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| I have a two year old and she is good most of the time but she she throws huge fits at bed time and cries uncontrollably, this has been going on for a few months now and I was looking was some advice to make bedtim easier. Also she just stated becoming very upset everytime we come home from being out somewhere. As soon as she realizes that we are headed in the direction of home she starts screaming no home, no home. If anyone has any suggestions to control this I would be grateful. |
| Posted by Jena on 04/16/2008 07:01 PM
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I have very similar things going on with my 20 month old daughter. Just tonight we were trying to get her into her pjs and she wanted nothing to do with taking clothes off or putting on a clean diaper. She screams like you would think we were torturing her. It is very concerning and makes me want to cry. This has only happened a couple of times, but it has always been around getting dressed and undressed.
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| posted by Emily on 04/16/2008 07:19 PM
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My son is two and he does the same thing with coming home but I think it is because he is tired I guess, I usually just tell him to come in and we will get a drink and look at a book and then he is usually fine, I guess its just the transition from one thing to another, like being in the car then having to get out of the car seat carry all our stuff in, I don't really know. As far as bed he is usually telling us nite nite. Although when my son starts to get upset about something we are going to do like change his diaper. come inside from outside or whatever I just get down to his level and very calmly say This is what we are going to do andthen proceed but then I start talking to him about something else, I have told my husband this a million times, if you just talk to him he will stop screaming and crying the idea is to get his mind focused somewhere else, get his mind off of being upset. We have always had a routine of reading a book about 30 min before bed and it usually makes him sleepy and in the mood for nite nite. Sometimes in the middle of the night my son will come running out of the room like he was having a bad dream or something and I just put him back in bed and say its okay rub his back and he is fine. Maybe you could spend a lot of time in her room playing through the day so that it is a very comfortable place to be,for her, is that where she does the majority of her playing, if not let her spend a lot of time in there and talk it up, what a pretty room you have and its such a nice room. etc...Good Luck
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| posted by amy on 04/16/2008 09:16 PM
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| Thanks for the advice, I will give it a try and hope something works. |
| posted by Jena on 04/17/2008 02:51 PM
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| I completely agree with Amy, great advice! Routine and calmness is key... and even then there are always those evenings that they have a harder time. Though it's amazing how when even such a young child has that feeling of security, it shows through in their reaction and or behavior to a situation. Much luck to you and let us know how it goes! |
| posted by Samantha on 04/22/2008 04:01 PM
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