DS is 15 months old next week. Was never an easy baby. Didn’t sleep much and cried quite a bit. Post 4th trimester though, as long as we were out and about he was pretty content, which suited me.
He’s just been an absolute horror for the last month or so now though. Getting out the house has become a nightmare. He screams having his nappy changed, getting dressed and going into the pushchair/the car seat/the sling. When we finally made it to soft play this morning, it didn’t get much better. When he was 11 or 12 months he would happily cruise round interacting with things. Today he tolerated maybe 30 seconds before crying to be picked up, before crying to go back down again. After his nap we went to the local play area. Previously we could spend hours here. Currently he hates everything there and just wants me to walk round holding him. That sums it up really - he just wants to be held and carried all the time. At nearly 13kg this isn’t easy (especially as he hates the sling…) He cries if I’m in the room and not holding him. My poor DH can’t get a look in.
He sleeps pretty well now and eats incredibly well, so I don’t think it’s driven by tiredness or hunger. He never really mastered crawling and isn’t quite walking yet so I’m guessing it’s a lot of frustration.
I’m just feeling completely useless. I was just finding my stride with parenting after a difficult first few months, but if this is only going to get worse at age 2 and 3 then I don’t know how I’ll cope as the days are painful at the moment!