Need help with 18 month old boy!! -

Need help with 18 month old boy!!

My son's father and I just went through a bad devorce. He ran off with our son for 5 weeks and would not let me see him at all for the five weeks until I went to court and got him back. Now he is only aloud to see his father everyother weekend for 10 hours a day. Since I have had him back he has been biting everyone. I know it is just because he has been through a lot in the past three months but how do I get him to calm down and stop biting. Also when he comes back from his dads house he is so withdrawn. He is usualy very outgoing and laughing but when he comes back form his visits he is very withdrawn. He shows no emotion, he does not smile, talk or play he will just sit around and zone out!! What could be going on at his dads house and how can I make his visits be more enjoyable for my son?

Written by Amy

Posted on 06/24/2007

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It seems that for your son´s sake you have to establish some kind of comunication with his father. It has to be a countinuity between the two households otherwise it is going to be very confusing for your child,
He seems really young to understand all is going on but kids need strucure and continuity and this situation of being all of a sudden with his father is not his usual routine.
Try to prepare him for the day he goes to visit his father and when he comes back make him feel like it was a normal day.

Vero

posted by Vero on 06/25/2007

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