I have an 11 mo old DS. Starting at about 8 or 9 mo old, he has shown that he is "all boy".
I just get beaten up. I get pinched, hit, bitten, slapped, twisted, kicked, have my hair pulled, etc. He doesn't know what he's doing. And still doesn't understand my "NO fill-in-the-blank" response. I try not to react/laugh to encourage the behavior.
He also acts aggressive in some circumstances, like when I feed him. He will bite down hard on the spoon and make a face as if he's biting with all his might. When he gets food on his hands he will open and close his fists and do it in such a way that looks so angry. And if he grabs onto the spoon, he will hold on with all his might and not let go. He's got the strength of a body builder! If he's overtired or unhappy, he lets out such an angry sounding cry, he seems possessed.
Also, we co-sleep and I nurse him to sleep. More often than not, he doesn't go right to sleep, sometimes taking up to 2 hours. He spins around in bed, crawls, rolls over, etc. He'll also latch on, and then roll over and latch on again repeating that over and over. And he kicks his legs non-stop.
He'll also wedge himself up parallel to the headboard and then I have to move him back to parallel to me after he squeals with unhappiness at the position he's gotten himself into and we go through that routine a few times. And he'll roll over back and forth back and forth.
And, just before he finally does fall asleep (he's active right until the very end literally), he'll let out a few yells/moans even. He'll roll over onto his stomach in a crawling position and fall asleep like that as if his battery just ran out in the middle of the action.
A friend of mine with a 2 yr old girl said that her daughter never did those things like that and she was quite calm. So, I'm curious whether there is a distinct difference between boys and girls even at that young an age.
I just get beaten up. I get pinched, hit, bitten, slapped, twisted, kicked, have my hair pulled, etc. He doesn't know what he's doing. And still doesn't understand my "NO fill-in-the-blank" response. I try not to react/laugh to encourage the behavior.
He also acts aggressive in some circumstances, like when I feed him. He will bite down hard on the spoon and make a face as if he's biting with all his might. When he gets food on his hands he will open and close his fists and do it in such a way that looks so angry. And if he grabs onto the spoon, he will hold on with all his might and not let go. He's got the strength of a body builder! If he's overtired or unhappy, he lets out such an angry sounding cry, he seems possessed.
Also, we co-sleep and I nurse him to sleep. More often than not, he doesn't go right to sleep, sometimes taking up to 2 hours. He spins around in bed, crawls, rolls over, etc. He'll also latch on, and then roll over and latch on again repeating that over and over. And he kicks his legs non-stop.
He'll also wedge himself up parallel to the headboard and then I have to move him back to parallel to me after he squeals with unhappiness at the position he's gotten himself into and we go through that routine a few times. And he'll roll over back and forth back and forth.
And, just before he finally does fall asleep (he's active right until the very end literally), he'll let out a few yells/moans even. He'll roll over onto his stomach in a crawling position and fall asleep like that as if his battery just ran out in the middle of the action.
A friend of mine with a 2 yr old girl said that her daughter never did those things like that and she was quite calm. So, I'm curious whether there is a distinct difference between boys and girls even at that young an age.
