He moves around so much I couldn't really get him all the way in focus. This was after demonstrating a flip. He has Olympic fever. :) This also came after a 20-30 minute meltdown.
They have been happening for the past month or two. Unlike he has ever behaved before. Nothing at home has changed and I haven't really noticed a pattern in these outbursts. What I do know is that I'm at a loss.
He just hasn't been himself. It's so frustrating to see him so angry when I don't know what set it off in the first place.
He has always been an easy one to redirect. I most often have success getting him interested in something else. I have had very little success doing that during these outbursts. It's kind of exhausting.
Thankfully, this does not happen every day or even every other day. I just wish I knew what I could do to make it better.
These are the types of things that make me feel like I'm failing as a parent. Not overall, but in these situations/ right now. Ugh.
Love him so much. I just want my happy, little, fiesty (but not so defiant) boy back.
He really has the best faces / looks. :)
Oh that's a tough one... I wish I had some great advice but I don't. Probably the best thing you can do, and are probably already doing, is just to be there for him. Maybe give him a great big bear hug during his outbursts?... (Someone gave me that advice and I tried it a couple of times.) Hang in there Carla! Just keep loving him and hugging him and kissing that sweet little guy.
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