10 months: suddenly turned from sweet to stroppy!

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My 10-month old DS has suddenly undergone a dramatic personality change from sweet to incredibly stroppy. He's been ill for the last 6 weeks with an ear infection and tonsilitis but he's finally on the mend (checking with doc AGAIN later). He's started childcare again after a long spell off and separation anxiety is peaking - bad timing. (Weirdly, he's also constipated and sleeping more than usual - not sure if that's relevant though). When I pick him up from the childminder, he's in a terrible mood. He gets so hysterical that he turns purple. He arches his back in anger (or pain??), even - dangerously - in the bath which he usually loves. He clings to me like his life depended on it and even when I'm right up next to him but not holding him, he goes mental. Childminder says he's just testing the boundaries and we should ignore it. But he seems a little young for that. Is anyone going through this? And how do you handle it?

at that age i dont think he's testing boundaries i mean he's ten months! could it be teething?? does he have one of these outbursts for no apparent reason?

He just sounds to me like an out of sorts little chap who is having some separation anxiety along with possibly teething and getting over being poorly. I wouldn't think he was testing boundaries at that age, just showing you he wants lot of mummy when he can.

Lots of cuddles with you, don't ignore it and he'll get past it. I'm sure.

He's probably just fed up of being ill/ teething etc. and is telling you all about it.
You could try naming the emotion for him ("you're tired/fed up/ feeling poorly") and give him lots of reassurance and cuddles. When he's older and able to tell you what's wrong he won't be doing this.
Don't listen to people that say ignore/ he's testing boundaries. I don't ascribe that sophisticated a level of understanding to 18mo DS, I think he's still reacting to emotions he can't yet control.