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Liz342
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Does something happen around the age of 1?
Liz342
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What is happening to my DS?! He is an awesome baby- great sleeper, eater, very happy, etc.
In the past couple months, he has started to give up the am nap. I still put him down most of the time and more often than not, he does not sleep. If I don't put him down at all though, he is pretty cranky. He has been getting up from this nap (whether he slept or not) hysterically crying. I get him and he will not let me put him down and if I do he screams, stomps his feet- basically has a little mini-temper tantrum. I thought maybe he was getting a tooth but it's been going on for a month or 2 and the pedi said no teeth were coming yesterday.
He is also getting to the "want mommy all the time" phase. He will follow me around and whine. I know this stage well thanks to DD, so I'm sure this part is normal. However, he just seems so whiny all the time now and he used to be just so happy and content.
The last thing is, I think he's picking up DD's attitude. He is screaming when he gets mad and will clench his fists out of anger. He and DD fight over toys ALL of the time and I have to tend to them literally every 2 minutes or so. This doesn't happen when DD is not around him but that is rare so I can't really avoid this happening. Sometimes I want to just leave them be and let them figure it out but I don't think they will learn anything this way.
This morning, I was going to try not doing the am nap at all to see how cranky he gets between now and his afternoon nap. (I am hesitating to move up the afternoon nap because then he and DD will not be on the same nap schedule). He was a whiny, blabbering mess about a half hour before I would even put him down for the nap anyway. I ended up putting him down, hoping maybe he was just tired but he is in his crib right now whimpering away. I'm sure in a few minutes it will turn into hysterical screaming and I'll have to go get him.
I remember DD becoming very clingy and whiny around the age of 1, but she was an awful baby (I am mean I know) so it was not a shock to me. But DS has been soooo wonderful as a baby and I feel like I'm losing my happy little man. Is it just the age? Is he picking up on DD's behaviors? Anyone else that can relate or remember this age?
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Re: Does something happen around the age of 1?
Liz...sometimes I wonder just how similar our lives really are:) Owen is pretty much going through the EXACT same thing lately even though he is a bit younger than your DS. He is definitely in the transition of going from one to two naps and it has been pretty brutal. The day really depends on how late he sleeps in the morning. If he sleeps late, he takes one nap but if he wakes early, he is still at two which is a total battle to fight at each nap. I will be so happy when he is finally at one. I am with you though about the kids not napping at the same time. That will be a huge transition for me because they have been napping at the same time for months now:(
Owen basically whines on and off all day long. I try everything to meet his needs in the hopes the whining will stop but it doesnt work for very long. I know when Lilly isnt around, he seems to be much more content. That makes sense to me because she still will take toys from him and knock him over unintentionally.
By the end of the day, I just want total silence.
Yes, he often will end up crying to get up but will at least lie there awake for a little while. This was my thinking too. I was hoping to give him a little rest time even if he doesn't nap because he definitely gets really cranky when he's overtired. And he actually went to sleep today, so I might have been right that he was tired, even though he had only been up a couple hours and usually it's a fight to get him to nap in the am!
Hahaha! I was thinking of you when I asked about others here that have a LO close to that age! I was thinking exactly what you said about sleeping in and taking one good nap. DS is up around 6:30- 7:00 each day but this weekend we got up and went downstairs with DD and he ended up sleeping till 9!! He missed the am nap and took a good pm nap. I think his ideal schedule is to sleep in a little longer and just do the 1 nap but it's almost impossible in this house!
DD wakes up and starts yelling to be let out of her room a little after 6. We let her play upstairs while we get ready for the day and she is noisy and wakes DS up. I really wish we could alternate showering and one of us staying downstairs with her but we'd have to wake up really early to do that and I know DH won't do it. The only other option is for her to be downstairs alone with is ok for a short amount of time but it would be for like 30 mins so it just won't work.
I feel so much better that you are somewhat going through the same thing with the whining. I want silence at the end of the day too. We put DS down early around 7 and DD is closer to 8. DH always wants to let DD stay up later since she's usually being good and watching some tv at that time but I'm like "no, it needs to be completely calm and quiet!"