Help!!!

[Baileyjaysmum]

Hi

I am hoping someone might have a solution to the problem I am having with my 21month old son. He has been in a bed now for six weeks and up until this week has been an angle going to sleep at night. This week after I put him to bed he cries for almost an hour and takes his pj pants off and nappy. Sunday night I found him asleep on the change table, Monday asleep at the door and Tuesday asleep on his bed but with his nappy and pants off. I dont know what to do. I thought maybe he wants to be toilet trained but when I put him on the toilet - nothing! I am pregnant and due in seven weeks so maybe this has something to do with it. He has always been an angel but all of a sudden he is the devil. He throws toys, tips over the coffee table, climbs onto the kitchen bench. What is the solution? Take the toys away, take the furniture away - to what extent do you have to go. Any help would be appreciated as I am at my whits end tonight. I know he is coming into the terrible twos but is it this bad? Will it get worse???:banghead:

[draught]

Ah Kristy - the nude baby - a familiar occurrence in our house. To deal with the nappy and pants issue the only solution I have found that works is to dress in them an all-in-one pj outfit - maybe easier to find for girls than boys but one of the suits with crotch snaps - you can get them with short sleeves etc - but they can't take them off and therefore can't get to their nappy. Another friend of mine who went through something similar used gaffer tape (the thick electrical stuff) over the nappy to make sure it stayed on!

Given the experience I have had with my two girls I would say his behaviour is age related rather than impending baby related, if that is any comfort.

As for the staying in bed - not much you can do about that other than make sure that there is nothing he can hurt himself on during his nocturnal adventures. The going to sleep thing - at about that age we introduced a night time CD to DD1 - with gentle stories (like the Mem Fox 'Possum Magic" CD) or music (Wiggles "Go to sleep Jeff" was a big hit) so she had something to listen to etc when she went to bed.

A final thought - not sure if any of this is helping but worth chucking it all in to see if anything makes sense - could he be getting his 2 year old molars? They gave my DDs some grief that only became a problem once they were lying down at night - something to do with the pressure/pain etc.

[Baileyjaysmum]

Hi Draught

Thanks for the suggestions - looks like I am off to the shops to buy some all in ones tomorrow. I had a chuckle to myself about the gaffer tape!!!

I thought it may be a teething thing as well.

Thanks again and I will see how the suggestions go!!

[Kirstlea]

Hi Kristy

I am wondering if its a combination of molars, age and new baby. You are and I are at the same stage in our pregnancies and my dd who is almost 3 1/2 has turned into a demon over the last few weeks.

I have also found her in bed with no nappy or pants on even though she only wears a nappy at night now and is only allowed to not have a nappy on when she goes to the toilet before she goes to bed.

When she first went into a bed at 18mths we would find her asleep in all sorts of weird places but realised it was just her getting used to the freedom of a bed I guess. Its all good now except on the odd occassion when we find her asleep on the floor infront of the door.

We are finding it increasingly difficult to deal with her demands at the moment. She has become a horror in the sense she is deliberatly doing things that she knows are wrong ie spitting or slapping me in the face. Screaming at me because I can't pick her up just like that, pulling the dogs hair, the list goes on.

Now I know she has her molars so thats not the issue and the nappy thing well I am almost positive she just wants to be rid of those pesky things but the nasty streak we are thinking is something to do with the pending new person coming to our house and she is trying to attract as much attention as possible whether its good or bad she doesn't seem to care.

So some of what you are dealing with I would think would be normal development stage but the devil part ??????????? If I can pick up any tips from your thread I will be stoked.

Hope you don't think I have hi-jacked your thread, just wanted you to know your not alone.

Kirsten

[Baileyjaysmum]

Hi Kristlea

I am glad I am not alone and hopefully we can both get something good out of this thread. I am hoping that when bubs two comes along things will be better not worse.

Hopefully they turn into angels again!