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Please Help - DS hurting himself :(
« on: November 29, 2011, 09:38:05 am »
Right, where do I start? :( DS is 3.3yo, 2 weeks ago, DS was OT and I spent a lot of time correcting this, just as we were back on track, he gets sick :'( He was physically being sick for around 48 hours (day and night) and didn't get much sleep. A lot of AP was happening here - sleeping in my bed, me staying with him until he was sleeping etc etc. To top it all of, he has cramps/growing pains in his legs at night (he must be having a sprout)! Since he's been ill, we've had OT monster, NW's and AP!

My main issue is that last night at bedtime, he was so frustrated and OT that he SCREAMED and kicked and punched and started pulling his hair and scratching his face and neck! :( Im so sad this is happening, I feel like a terrible mum for not correcting the OT before it got to this - this has never happened before though and I got such a fright! He has gone to nursery and I have so much uni work to do but I had to pop on here for some help!
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Re: Please Help - DS hurting himself :(
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2011, 02:19:14 am »
Is he still napping?  How early are you doing bedtime? 
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Re: Please Help - DS hurting himself :(
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2011, 08:53:26 am »
Hey, he doesnt have a nap. he just wont no matter how hard i would try so ive given up. hes usually ok with no nap and hasnt had one since about april. bedtime is normally at 7.30 and he'll sleep for 12 hours so I brought it back to 7pm last night and no NW ;D he didnt hurt himself yesterday either. do you think the hurting was just due to anger at being OT??
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Re: Please Help - DS hurting himself :(
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2011, 12:38:31 pm »
Well although my kid has never done exactly that he has thrown himself around a lot and lost his mind when tired.  So it would not be a stretch in my mind for an older kid to do so.  Being that exhausted can really do a number on you.

I would continue to do earlier bedtime on no nap days, then slowly move it back out.
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