Is your toddler whining excessively for no reason? Or for snacks even though he has snacks already?
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Try different church nurseries just to get a break. You don't have to be religious. You may find a family who has a daughter who loves to babysit for free. Grow the village.
@Ashley I’m not religious and i don’t trust anyone. I get nervous leaving him with his dad unless they’re at my house so I can watch on the ring camera. I’m also on the west side of Chicago, not a place you leave kids with randoms. Church or not 😅
@Yolanda girl I applaud you 2 under 2 moms & twin moms!. I can’t imagine. I also think it might be his second molars! I can’t see or feel anything but I’ve noticed some extra drooling & finger chewing. I tried giving some Tylenol earlier but the whining persisted 🥲glad to hear you can relate.
Gotcha. It's hard to grow a village in those circumstances. Let him do a lot of sensory. Kinetic sand, play dough, water play. My baby plays with food and it makes a mess but he's happy. It's easier on my mental load to clean up a mess than have a fussy kid. My baby also like bath time. Mine likes to dump water out of the tub. So I have a bucket outside of the tub that he can dump into without flooding the floor. I have an awesome mop that soaks up a lot of water and wrings out into a bucket. And I wash a lot of towels. Have you tried playing with robofish in the bath? They're super fun, especially if you have more than one. They have turtles too.
Yes! I am in the same boat. Sometimes I do lose it and yell and I know it’s not good. After all day my nerves are shot. I try to redirect him and say use your words or walk away. Then I have a one year old that started to scream because of his brother. Lord help me.
Omg yes and now she's starting to scream!! I'm about to lose my mind!! Over every little thing, my older two were never like this or maybe it seems so much because I'm dealing with three 😂 who knows, hoping this phase doesn't last long!!
@Ashley yes some of the best advice I’ve been give was that bath time can be any time 🤣 i definitely toss him in to play when im super overstimulated. We have a turtle and a crab that swim! I go to the park a ton cuz it helps but today was a cleaning day after being out all weekend. You’d think he’d be as tired as I am but nope! 🤣
@Megan girl I feel you. I have definitely let a few “you’re not even crying for a reason!!!” Then I feel horrible. Which is part of the reason I invested in noise canceling headphones cuz I just blast my music and dance it out and sometimes je just keeps crying but sometimes he gets interested in me dancing and joins or just watches. I’ll take it 😭 this toddler shit is HARD!
@Michelle praying it’s just a phase cuz they don’t know enough words to express their frustration?!?! Noise canceling headphones is my only remedy cuz whewwwwwwwww I’m constantly losing it nd then feeling like a shit parent 😭
I totally get that omg!!! I just have to remember that it's got to be so frustrating for them to try and get us to understand what they want, so they are just as frustrated!! But seriously I'm afraid the terrible twos are coming 😆 good luck 🤞
I agree with the above. Any time my kiddo would get really clingy he had something going on and it was usually teething. I would try rotating Tylenol and Motrin. If that doesn’t work maybe ask his pediatrician.
Girl yes. My toddler has phases of this. Seems to correlate with teeth for us. If he has everything he needs, and is still whining constantly, I try teething drops or chamomile teether things. But I’m right there with you, sometimes I literally feel the exact same way and just want to yell at him to stop as well. I’m sure I’ve lost my cool more than once. I also have a seven month old truly, the whining gets super overstimulating at times. Hang in there!