arghhhhhhhhh i can't take any more HELP!

[nappyaddict]

why will my almost 12 month old not stop screaming?

i have changed his nappy, given him milk, tried to give him tea which he refuses to eat.

if he sits on my lap he calms down a bit, yet if i sit him next to me he starts screaming again and god forbid i leave the room - well you don't want to know. how am i supposed to do anything!!

should i just leave him to cry and hope he will shut up after a while?

stick him on the kitchen floor wiht a big mixing bowl of rice, some small plastic cups and a wooden spoon

thats the thing even sat on the floor or even on a chair next to me he will cry and cry even if he's got all his toys around him.

i sat him on the work surface 5 minutes ago while i tried to make a drink. he seemed interested in the washing up rack and plastic bowls in it so i sat it and him on the floor. cue screaming once more.

oh. I was hoping that something out of hte ordinary would "shock" him into stopping! Is he hot? What about a paddling pool?

oooh now that sounds like a good idea. the only thing that shuts him up is the bath but obviously that only works if i have to clean the bathroom!

a paddling pool in my kitchen sounds like a good idea. any temporary ideas before i get one?

washing up bowl / baby bath?

kitchen sink!?

great minds ... put him in the washing up bowl!!

he's a bit small and his legs are hanging over the edge but its keeping him quiet. peace at last. why didn't i think of this an hour ago.

lol, my14 month old ds has been like this all day too. I wonder if its the weather. The thing that worked in the end was taking him to the local turkish barber's for a haircut. The sight of a strange man coming at him with shears stopped him in his tracks. And he cheered up massively at the massive balloon he got as a reward.

ds hasn't got enough hair for a hair cut

i crave for him to have surfer dude hair but at this rate he'll be 10 before we get there.

then he'll get nits

my cousins have hair that is clippered every month and have had nits so i don't think length has much to do with it.

i have taken a photo of ds in his bowl. you do not want to know how wet the kitchen floor is!

have added it to my profile. the one at the very bottom.

WOW you have so many pictures! The baby in bowl pic is glorious, he looks extremely happy in there

thanks