DD is 6m 1 week.
She is having a terrible phase.
Teething is reaching absurd levels, she is in discomfort most of the time, I think, but no teeth yet.
She has been ill with a cold.
But these things aside, she is just so difficult about everything!!! Whine/grizzles ALL the time - putting her into her pushchair, putting her into her high chair, changing her nappy, changing her clothes...
I think she wants to do more than she is able? Does that make sense? She wants to feed herself, for sure, as she is refusing the spoon etc from me. But she is too little to get anything at all substantial in her mouth, which makes her hungry, which makes her grizzle more...
She wants to crawl, but can't, so gets frustrated.
She gets quite easily bored, I think, I am run ragged trying to entertain her but obviously basic housework etc needs to be done, I can't just entertain her 24/7
Thanks God she isn't a dreadful sleeper.
Is this normal or not? I worry because I have VERY spirited (aka out of control) nieces and nephews and I don't think I could cope if she was just one of those children who never do anything willingly. At the mo I feel like everything is a bit of a battle, that she is unhappy no matter what I do.
Of course then I get a wonderful smile out of the blue and it all seems fabulous again... until the next problem!
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Is 6 months a difficult phase? I feel like I can barely cope
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emeraldgirl1 · 20/09/2013 21:08
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