OMGWTFBBQ?

[littleheaven]

This question is for all the mommies on my F-list...

Why has my 21 month old, who has been an excellent sleeper for most of his life, suddenly started screaming his head off whenever we try to put him in bed?  His routine hasn't changed, I don't think he's teething, he has an ear infection but has been on meds for 3 days and doesn't seem bothered by it at any other time...  It took us from 7.30 pm to 11.00pm to get him to sleep last night.  That's unprecedented.  And this morning he refused his nap.  I let him shriek for 30 minutes while I had a desperately-needed shower, but then I had to get him up again because hubby was trying to sleep.  Any words of wisdom?  Tell me it's just a phase.  We're taking him on holiday to Australia next week and I can't imagine how fraught it will be if he does this every night.

In other news, today is New Zealand's general election, where we decide the government and prime minister for the next three years.  If it doesn't turn out right,I might stay in Australia.  I can't take another three years of what we've been through for so long now.  If we continue to plummet down the OECD rankings as we have been, we'll soon be a 2nd-world nation.

Forgive any typing sanfus - I'm on my Eee, which, while adorable and wonderful, has a teeny keyboard and I'm used to a big curved ergonomic one.

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[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

Don't have a kid, myself, but most of my friends seem to have found that kids get into all kinds of wacky behavior around 2 years old. He may just be exercising his will. ; )
I have to ask. What does OMGWTFBBQ mean? This is the second time I've seen this in 2 days. I know about the first six letters, but I'm not getting what barbeque has to do with it...

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

I am worried that this is a behavioural thing, because they're so much harder to fix than a sore tooth or an earache!

As for OMGWTFBBQ... I guess when OMGWTF is not enough, you have to set it on fire. *shrug*

[auntyk.livejournal.com]

would have to echo sgbetty....though it would be interesting to move his crib/bed (?) to another room.....maybe he's had a fright of some sort?

so you're coming to Oz? whatcha gunna do here :P

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

Hi, hun! Mystery solved, he has a streaming cold today, so he must have had a sore throat. He's sleeping better already. *sigh of relief*

We're spending 11 days in Maroochydore, hopefully getting some sun and relaxation. Or, sun, at least. The relaxation part may be waylaid by a small, energetic person ;o)

[damnskippytoo.livejournal.com]

I don't have kids, but I thought it was pretty normal for kids to start rebelling about going to bed at some point. I know all my nieces and nephews pitch fits about it. I didn't know it started so early, however. Have you Googled because I'm sure there are tons of suggestions for canoogling them to bed.

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

I've got books and books on the subject, but at the end of the day when they're hysterical, it's hard to do anything other than go pick them up. *sigh*

Thankfully it seems he must have had a sore throat, because he's got a cold now, and he went down almost without a fuss last night and for his morning nap today. *phew*

I'm dreading when he moves to a bed he can get out of!

[damnskippytoo.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that's the reason though I'm sorry he's sick. But better a cold that leaves in a little while than fighting bed every night until he's...well, until he leaves your home probably. ;)

[landrews.livejournal.com]

Well, it's almost always something you can't figure out until you do, lolol. But we went through an awful time with Linds for awhile around the time she was four. We finally let her scream herself out at bedtime for a couple of nights with her door closed while we sat right outside and cried :-) With both our kids we quickly nipped bedtime tantrums in the bud by NOT doing the bedtime thing of storytime, drink ect. We put them down, gave them a hug and said goodnight and hightailed it out of the room. We did go through a period with Linds, again!, when we were traveling, of lying down with her until she fell asleep but we found out that when you give an inch, they take a yard, oy!

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. We do that with Griffin. Pop him in the crib, say the normal goodnight phrases, and leg it. We'll go back once for a dropped (read "thrown") pacifier and warn him that if he does it again, he'll stay without it for the night, and that's pretty much it. Normally if he does grizzle it's over in minutes. You're so right about taking a yard. He's super-tuned to what he can get away with with each of us. He plays up more when he's with me alone, because he knows I'm softer.