DS is 15 months old. going on 15 years old. I realise he's probably frustrated at not making himself very well understood which isn't helping, but at the minute we have complete meltdowns if something he's not ment to have is taken away from him, if he doesn't want to do something quite literally he will fling himslef on the floor, head in his hands and then scream at the top of his lungs. i've tried ignoring him (thinking any attention will show him that's the way to get attention iycwim) destraction makes it worse. normally these will last 5 mins or so once he's calmed down then he has a cuddles etc and a calm voice and will then go off and play. I do also try to distract him with a differnt toy/swop items etc if taking something away from him sometimes it works sometimes not.
sleeping he's being a nightmare we have had so far 1.5 hours of screaming/climbing up at the bars for about a month now - and i'm so drained and fed up of it all now. he climbs up at the bars I go in lay him back down - bed time night nights etc he gets up screams I go in it's a circle as soon as I walk to the cot he smiles and lays down which gets me angry with myself. failing that we have the i'll scream till you pick me up and cuddle me then i'll scream when you lay me down again. until about a month ago he was an angel for sleeping. he really was good. can teething really be going on for this long? i've tried him having 1 nap and 2 naps p/d either way the night time is the same he won't go to sleep til he's ready ( last week has been 8.30) or later. esp when going to bed at 7pm it's got beyond now.
he can be the most loving and sweet little boy in the world and I adore him, but a tthe minute i'm not sure if I like him very much or not, and I feel awful saying and typing that i'm tired all the time and completely worn out. what else can I do/is this a phase that will pass hopefully in the next few weeks? do I need to be firmer with boundries or something I honestly don't know anymore what to do.