Hi,
Hope you're all well.
I want to know how do you deal with a toddler and a 6 month old baby.
My toddler (2years old) constantly crying, having tantrums and throwing himself on the ground when he is not pleased with something. He is non verbal so we both find is very hard to communicate. I also have a 6 month old baby boy who is genuinely very happy boy always smiling but gets very bored with toys so I have to keep them both busy with different toys every 5 mins.
I try to go out but I stop myself sometimes because of thoughts of how I'm going to handle two little ones especially a toddler who is going through a crying phrase. He is a normal wild boy who doesn't sit in one place. Would run around without worry if I'm not in his eyesight. Gets very hard to handle. Gives me anxiety to take him out. He doesn't listen to his name, or anything I say. I want to take him out but he needs my 100% attention aswell physically running after him but I also have to give my 6 month old his feeds and naps.
I've been to stay and plays. I see mums sit and have a chat socialise while the kids play. I don't sit comfortably I'm always on edge what is he doing, jumping off chairs, opening doors to get out, running into children. By an hour into stay and plays I'm exhausted.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
He is on the list to get regular health visits at the clinic aswell as speech therapist to try and get him to communicate. He scored very low in his 2 year old review.
How do you guys do it? I want to be able to give time to the baby like I had given my eldest but it's impossible with his elder brother yelling in my eyes all day and night.
have looked into private nurseries but we just cannot afford it at the moment.