Am I doing this all wrong now?
Up until about 15 months Conner was a wonderful, mild tempered babe. He never criedmuch (other than his "witching hour" phase from 2-4 months). Teething got bad and his temperment has gotten worse. Now he is a moody, sensitive child. Almost every little thing sets him off into a crying tantrum. He even developed this new cry recently that just breaks my heart. It's not his whiney cry but a "mommy broke my heart or I am really hurt" cry but like 98% of the time he isn't hurt. I want to pick him up and comfort him so bad when he throws his tantrum and cries like that but I don't want to feed into his tantrums and make them worse. Hell, we were at my mom's Friday night and she told her dog no. You'd think someone broke his heart the way he cried because of that. Even if you say something to him in a warning tone like "Conner, be careful not to pinch your fingers" he freaks out. Is this like a toddler phase? I feel like I am doing something wrong. I want him to be my happy little man again. He has started ploping down really hard on the floor when he starts throwing a tantrum. I try to ignore it but if I am already holding him it's hard. He throws his head back and whails. As his teething goes, I make sure to give him pain relivers when I know it's really bad and for the other times, he does really well on Hyland's Teething Tablets. This weekend he just seemed generally unhappy. That makes me so sad.
Is this normal??
Is this normal??