I suppose I'm mainly wondering if this is normal and looking for positive stories of those who’ve been through it and come out the other side! And any tips for coping!
Today has been a total disaster but is pretty much representative of all the days we spend as a family of four atm. My DS2 (2 in 2 weeks) is a total terror, mainly when in my presence as seems to be fine when at crèche or with my mother alone.
He constantly attacks my DD1 (nearly five). A lot of the time this is completely unprovoked. He runs up to her and pulls her hair extremely hard, hits her and scratches her face.
She is a bit of a sassy pants herself but I never had anything like this with her so very much new to this type of behavior.
Meltdowns are every ten minutes/almost constant if he doesn’t get his way. He will scream kick and glue himself to the floor. A lot of the time it appears he doesn’t really know what he wants which makes it harder. Shopping and mealtimes are a nightmare!
Development wise he seems to be doing ok. Although not especially advanced with his speech he can say and point to things he wants and string together a few understandable two-three word sentences so his frustration doesn’t appear to come from inability to verbalize if that makes sense.
In between episodes he can actually be a very cheerful and caring little boy, offering cuddles etc (although this is very much the exception at the moment!!).
He is especially clingy atm and constantly wants “boob”, almost to the degree of a newborn baby! It’s possible he has some back teeth coming through which I guess may not be helping.
Sorry for the essay!! if anyone has any advice or words of support I would be very grateful xxx