Evening everyone,
I'm at a complete loss and feeling like I could burst into tears. My DS has just come out the other end of being ill for 3 and a half weeks. He had stomach flu for a week then 3 days fine then caught a nasty cold which was worse than the stomach bug. Ever since the cold, he's been having meltdowns lasting an hour / an hour and a half about the littlest things, he's clingy, he doesn't want his dad, he doesn't want to go anywhere, he doesn't want to go to bed. He wakes in the night and cries to go in the living room.
He was never like this before and this behaviour is just bizarre for us. He loved nursery, loved being with his dad, didn't tantrum (just complained for a few minutes), happily went to bed. I don't recognise my own son. It's like he's had a personality transplant.
He was like this last year after a 3 week illness too but it wasnt as extreme at all and didn't last this long either. He's a very sensitive boy and I'm doing what I can do be there for him, but I'm honestly losing the will. I'm also 32 weeks pregnant and just exhausted.
He's well again, just a small cough remaining. We did attempt nursery this morning for the first time and he had around 3 meltdowns (45 minutes then 30 then 10). I was with him as we're at a small nursery so I was able to stay, and then we left together, trying to get him used to it again. Maybe he's just exhausted? Trying to get him into bed because I think he's exhausted, and you'd think we were killing him right now. So I retreated to the bedroom before I started crying and he's with DH just screaming.
Any advice or insight would be welcome thanks all