WTH is going on with her?

[lessmith23]

Not sure what is up with DD. She's almost 15 months and for the last few weeks she's been totally unlike herself and I'm just wondering what's up.

For a while we were down to only a few nursing sessions during the day and then waking a couple times at night. Now she's nursing every 2-3 hours again like she did when she was a newborn and the other night we were up almost every 1-1.5 hours. Also, she's refusing most solids she previously enjoyed or eating hardly anything at all.

She's also been super whiny. She wines and cries when she can't have what she wants (like things that are not safe for her to have), when I have to put her down, when she gets her diaper changed, when I'm getting her dressed/undressed, when she falls on her bum while walking (on the carpet no less) etc. It seems lately that there is no end to her whining.

I'm trying to be patient but the whining coupled with the lack of sleep is taking it's toll. The other day I had to just set her down with some toys while I went into the other room to calm myself and take a short break. I felt myself reaching my breaking point and needed to step away.

So I guess I'm wondering if this is a phase, is it normal and will pass eventually. Maybe I'm missing something developmentally that usually happens around this age that could be the reason. She's getting more teeth but she's never reacted this way while teething previously.

Any help/advice would be appreciated. I have no friends IRL whose LO's are going through this - their kids are perfect so I'm told.

[Norasmomma]

Is she getting her eye teeth? My DD was a wreck from them, super clingy, whiny for months-the eye teeth are the worst.

[treeoflife3]

My kid had basically the same change at the same age. Still in it too so I can't give you an inspiring story about how it quickly passes. She is 19 months in a couple days.

[pranava]

Originally Posted by Norasmomma

Is she getting her eye teeth? My DD was a wreck from them, super clingy, whiny for months-the eye teeth are the worst.

That's the first thing I though too! DS started geting eye teeth and 4 molars(or whatever the teeth are right behind the eye teeth) at that exact age. He didn't want to chew on anything solid and was soo clingy.

[bodhitree]

My DD got like that right around that age too. I chalked it up to teeth and developmental stuff. I feel like for her, she realized that she could exert some control over the world to get what she wants, thereby making it much more frustrating when she either can't have what she wants or isn't able to communicate precisely enough to even tell me what she wants.

Someone on here recommended the book "Your One-Year-Old" by Louise Bates Ames. It really was helpful to me to read that and learn that the middle of the second year is a tough time for most kiddos. 16 months was probably the worst for us. I got very militant about self-care so I would have the emotional energy to take good care of her. Now that my DD is 18 months, the extreme clinginess seems to be improving *slightly.* She is even managing to play independently for up to five minutes at a time.

[flightgoddess]

Ditto the teeth!

Hyland's teething tablets helped for my lil guy. Also, sorbet or ice cream! He loved having something cold to eat.

[JudiAU]

Eye teeth? Explains all of it...

[Bebe's Mom]

I agree on the teething!! I just read about one year molars (DD is 13 months) and those were exactly the symptoms. Good luck, I am sure I will be entering your version of h*ll very soon.

[j_p_i]

I was going to say teething as well! My DD is 16.5 months, and JUST had a molar break through. She has been in the throws of teething for nearly 2 months though, just as you describe. It seemed like the teeth would pop through a little bit, then recede back into the gums, which was terrible. Teething tablets helped, a cold washcloth, a toy to chew on all helped.

[mrstanimal]

I'm going through the same damn thing ! I have a 16 month old, and he used to be such a happy, content little guy, for the most part. Now he is constantly wanting to be picked up, especially when I am trying to do something, like make coffee. He whines for things he cannot have, and has been waking up many times a night, and won't go back to sleep, so I have to get up with him and rock him until he settles again.

I do see two little white spots where I *think* an eye tooth is coming through.

I have no advice for you, but know that you are not alone ! I'm right there with you ! Any kind of break you can get, take it ! I drop my son at my mom's about every day for an hour, just to get a breather. I know what it's like to have friends whose babies are sleeping through the night, and happy as can be. Makes you feel like you're doing something wrong. But...you're not ! Hang in there, mama !

[MamaPhD]

Teething. For DD, it was around 17-18mo, she had like 6 teeth come out in one month! She STTN since 9mo but woke up 1-2x every night for one month. Thankfully after that month, she went back to STTN - phew! I could tell she had a really hard time eating/sleeping/doing everything else! I just tried to do as much as I can to comfort/support her cuz what else can you do, right?