Ds2 (2.3y o) has always been clingy, as a small baby he liked being carried facing outwards or he would scream.
I still bf him but rather than feeds decreasing they are increasing. I can't play with him or cuddle him without him wanting 'booby' if I say no he screams, if I try to distract him he screams, I've tried offering other drinks but he refuses and will try to tip them everywhere and screams more when I tell him off or take it away.
I feed him each evening and he wakes up 10+ times each night he has NEVER slept through. If I say no or try to get him back to sleep he wakes up and cries so its easier to just give in and feed him as other dcs have disabilities/medical needs and need attending to at night or they are asleep and I can't risk him disturbing them. I'm exhausted every morning and always hungry and my arms ache from where he wants to be cuddled and picked up all the time. If I don't he's grabbing onto me and screaming and I can't get a thing done.
Quite frankly I'm sick of it. I love him and he's adorable but I want some time away from him so that my arms don't ache and I can sleep without my neck hurting or him rolling about over me and taking up all the space (he sleeps in cot at first then wakes and we co sleep)
Tonight I've had to say to dh no more I have handed him ds and said I'm going for a bath as can't bear to sit feeding ds to sleep whilst he does his habit of pinching my other nipple (ds that is not dh!) as if he can't do that he fusses and cries and then screams.
During the day I try and play with him, he doesn't want other will play with dh or other adults but not me as all I get is 'booby' 'cuddle' 'pick up' and I'm so tired.
Recently he is complaining of 'tummy hurting' every day or 'legs hurting' and as he has same condition as dcs I'm wondering if pain is making him like this so I'm thinking of trying calpol and nurofen before bed for him. I know its not his fault but I just feel like I need to be away from him for a few hours as he exhausts me. I keep asking dh to take him/distract him as I can't face the bf so much and I feel grumpy.
What can I do I really feel on the edge over this he is by far the most demanding dc and that's saying a lot
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Ds2 is so clingy and whiny that I think I may have a breakdown
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Edenviolet · 30/07/2014 21:50
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31/07/2014 08:40
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