In a nutshell: ds2 (16 months) has always been adventurous. If there's something dangerous in the room, he finds it. If it can be climbed, he climbs it.
Dd was born 2 months ago (ds2 was 14 mo). I've tried SOOOO hard to be conscientious that he's still a baby. We still nurse. We cosleep.
Ds2 is, at times, his happy-go-lucky self. But, when I'm nursing the baby, he almost always comes and tries to hit her or bite her or climb onto my lap.
I get that he's angry and feeling like he wants me to himself. We've added in an extra nursing time for him when Daddy gets home because it seems to be what he needs to get through the late afternoon with a minimal amount of hitting and biting.
I can handle all this and I really try to make sure he gets enough attention.
Lately he seems to have had a growth spurt and hasn't yet grown into his new body. We were in the ER on Sat night because he recently discovered spinning and smashed his head into a chair. 6 stitches. Now he thinks spinning is fun, though. Especially when I'm sitting down nursing and have difficulty leaping up repeatedly to stop him.
Tonight he pinched his own fingers in the door and got a bloody nose when his brother fell on him. This was after he decided he can slide through a gap in the back of our dining room chairs. I doubt his head would fit easily so now I'm thinking of getting rid of the chairs unless I can quickly come up with a way to block the gap. Oh and we moved the chairs into the living room because he was using them to climb up on the table and pound on the window.
I'm so desperately afraid that he'll hurt himself. I worry that if I slack off for one minute he'll do some real damage.
I guess I'm looking for BTDT stories or any kind of reassurance that this is a phase and it will pass. Someone joked the other day that we should get him a hockey helmet. I'm seriously considering it. And pads.
I also wonder if it's worth it to get our pack n play back from my friend who borrowed it. I loaned because we've never used it but now I'm thinking it might be handy if he's just being too dangerous and poor dd needs to nurse. IDK what to do. Help!
Dd was born 2 months ago (ds2 was 14 mo). I've tried SOOOO hard to be conscientious that he's still a baby. We still nurse. We cosleep.
Ds2 is, at times, his happy-go-lucky self. But, when I'm nursing the baby, he almost always comes and tries to hit her or bite her or climb onto my lap.
I get that he's angry and feeling like he wants me to himself. We've added in an extra nursing time for him when Daddy gets home because it seems to be what he needs to get through the late afternoon with a minimal amount of hitting and biting.
I can handle all this and I really try to make sure he gets enough attention.
Lately he seems to have had a growth spurt and hasn't yet grown into his new body. We were in the ER on Sat night because he recently discovered spinning and smashed his head into a chair. 6 stitches. Now he thinks spinning is fun, though. Especially when I'm sitting down nursing and have difficulty leaping up repeatedly to stop him.
Tonight he pinched his own fingers in the door and got a bloody nose when his brother fell on him. This was after he decided he can slide through a gap in the back of our dining room chairs. I doubt his head would fit easily so now I'm thinking of getting rid of the chairs unless I can quickly come up with a way to block the gap. Oh and we moved the chairs into the living room because he was using them to climb up on the table and pound on the window.
I'm so desperately afraid that he'll hurt himself. I worry that if I slack off for one minute he'll do some real damage.
I guess I'm looking for BTDT stories or any kind of reassurance that this is a phase and it will pass. Someone joked the other day that we should get him a hockey helmet. I'm seriously considering it. And pads.
I also wonder if it's worth it to get our pack n play back from my friend who borrowed it. I loaned because we've never used it but now I'm thinking it might be handy if he's just being too dangerous and poor dd needs to nurse. IDK what to do. Help!
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