I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle most days. I have a nine-month-old and a two-year-old.
The two-year-old currently spends most of his time doing the opposite of what I say to him and then throwing himself on the floor and screaming, even to a simple question such as "would you like a drink?"
The nine-month-old is a happy little fella but does seem to spend lots of time screaming also. He doesn't want to cuddle, he doesn't want to lie on the floor, he doesn't want to go in his walker, he doesn't want to go in his bouncer, he can't walk, he can't crawl, he is just so frustrated as he wants to do whatever his older brother is doing so spends most of the time grunting or screeching at me. God knows how he'll ever learn to crawl as he just gets so annoyed if I put him on the floor.
His screaming often upsets my eldest so I'm walking a tightrope to keep them both amused and give my poor ear drums a rest.
We do go out of the house but obviously there are times when we have to stay in and during those times, I need to leave the room to perhaps visit the loo or make the lunch or put the washing on but he just screams so much.
I'm pretty exhausted. He wakes at five am every day and won't go back to sleep. I cook healthy meals for him with plenty of protein and he also has his milk. It's hard to get both of them to nap at the same time and so I can't try and rest or do any jobs while one is asleep as the other one will be creating a fuss in one way or another and demanding my attention.
The eldest can obviouly entertain himself for a while if he has to but the little one just wants to do something new and more exciting every 35 seconds.
I do feel sorry for him because even when we go to the park, the eldest gets to enjoy the swings and running around and he just has to sit and watch because I can't get both of them out of the buggy.
What can I try to do to keep the little one more entertained and the older one a little calmer to help me become a little more sane?