So my toddler is 2 and this has been his first 'proper' Christmas. Since that day he's been screaming howling and crying before bed- totally inconsolable tantrum style to get access to a couple of new toys he got. (These are two massive plastic noisy contraptions that cannot go in his cot with him).
He's even started waking up in the middle of the night very distressed asking to play with them. I know he's really tired and is ready to sleep, and when he's settled eventually he will go over and if he wakes upset he will go back to sleep and then sleep through but it's a horrible 20 minutes or so of just inconsolable screaming- won't be held, won't be set down. It was so bad the first night I was ready to ring the doctor incase he was in pain.
I'm trying to figure out if the toys he's playing with are overstimulating (I tend to get wooden or open play style toys so he doesn't have that much plastic noisy flashy stuff because I just don't have the space for many toys in the first place.) Or is the sudden influx of a stupid amount of toys just overwhelming for him?
Do I take the main culprits away? Do I just push through? I don't know what to do for the best but it is awful to watch and not be able to console him.