Ok, so I've started lots of threads about DS, last one (I think) was about his clingyness etc during the day and the fact that I always had to be holding him. Well after the great advice received here, I got myself a sling and started carrying him around whenever he wanted to, even doing housework and cooking whilst he was on my back.
So he's out of that stage now (which is good cos my belly has gotten huge and he's not particularly light!!) in fact, i've put the sling away in readiness for the new bub.

So now - aside from still being on his hunger strike, rejecting his bottles (must be in a cup) he throws the biggest tanties and I just don't know how to help him. I've tried talking to him calmly and telling him that I can't help him if he doesn't tell me what he wants (he communicates pretty well for a 16 month old) but even when he tells me what he wants (ie, cup, or food, cheese etc) i get it for him and then he doesn't want it. Then he'll go to the fridge and cry, whinge and biatch till I get up and open the fridge (and pick him up cos we have an upside down one) and ask him what he wants, he'll like point to something, I get it out, and then he doesn't want it. Its becoming VERY frustrating and we are wasting sooo much food!!!!

And he always seems really cranky when he gets up from his naps. He was cranky with two day naps, so I've reduced him to one - and he'll sleep for a good few hours, and is so cranky when he wakes up and for at least an hour to two hours afterwards. He'll just scream, biatch, whine, complain - for everything. Nothing I do seems to make him happy and I'm just feeling... well at the end of my tether with him. I don't have a lot of patience (hormones I think) and yesterday I let him cry and scream all his frustrations out for about 15 minutes whilst I hid in the bedroom to get away from him (as much as its embarrassing to admit it - I had a "bad mum" moment, I needed a break). This is NOT a good solution for me, and I've tried distraction with other things, but nothing works, not food, toys, tv shows, pets .... argghhhh

Plus he is also waking up at night more often, and we used to just give him the dummy and he would settle again - last night we were up from 1am to 3am - never even did that when he was a newborn. He had a bit of a temp and wouldn't stop screaming, so we dosed him with panadol (figuring he might of been in pain) and then it still took another half an hour to settle him and he was really unsettled for the rest of the night.

I'm just getting so tired and worn out - not what I want before the new baby comes along!!!

If anyone has great ideas that would be brilliant... I had to vent. sorry!!