I'm feeling seriously :( ... life is so stressful!
Ds is 13 months and is seemingly entirely frustrated by lifeat the moment.
He can't walk unaided yet so I seem to spend the entire day walking him round by holding his hands. If I encourage him to sit and look at a book or toy he will scream because he wants to keep walking. Literally. All. Day.
I'm trying to encourage him to walk by himself by making a furniture maze etc but he's not interested. He wants me or dh to walk him round.
Coupled with this he wants to eat everything. Literally the last bit of fluff left in a corner (and our house is very clean) he will find it and eat it. I worry about him choking on something. I have obviously baby proofed as much as humanly possible but still he will manage to find dust / a random bit of plastic or paper etc.
He isn't interested in toys. And we have half a toy shop (not a stealth boast just saying it's not that he doesn't have toys). He has a walker, no interest. He had a jumperoo, hated it and cried everytime.
I have a playpen so I can leave him for the odd few minutes to make a quick lunch or put washing away and he screams blue murder. Real tantrum anger cry. He has lots of toys in it etc etc.
I take him out to the park etc and he's not interested in the swing (cries). He just wants to sit on the floor and eat the dirt. Or the flowers. Or walk with me holding him.
The only saving grace is that he sleeps amazingly well - from 6.30-6.30 everyday and has two naps of 1.5 hours during the day. However, these naps must be in his cot in the dark. If we go out for the day he literally will not sleep ALL day (record 12 hours awake) and consequently ends up in an overtired state. So basically I don't go out anywhere unless it's local and I can get back for his naps!
What are other people's babies doing? What is life like? I'm feeling like it's all awfully hard work, like endurance tests! :(
I'm waiting for that breakthrough where he finally walks or says a few words and life's less frustrating for him. I'm so tired of this. Dd is 10 years old and I'd forgotten all this :(
Needing a rant and reassurance really. :(
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are all 13 month olds like this?! i feel broken and he's my second baby after a big age gap!
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Fairylea · 13/07/2013 20:34
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