My 2.5 year old is usually a funny, loving, caring child. Her communication and speech has always been forward and she’s always been a very sociable child. Up until now we were hitting every milestone with ease and enjoying the process
Two weeks ago something changed and I don’t know what to do anymore.
She woke up one day and stopped listening to anything I said. Smacking me, pushing me, throwing things, shouting no to every single thing I told her to do. I thought she was having a rough day so I’ve tried to ride it out as best I could.
Two weeks later and she won’t do anything. We have tantrums lasting for hours, laying on the floor crying no matter how much I try to talk to her, cuddle her, distract her, reassure her.
She refuses to get in the bath. She’s had 3 baths in two weeks and every time had to be stripped down (which was a battle) and sponged down whilst screaming at me. I’ve been washing hands, face and bits and brushing teeth every day but it’s not a proper clean is it.
The smallest thing triggers it. My cars gone in for new breaks so tonight I had to do the 5 minute drive from nursery in a courtesy car. It took almost 30 minutes of her bellowing for me to coax her in the car.
Ive tried asking her what’s wrong, tried changing things up for things she doesn’t want to do, I’ve tried having cosy cuddles on the sofa to cheer her up, but it’s not working. She is so unhappy and so mad at me all the time and I don’t know why