Poor DS is not coping (and if we're honest, neither am I). ANYTHING that is happening, he wants the opposite. If I hand him something he has asked for, he throws it away and screams, he desperately wants food until it's in front of him, wants to get out of the car until I unstrap him... I'm not allowed to sing, speak, look at him sideways, he shuns my cuddles but screams if I walk away. Yesterday we had the two biggest meltdowns he's ever had, only briefly separated by an hour or two of generally grumbling, crying and hitting people.

He is such a sweet little man and I can see how wretched he's feeling and how confused he is by the conflicting need for closeness and control. He probably has a screamy tantrum every day or two anyway, and he's been pretty contrary, but this is just ten times more intense. He was so shattered last night after an hour of howling he finally relented and crawled into my arms for a cuddle and almost instantly fell asleep.

Just curious if anyone has seen such a sudden shift at this age and what it might be about.

He's had his finger in his moth a lot - could the pain of getting two year old molars cause this much behaviour change?
We have a 10 week old, but he's been coping with that fairly well until now
And I had a pretty awful week last week... now I'm thinking of it, I wonder if that's it? The stress from my family dramas and exhaustion (which has pushed me to tears quite a few times and I have been less than patient with them).... Sigh. I hope that's not it but as I write, it seems like a pretty logical explanation. Dammit.

Interested in your thoughts anyway... xo