Absolutely exhausted by this behaviour, which comes and goes in phases of a few days at the moment. My DS will suddenly announce he doesn’t want something, even usual routine things like his night time Milk. If we take it away he screams that he wants it. If we give it back or try to encourage him to accept it he then pushes it away again. He’s currently done it with his teddy bear - thrown out of cot, th n screaming for it, I gave it back once and said I wasn’t coming back, the h threw it out again.
I’m now ignoring him but it’s very difficult. He’s keeping up a whine, rather than out and out tears and upset. But I don’t know what to do or how best to react to this. It seems to me that rewarding the ‘game’ with any kind of attention is probably a bad idea, also futile as it just continues for ages or until he melts down into a proper tantrum/we take it away. but it’s very hard to hear him calling for things for ages (he’s persistent!). It feels like I’m not meeting his needs - but then if I try to he just rejects whatever it is again and round we go. How do I stop this cycle/pattern? Has anyone else experienced it? Thanks