My dd turned 2 a few weeks ago and it was like from the very night of her birthday all hell has broken loose.
She used to sleep through the night, go down for naps easily and was a very happy toddler. Thing is, she still is like that to everyone but me. If someone else has her she is completely fine with them, no trouble at all but as soon as I'm around she will instantly have tantrums, start hitting and screaming like shes possessed! It took me over an hour trying to get her to nap, every time I went in she will scream and wont let me put her down but as soon as someone else goes up there she will go straight down with no problems. Im a lone parent so it is mostly just me having to deal with her being this way but she is fine when I have my dp round or my parents look after her.
Whats going on and how am I supposed to deal with it? Normally if she has a tantrum I will tell her 'no' and then try and distract her with something else but its becoming less effective as time goes on.
Everyday I feel like crying now because its like I'm doing something wrong. Could it have something to do with the fact that her dad moved away recently and went from seeing her weekly to nothing at all for over a month?
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Illustrated · 19/08/2014 12:05
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