Post by nicola1712 on Dec 18, 2009 19:37:04 GMT
HELP!!!
My new baby is two months old and until a few days ago my 2 year old toddler seemed to be doing ok with him - she got a bit clingy to start with but that seemed to be it.
However, few days ago she suddenly wanted HIS dummy and not hers, she tried climbing into the bouncer and worst of all she has started throwing whopping tantrums at bedtime. She usually goes to bed very happily and just settles herself but the past three mights we have had screaming, shouting, throwing toys, kicking doors and gates for up to an hour before she calms herself down and gets into bed and konks out.
It seems like a delayed reaction to baby's arrival?? Can that happen? What should we do - anyone else had this?
SO far, we have been doing controlled crying like when she was little and after an hour she eventually settles. When she wakes in the night we do the same thing, controlled crying again (but she is so much louder these days!) and she again puts herself back to bed in the end.....
She is absolutely fine during the day, happy, busy, energetic, eating fine...oh actually she has developed a 'cough' and got herself retching today after her dinner but not bringing anything up and it 'stopped' once she got distracted.....?
Anyone?
xx
My new baby is two months old and until a few days ago my 2 year old toddler seemed to be doing ok with him - she got a bit clingy to start with but that seemed to be it.
However, few days ago she suddenly wanted HIS dummy and not hers, she tried climbing into the bouncer and worst of all she has started throwing whopping tantrums at bedtime. She usually goes to bed very happily and just settles herself but the past three mights we have had screaming, shouting, throwing toys, kicking doors and gates for up to an hour before she calms herself down and gets into bed and konks out.
It seems like a delayed reaction to baby's arrival?? Can that happen? What should we do - anyone else had this?
SO far, we have been doing controlled crying like when she was little and after an hour she eventually settles. When she wakes in the night we do the same thing, controlled crying again (but she is so much louder these days!) and she again puts herself back to bed in the end.....
She is absolutely fine during the day, happy, busy, energetic, eating fine...oh actually she has developed a 'cough' and got herself retching today after her dinner but not bringing anything up and it 'stopped' once she got distracted.....?
Anyone?
xx
