Toddler has suddenly changed

My toddler has always been so happy and playful but this past 2 weeks or so she's completely flipped, she cries over anything and everything, everything is a battle, she's always loved baths, would cry if she wasn't getting a bath, nothing in our bathing routine has changed but the past 2 times I've bathed her she's done nothing but cry and cling to me to get out, which isn't easy as she's got thick curly hair its becoming impossible to wash it properly, please tell me this is just another phase, her sleep is still the same but meal times are also a kick off with her, she's ate a few raisins and a smoothie today and she's normally pretty good with food 😭😭

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No advice but same, we get a few days of lovely behaviour then we get a terror. Its exhausting!

Omg feel like I wrote this my self. She suddenly hates showers and baths and I swear she’s become a terrorist!

Unfortunately not got much advice but are you sure she’s not ill? My boy was like that a few weeks ago, refusing food, extremely docile, clingy and crying which was very unlike him

I have just been through this with my usual happy Toddler, worked out he had COVID, two weeks of clingy then one week of temprature and clearly ill. Now back to normal

Also had the bath thing which is continuing but changed to having showers which has worked

I came on here after to write pretty much the exact same thing 😭 I always felt so lucky that my little boy loved the bath and was so happy getting in each night, now it’s such a struggle to get him in and when he’s in he just cries and screams to get out! He is also barely eating, but his very back molars are slowly coming through so I’ve put that down to that. Bedtimes have been chaos! I’m really hoping when these molars are fully through I get my happy baby back 😭

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