hot, has she been out in the sun a lot? Does she have a temperature?

Make sure you give her plenty of drinks.

The GP could check her ears; the kind of behaviour you mention sounds like my boys when they have an ear infection/sore ears. Sometimes it's only when they have been stroppy all week that I think about checking with the GP (he's sees enough of me already, poor man) and it is often illness that's been causing it.

okay, she's now out on the balcony happily doing sticking. Fingers crossed. She's been drinking shedloads of water. Bit of a temp, I think. have been outside the last few days, but in shade/ pop up tent. head covered etc.

There are no other areas of her life - just me!!! DH gets home lat-ish but we are not arguing, there's no atmosphere, all happy in our home. I have been a bit uncer the wweather tbh - bad headache - is she picking up on my low ebb?

Sleeps have been a bit off.

no going to GP, forget t. Long story.

Dont know if this is still a problem for you.... but sounds very similar to something my dd went through. She was diagnosed as having abdominal migraines sudden onset severe tummy ache, would come on for no reason and although severe pain would go after (tops) an hour she took a couple of days to recover. My GP recommended Paracetamol and codeine at the same time but wouldnt suggest you do this without talking to someone (pharmacist if GP a no go??) My DD symptoms stopped as quickly as they started after about a year.