One year old suddenly very whiny and clingy
Hi all. DD is almost one and normally very happy. However, for the past couple of weeks she’s been VERY clingy and grumpy. She cries if I’m not within touching distance, and howls if I leave the room. Sometimes I’ll be in the room with her playing with her or holding her and she’ll still be whinging. It’s not any old cry, it’s an ear piercing SHRIEK!
She’s normally a great sleeper but her sleep has become awful recently. Normally she’s in bed by 7/7:30pm and will sleep until 6:30/7am, but now we’re lucky if she’s asleep before 11pm. That or she’ll go to sleep at 7pm but will then wake up 5/6 times in the night. Last night she didn’t fall asleep until 2am and was up for the day at 6:30am! Exhausted isn’t the word. I’m a full time uni student and it’s a real struggle to get to lectures sometimes!
She doesn’t have a temperature, nappies normal, still eating and drinking well, so I don’t think she’s ill. She still has sunny periods but they’re much rarer than before. Most of the time she is whining or crying.
I admit I’ve become quite frustrated and upset with her recently as I can’t seem to make her happy, and the constant whining coupled with the poor sleep is really getting to me. My partner does help as much as he can, but he works full time so isn’t at home very much during the week. Starting to feel like a terrible mum as my child is so miserable. I want my happy girl back! She has just started walking and becoming a lot more ‘chatty’. Could this explain it?
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks 😊