I don't know if it is because he has been sick or if Cash is entering a new phase but he is quite a handful these days. He has been having a hard time sleeping - that i know is because he isn't feeling well and its been hard for him to breathe with a stuffy/runny nose and fever. But, when he wakes up in the middle of the night he screams so loud for us i think something is really wrong but once we go see him he calms down and cuddles up to fall back asleep.
He also has a crazy-strong attachment to his daddy right now. Chandler is the only one he wants to put him to bed and the only one who can calm him down at night when he wakes up. The other night he wouldn't let Chandler put him down and he ended up sleeping in our bed, cuddled up in daddy's arms. Something neither of us want to make a habit of but it helped everyone get some sleep so that was ok. Although, i accidentally reached over and poked Chandler in the eye, I reacted by saying "oh, no, are you ok?" (he was fine - his eyes were closed) but Cash didn't like that one bit and started to scream and cry out "you hurt daddy". His crying was so intense he lost his breath. Nobody messes with his daddy.
Drop off at daycare hasn't been too bad but it hasn't been as smooth as usual either. Today Cash did not want to let go of daddy and actually cried when Chandler put him down to leave.
Cash is also very strongly attached to his blanket and dummy. This is nothing new but usually he doesn't want these things before bedtime and its easy to separate them from his grasp. Cash is now asking for them when he is riding in the car, sitting watching TV, etc. I think this is because he isn't feeling well because usually when he is running a mile a minute playing he doesn't think twice about them. When he doesn't feel well he likes to cuddle on the couch and i guess that also spells Blanket and Dummy to him.
He's not eating well either. i think all these things are because he is sicky but you never know and always second guess yourself until something new pops up.
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it might just be because he's ill, but more likely, it's because he knows there's a baby coming. Wiley went through this, very clingly stage, with me, though. Wouldn't let me put him down, had to be carried everywhere, sit on my lap always, etc. There's a sense of being replaced or displaced that they can't articulate. You may want to have a talk with him about how he will still get to have cuddles and lots of attention and no one will forget about him, etc. It's hard, they're irrational and scared and smart and insightful and we have to guess when they're feeling what.
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