Hi,
I don’t know what to do, I have an 11 month old baby, she was 4 weeks Premature, so 10 months corrected age, but recently she has started biting and scratching, she also cries ALL day no matter what me or hubby do, if we pick her up she gets worse and scratches more. We are both covered in scratches and bruises, so many broken glasses, my hair has been pulled out in clumps, I’m having to rehome our dog as she will attack him too and he won’t stay away from her, so it’s not fair on him as he doesn’t understand and I’m scared he will attack her, I can’t keep him locked up all the time it’s just not fair.
I live in a pre fab bungalow and the walls don’t support a baby gate (tried and all of them she’s ripped off within a few hours) I’ve put her in jumperoos, cot, playpen but the cot and playpen she can easily escape from or just screams and screams literally nothing will shut her up, this is from 8am to 9pm and she doesn’t nap. There are no HV who can come out and we are currently isolating due to covid. This has been going on for a few weeks now but is getting worse.
Hubby has anger issues and he’s trying really hard not to blow but being under house arrest and no where to go is taking a toll on both of us, we have no family/friends or support bubble.
At this point in time I want to dump her at a hospital and walk away or phone social services and put her into care. We love her but we just can’t cope. Maybe if we were not in lockdown and could go out or put her in nursery or have someone look after her for a bit it would help but we are so cut off.
I’m also in and out of hospital due to illness so I’m getting so scared of leaving hubby and her alone as I know how impossible she is.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.