Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Parenting

For free parenting resources please check out the Early Years Alliance's Family Corner.

I’m not sure?

3 replies

Foreverboymumma · 24/05/2024 17:42

My son is 2 and a half. He’s always loved the bath, if you ask him he runs to the bathroom.
last week; I ran him a bath, told him but he cried and just refused to get in.
I thought maybe he was just tired, it was evening so I put him to bed.
tried again this afternoon and just the mention of the word ‘splish splash’ which is what he knows as the bath, he had a meltdown? Head butting, throwing himself back a complete tantrum!

He also cannot stand loud noises, even small drill noises, he screams, and clings to you.
the hoover, hairdryer, lawnmower, even somebody knocking at my door he’s so wary. he puts his hands over his eyes and says no when he doesn’t want something, and hands over his ears with loud noises whilst he’s screaming.
I just want to say he’s never had a bad experience with any of these things.

I do have a health visitor appt late June which I will mention these things.
i just wondered if anybody had any advice or suggestions as to why he may feel this way towards these things.

hes never liked loud noises but he’s always loved the bath 🥹

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
mynameiscalypso · 24/05/2024 17:43

I suspect the answer might be simply that he's 2.5 and they are contrary little things who love something one day and then act like they're being tortured the next. Sympathies, it's tough going.

infactyourquiteunique · 24/05/2024 18:26

Has something happened to trigger this? Can you try shower instead? You bath with him?

He sounds quite sensitive to noise . I'd mention it to hv but doesn't sound overly worrying.

Yourethebeerthief · 24/05/2024 18:47

Mine went from loving baths/showers to refusing them overnight at 2 and a half as well.

We've gone from a bath every night to a shower twice a week. He sometimes starts with the "no I don't want it!" but I just gather up some toy cars or Duplo and tell him he has to have a shower because he's dirty and mummy is dirty too. We have a quick ten minute shower and he always ends up loving it once he's in.

They just like to start refusing things because it's the only control they have. Our current "don't like it" is over baths/showers, which shoes or wellies he wants to wear, and coats.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page