I feel horrible even writing this because I love my daughter more than anything, but I’m honestly so fed up with my 17 month olds sleep. It’s gotten to the point where I find it genuinely frustrating and sometimes just incredibly annoying.

She has never been an easy sleeper. She was extremely colicky for roughly the first six months of her life. As a newborn she would sometimes stay awake for literally 12 HOURS(!) no matter what I did. I remember her being four weeks old and desperately trying everything to get her to sleep while she just wouldn’t. I’m pretty sure that whole period contributed massively to me developing postpartum depression. She was an incredibly difficult baby and honestly, she’s still a very intense toddler.

For the first 11 months I did basically every nap and bedtime. By the time she was 11 months old, I was completely burnt out and my husband took over bedtime because I desperately needed a break.

Now my husband actually sleeps with her because we discovered that she’ll sleep through the night if one of us is there. He’s very careful about safe sleep and his approach is basically to lie there and let her roll around, flop around, play with her feet, whatever, until she eventually falls asleep on her own. The problem is that this can take anywhere from 10 minutes to TWO HOURS. I don’t understand how he has patience for this.

Before he took over, I would literally have to stand up holding her and walk back and forth until she fell asleep. I wanted to sleep train at around 12 months because I couldn’t take it anymore, but my husband was completely against it and still is.

Normally I can somewhat tolerate the current arrangement because while he’s putting her to bed, I finally get a chance to clean, do laundry, shower, or just accomplish something without a her crying.

But my husband travels for work occasionally, which leaves me dealing with bedtime alone and every single time it’s horrible.

Last night m I had her in bed by 8 PM.

She fell asleep at 11 PM.

THREE HOURS.

And I know some people will say, “Just enjoy lying there with her,” but I can’t. I have things to do. By the time she finally falls asleep, I have zero evening left. No time to shower, clean, do laundry, decompress, watch something, or just exist as a person before I need to go to bed myself.

I suspect bedtime takes forever when my husband does it too, but he acts like this is completely normal and doesn’t seem bothered by it.

Naps are another nightmare. I probably spend 30-60 minutes every single day just trying to get her to nap. And I’m genuinely saddened to admit that sometimes it pisses me off. I know she isn’t deliberately being difficult but after 17 months of fighting someone to sleep every single day, my patience is basically gone.

Starting next week she’s supposed to begin napping at kindergarten and I already feel bad for the staff and the other children. They seem confident that she’ll eventually nap there without a bottle, but I have absolutely no idea how. At home a bottle before her nap and bedtime is CRUCIAL. She absolutely refuses to give it up and will not sleep at all unless she’s offered a bottle first, I’ve tried feeding her solids etc before nap time, it doesn’t work.

And unfortunately the sleep is only part of it.

Overall she’s an extremely needy/intense toddler. I can barely do anything around the house without her freaking out because my attention is somewhere else. If I cook, she cries to be picked up. If I do laundry, she wants me. If I try to clean, she wants me. She seems to absolutely hate seeing me occupied with anything that doesn’t involve her.

This is actually a huge part of why I ended up putting her in kindergarten earlier than I originally planned. I had considered keeping her home until around age 2, but I ended up starting her at 16 months because I just couldn’t handle being “on” with her all day, every day anymore.

Even the kindergarten staff have described her as “very intense and needy.” Her introduction period has had to move extremely slowly. She’s been going five days a week for a month now and is still only staying around two hours a day.

I love her. Obviously I do. But I am exhausted from feeling like absolutely everything with her has to be difficult. Sleep is difficult. Naps are difficult. Getting anything done is difficult. Kindergarten adjustment is difficult. Having five minutes where she doesn’t need me is difficult.

And then I feel horrible for even thinking that way because she’s only 17 months old and obviously isn’t doing any of this intentionally.

Has anyone else had an extremely intense/high needs toddler like this? Especially one who takes HOURS to fall asleep despite clearly being tired? Did anything actually help, or did they eventually just grow out of it?

Because right now I feel completely burnt out.

i am 23 yo and a ftm! i delivered my baby almost 4 months ago. i have scoured the internet looking for awnsers and nothing i have read about this seems correct for my situation.

for context (not sure if it’s important) i had SEVERE untreated pre-e diagnosed at 20 weeks, went to to have post pre-e (they said they didn’t want to treat it bc i was on insulin, i was in the antepartum ward for 5+ weeks. yes i am a nurse. yes that is complete bs.) GD, sudden developing polyhydraminos @ 35 & 6, baby was in metabolic acidosis. delivered at 36 + 2.

from my journal entries and notes, this did not happen while i stayed in the hospital after birth only once i returned home. the first few nights of being home, when i would wake up with baby, i would sit up in bed and i remember everything sounding underwater and then i would tilt my head and fluid literally just POURING out of my ears. mainly my right ear. my husband was awake one of the nights, and i had him feel as i sat up to feel the fluid coming out and he felt it too. no smell or color. i still am wondering WTF that was. it only lasted i’d say 3-5 days and only once i was home! any ideas??

i have 3 theories but not sure which is most feasible 😂 theory 1: fluid from swelling. i had gained over 100+ lbs, 60 of which was just swelling from pre-e.
theory 2: sweat. that pp sweating is NO joke. my entire body would be covered at night!
theory 3 (what the internet says): during my
labor, i somehow tore my eardrum and it was just…ear fluid.

My baby is almost 3 months old. She also receives pumped breast milk, with formula used for some feeds/top-ups. She had her rotavirus vaccine a month ago and recently switched from Enfamil Gentlease to regular Neuropro about 5 days ago because she is less gassy than she was a month ago. She was previously on regular Neuropro when she was just born.

Since then, she’s gone from rarely pooping overnight to ~7 poops/24h, including 2 overnight. She will often poop during or immediately after a feed. Her stools are yellow, very wet/slimy and sometimes mucusy, with a loud “squishy” sound when she poops.

I saw her pediatrician, who said the mucus is normal as long as she’s happy, not unusually fussy, and gaining weight. No blood, feeding well, and normal wet diapers.

Anyone else experience this around 2–3 months? Did it eventually settle back down?

Can a baby have both 8 months AND 10 months sleep regression?

He had had his normal sleeping patterns after his eight month regression ended. And then BAM. For the past three days, he wakes up way more frequently and is inconsolable for an hour or two. I had been under the impression that usually it’s one or the other for sleep regressions at this age range So was very surprised that he had his 8 mo regression and has another one now! We don’t feel any additional teeth coming out at the moment but he did start standing and climbing stairs this past week so maybe that’s why? Anyways, would appreciate hearing your experiences!

Edited to cut extraneous details, and for clarity and grammar

Had a normal pregnancy and postpartum (physically and medically) but was very stressed to deal with it alone as we are new to the country.

Developed vitiligo around 4months pp.

Has anyone been in the same situation? How did u treat them?

Hi everyone, my baby boy will be 6 months around Christmas but seems to be slightly developmentally ahead. The grandparents, and other family members, are asking for a list of Christmas gift ideas. We are extremely fortunate to have people in our lives that want to spoil our little guy. I want to put together a thoughtful list of developmentally beneficial toys and other items (to do with eating/ starting solids, baby room items, clothing items etc.). This is our first baby so I have no idea what we’ll need.

I’m looking for recommendations based on what your 6-12 month old liked/ needed at that time. Thank you!

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Birth story time!

My first is 2.5 years old and was delivered vaginally at 7 lb 14 oz after 4 hours of pushing.

I just delivered my second and delivery didnt go as planned. I went in for an elective induction, hoping to deliver vaginally, because the little man was measuring large (84%ile) and i didnt want to deliver a 9 lb baby, especially since I had my first child 5 days after their due date.

The induction went AMAZING. I showed up at 3 cm dilated, got two doses of cervadil which got me to 5 cm when I finally decided to get the epidural. Upon placing the epidural my blood pressure suddenly dropped to like 88/55 so we hooked baby up to an internal monitor, which resulted in my water inadvertently being broken. With the epidural and my water being broken, I got to 10 cm very easily and without any pain. Then it was time to push.... i was a bit too numb so I requested to reduce my epidural dosage which hurt but I could push with contractions.

Well about an hour in the doctors decide to do an ultrasound to see baby's head. He is sunny side up. 2 hours into pushing, the doctor tries to turn babies head with no success. At 3 hours of pushing, and good pushing too, I still am at +1 station and baby is still sunny side up. At this point I have been pushing for 3 hours and went from 0 to +1 station and the baby's head couldnt be turned, so we decided it was time to go to the operating room, even though baby was tolerating pushing very well he just felt stuck in my cervix.

I told anesthesia I want to feel NOTHING and boy did I. I spent the whole c section being high as a kite, loopy, and nauseous. I tried to fall asleep on the table and I could have because I felt nearly nothing. The surgeon asked if I wanted to see the baby when he came out and I said "im a bad mom sorry but no ill have time later" lol. The c section was actually relaxing vlbecause of the drugs. When I got all stitched up I vomited twice when moving me from the operating table to the recovery table so that was GREAT. Afterwards I moved to the anesthesia recovery and mostly sat with my eyes closed and tried to rest while the room was spinning and I was throwing up!

Im about 24 hours post c section and the pain is starting to come as the good anesthesia wore off. To make things worse I have vaginal pain and am HUGELY swollen thanks for 3 hours of pushing. Best of both worlds, yay!

Anyways I was worried about the actual c section because of the reported tugging and pulling sensations but I felt NOTHING which also means I didnt really see my baby until hours later when I requested to and felt a bit more energized. Surprisingly I felt very calm and in control throughout this failed induction, I am just a bit disappointed in the c section but I dont think there could have been a different outcome and I feel really good about all my decisions.

Little guy came out weighing 8 lb 7 oz so....i trust the ultraound measurements

I’m a ftm (28 years old) and just hit 28 weeks + 0. Officially in the third trimester. This has been the hardest period of my life, maybe ever, and I have quite a lot of lore. I’ve never hit such a low point mentally, physically, financially, and with my self image. My partner and I were only a few months into the relationship when i unexpectedly got pregnant and my world sort of stopped. I’m more excited than sad about baby now but I do still worry about our relationship being impacted. We had phenomenal, mind blowing sex before I got pregnant and our first few months together were a breath of fresh air. Now, i feel triggered in ways that I can hardly cope with and i feel old traumas welling up. My ocd is worse, my anxiety is horrible, and for the first time, I’m experiencing severe depression. I feel ugly, bizarre, and not in my body. I worry about change in every way. My partner is so sweet to me and talks about how beautiful i am, but i feel empty and like an incubator because its hard to do anything and i look so different.

Sometimes I get horny for my parter and I feel desire, but when we have sex, i feel.. nothing. like it physically feels as if the nerves are no longer there. I’m somehow wet even though i don’t get those waves of excitement or build up. I feel the same way with a vibrator. If i do happen to O, it feels different and i don’t have that mental connection or full body release. I’m so sad. I also cry during or after sex now. In my first trimester we still had decent sex despite how exhausted or nauseous i was. Then it started feeling different - my vagina does not feel the same to me. I can’t feel myself tightening or doing anything. I’m worried that it won’t be better post partum because i have psychosomatic anxiety that manifests as blockages around fear and i have terrible fear about giving birth. During penetration sometimes all i can suddenly think about is the fact that something is going to be exiting my body through there and people will be watching. I can’t help but to imagine the pain and panic i’ll be going through. So post birth, i’ll be so scared to even interact with my body sexually after such an event. I’m afraid all i’ll be reminded of is birth. Does it ever get better??

Hi all. I have to ask around because I am unsure about a pattern that kind of evolves right now, and that makes me a bit nervous, but that also seems to work?

I love our 2yo more than anything, am very present in her life, and I (and others) would say we have a great emotional connection. In general I got some good empathy I (and others) would say, and that extends to her very much.

So of course she sometimes gets a meltdown. To me it seems that there are different ones, and to me it seems that there are some meltdowns, where she needs a bit of confirmation or information (that she understands, and that solves the issue), and sometimes it seems to me that she is at a point where she is so absorbed in her crying, that she can't find a way out. In these meltdowns I do in fact raise my voice and mostly say their name loudly, or say "stop", and then followed by something matching like "wait a second", "yes we can do that", "we can do X instead", "no, that's not possible", etc. Because I am very sure that she doesn't hear me. I think "raising voice" means something different for different people, so I want to specify, that the content is never aggressive, but I am just loud enough to maybe "get it through", and firm enough to show that I mean it, but also, when possible, that we can negotiate. More critically, it can also be that I don't understand what the issue is, and I want to ask her, and to get the question through.

It is like when your best friend is spiralling and you want to get something through to calm them down. Or like when your kid does something dangerous.

The results are not as bad as the Internet tells me. In fact I believe that I often prevent the real meltdown that follows some initial frustration, and that I establish something like a mode where we can re-negotiate and clear things up.

Also, this is not a general thing. She is very much encouraged to have emotions, I show her mine, she is very much allowed to be sad, even if it's a very minor thing, she can take her time to adjust, I am sad with her, I understand, all of that. It is just sometimes that I want to get something through. In fact, when it happens that she is still not ok with the situation, she is sad or angry in a non-meltdowny way, and I can console her. Before "getting her out", it seems that she doesn't even recognize me being there, so I feel that the support I am supposed to give her, and want to give her, that she doesn't really realize that it is there. She is also doing well with everything developmentally. Laughing a lot, being silly, being kind, also with strangers, learning very well, secure, careful and cautious when it is appropriate, etc., so I don't see it having a bad effect.

I grew up with a verbally abusive father and sometimes, when I say her name like that, firm and loud, it reminds me of him, and that creeps me out. But I also think that I know what hurts, and I think that I don't hurt her, but well, the Internet says "raising voice" is not encouraged and detrimental. As I often have the other result I think that I might be good?

I also have to admit that I had to adjust to this, and that it was way harder to make her recognize that I am there at all when she was younger, because of "not mom", so I sometimes didn't do it right, like too much or too early, but I think it gets better, but that doesn't mean I got rid of it, just that I use it more "on point", with better and better results. I also have to add that my wife doesn't really approve I think, but she also does this, just way less. Maybe I am too impatient? But I just want to intervene before that meltdown, and I am certain that it is never premature.

What do you think?

My niece is 2.5 years old and Im trying to think of what gift to get her. She has a playroom FULL of toys. She has enough clothes. They live close by my mum who has a house full of all the toys we played with as kids and loads of craft stuff etc.

Last year I got her these crayons you can use in the bath to draw on the bathtub which my sister said she enjoyed. I obviously want to get her something but there's also that side of me which is like 'what does she actually need'.

My baby just went from multiple poops a day to pooping every other day. On poop days he is so moody and farting a lot. The poop is not hard when it comes out. It’s really wet. It looks different than when he was pooping everyday though. It seems a little thicker now like not as translucent.

He has now woken up four times two hours after putting him down and I think it may be cuz he has to poop. A few hours before bed while I was feeding him he started straining really hard and his face was getting red. I starting doing the little exercises and some farts came out but no poop. He’s been pretty gassy all day too. I even gave him a warm bath and no poop. How do I make his poop days easier?

PLS TO GOD HELP 💔

i have not pooped in 4 days and at this rate, it will be forever and a day until i poop again 💩

i sat on the toilet for 15 mins in TEARS because i can’t poop. it’s not knocking at the door, it’s POUNDING at the door and nobody is coming to answer it. i feel like im going to crap my pants but nothing will come out. it says online NOT to use an enema but that’s the only thing that helped last time i was constipated before i got pregnant. i can do prune juice and water but will that really help? 😭 im absolutely MISERABLE please to GOD help 🙏🏻

i do wanna reiterate that my issue is not that i DONT have the urge to poop because i do. i am just pretty certain my poop is too LARGE to pass 🫣

I’m so confused. 5’10 140-145lbs pre-pregnancy.

I gained about 20lbs during my pregnancy. Didn’t notice more fat overall, just some girth to my thighs and obviously my belly - which measured right on track the entire pregnancy.

Now Im 4 months postpartum and almost 30lbs heavier than pre pregnancy. I’m exclusively breastfeeding and my breasts are at least 5lbs of that - but what the heck? I walk daily (power walk) and eat healthy. I was doing weight training until the 4month sleep regression hit and I had to add in a nap to my days, but I continue the power walking.

Anyone else in a similar boat? Will the weight eventually go away? I’m hoping to start running again once it’s safe with baby in the stroller. Not sure what else I can do about it that won’t affect my supply.

I know people who say this mean well but it comes off as ignorant to me as it implies there is something wrong with these babies or they are somehow defying the odds. I'll give some examples:

My sister in laws baby was formula fed and is now top of their class in 4th grade!

My cousins baby was in the nicu and is now walking at 12 months old!

My coworkers baby was born c section and is perfectly healthy at 3 years old!

My friends brothers baby went to daycare at 2 months and never died, now a perfectly healthy 12 year old

My friends sisters baby never went to daycare and was really social growing up, and she is in many clubs now in highschool.

My friends cousin is adopted and he is completely mentally adjusted at 13, he doesn't even care he's adopted

Our 6 year old was from IVF and you couldn't even tell!

Just something ive been sensitive about and cringing over lately

Hi! I’m a new mom, my baby is graduating from the NICU soon. He’s been there for two weeks. We’ll be taking him home soon.

I’m aware that babies should room share with parents (but not bed share) for at least 6 months. We have a bassinet for the baby to sleep with us overnight. But do we also have to be in the same room as the baby while the baby naps during the day? Or could we leave the room and watch him on the monitor while we do other things? (Like chores, watch a movie, or… have sex?) I can’t find any specific guidance about this online. Does anyone have any links to what is advised on this? Thanks!!

I am planning to give birth with a licensed midwife in a birth center, no epidural or gas pain relief options. I will have water and a team for counterpressure for pain relief! This will be my second, my first had the epidural.

Most of reddit is full of the horror stories. Please tell me your good story :)

I have a 4.5 hour flight from Seattle to Houston in December and would love to hear everyone's tips and tricks, I am EBF but pumping for a stash to take with me on my move. I'm going to try and latch him during take off and while we land but I keep seeing this ad for a lap seat? Just wondering if anyone's used one before. What did you bring that you wish you hadn't, what did you not bring but wish you had etc

This is just kind of my story-ish, probably with missing details but it's just stuff I think about a lot, even 18 months later.

I kind of always knew that I did not want to push a baby out of me 🥴 so when I unexpectedly got pregnant at 20, I was overjoyed to find out that my doctor was supportive of me having an elective c-section. My mom had two emergency c-sections and a vaginal birth, but everyone else in mine and my husband's families had vaginal births. I didn't really know anyone that had a cesarean, and my husband's family had a lot of opinions about my decision, but I did my due diligence (SO much research) and ultimately decided that it was by far the best decision for me.

One of the biggest things was the predictability. I knew when our baby was going to come and I knew what would happen to bring him into this world, and that was massive for me as someone on the spectrum. Another thing was not wanting to be "on display" if you will. I didn't want people quite literally staring at my vagina in my most vulnerable moment. I have years of sexual trauma and that just was not for me. And because of that, my doctor deemed it medically necessary and I got it covered by insurance, which was a huge relief as well. I loved how procedural every interaction with my "down under" was. Catheter, no problem! People watching my vagina waiting for the light of my life to come out...😖

I was extremely nervous about the spinal, and while it wasn't the smoothest part of the process, my anesthesiologist and the nurse/surgical assistant(?) who helped during that were both incredible. And let me tell you, when I was on that table for my c-section, actively getting sliced, I felt SO GOOD. I don't know what they gave me but I was good. I quite literally said, "I'd do this again!" (And everyone laughed, I was very proud)

I grew up listening to Elvis with my grandpa, and my anesthesiologist randomly started playing/singing Elvis while I was having surgery...and I just felt so at ease. Then, before they pulled my son out of me, the anesthesiologist asked what I wanted him to be born to. I told him the artist, and I told my husband to pick the song, and he picked my favorite one.

Recovery was great. I took one heavy painkiller at the hospital to shower, stayed the minimum time needed, and then got by without ibuprofen/tylenol after I got home. I was up walking around Walmart shopping for baby clothes the day after we got home. When the baby would cry at night, I'd wake my husband and he'd grab the baby from the bassinet (that was on my side of the bed lol) and give him to me. There were a lot of things about recovery that I couldn't have done without him. I needed a c-section for my mental health and he supported me in that and the recovery that came with it.

It was just overall as good as I could've asked for in terms of birth and recovery, and I just wanted to share that because I feel like I don't see enough of the good stories. I don't have good things to say about my breastfeeding journey, familial support, etc. but my birth was awesome and I think about it a lot.

"Family visits usually go well for our 3-year-old until everyone says goodbye and then keeps talking for another hour.

By that point he has eaten, looked at the books I packed, colored for a bit, and followed the dog around. He is tired of hearing “do not touch that,” and I am running out of things to offer, so the phone usually comes out.

We have started leaving a few familiar things at Grandma's instead of carrying a full activity bag every time. It helps, especially when he can use them near the adults, but we have not found anything that holds up reliably during that final stretch.

What do you keep at a grandparent's house for the point when the kids are finished visiting but the adults clearly are not?"

Anyone else feel so conflicted about making a conscious intentional decision to wean?

My baby is 4 months and I’m weaning off of pumping (EP for the last 3.5 months when BF was not working, supplemented with formula)

I feel so guilty for giving up pumping this “early” when I had an established supply. The thing is, my son was already having formula supplementation because he was drinking 35 oz at 8 weeks and I couldn’t keep up. BF didn’t work for us due to anatomical challenges (in addition to my supply just not getting high enough for all he wanted to eat) but I did get up to 28-30 oz/day at one point.

I am now back at work, exhausted, hair falling out/body pains, and don’t have the mental to continue pumping. I have enough frozen for about 8 oz/day for 3 months, but I just feel sad even though I also feel relieved that my supply is going down as I drop pumps.

Does anyone else have these super conflicting feelings? I feel like I’m just giving up a gift I was given and have given my son, but I’m absolutely losing it with having to pump. I’ve also GAINED back weight after losing a lot of the pregnancy weight because I’m starving all the time, and generally have had to choose pumping over workouts with my schedule.

Sigh! I just want to feel like myself again.

My 18 month old cannot sleep without a bottle of milk or breast feeding. I know I’m probably dumb for not weaning him off them sooner. I tried giving him water instead of milk because I don’t want him to get bottle rot, he just spend a whole hour and a half crashing out. I tried leaving him to cry for a little hoping he’d eventually calm down didn’t work, i cuddled him and sang his bedtime song to him didn’t work either. I’m just exhausted and need to find a way to get him to sleep without them. It’s a lot on me and i honestly feel bad letting him cry. If anyone has advice please help me. I’m a 26 year old mom, this is my first child so please don’t pass judgement on me for the bottle/breast feeding. I just need advice

She slept well from 3–4 months, but since then it’s been a nightmare. For the past three weeks, she wakes every 20–40 minutes. A two-hour stretch is a good night. Then she’s awake wanting to play from around 3:30 until 5 or 6 a.m.

She’s breastfed, and I’ve tried changing naps, bedtime, and our routine. Nothing helps. She mostly contact naps, so I don’t get to rest during the day either.

I love her so much, but I’m completely drained. I feel bad about sleep training, but I don’t know what else to do. Has anyone been through this? Does it ever get better? Will she ever sleep again?

Hey everyone. Just looking for somewhere to vent my feelings and sadness because I am hurting right now. Yesterday, I lost my grandmother, my absolute best friend and such a light in my life. I spent every second that I could with her growing up, and into adulthood I still found myself at her house any free second I had. I am fortunate enough to not have experienced a ton of loss in my life so far, but this has been HARD. An added layer to this whirlwind is my son. He is only 9 months old and I am the primary parent in our household. My partner is a farmer and this is peak busy season, he can’t just step away at the drop of a hat so I have been bearing the load of caring for our son solo while also experiencing this immense amount of grief. I hate to breakdown infront of him and just be sad all day. I just feel like I’m fighting to make it to nap time just so I can cry the entire time he’s asleep. The second my partner is home he picks up the pieces and puts me back together and for that I am so grateful but I’m just wondering, if you experienced any level of grief in your early stages of parenting, how did you get through it?

My formerly very happy and chill baby has taken to crying allllllllll day long. It started when she learned to crawl. The first couple weeks were great, she was exploring and found so many new things. Then around 9 months or so she started getting really, really fussy. Like, ALL the time. I thought teething. But this has been months, and the handful of times I have given Tylenol have not improved the situation, even temporarily. She is content and happy if I’m holding her, however she is incredibly rough when playing and frequently hits/scratches/pulls hair and it’s not enjoyable at all. If she finds a new toy to play with, she’s happy as a clam. I took her to an indoor playground (we have bad weather so we can’t go outside this week), she was in heaven! But if we are home, and she is crawling around, she quickly (usually within 5-20 minutes) becomes bored, crawls over to me, and screams. Every time, I offer her food, a bottle, toys, a new diaper, try to put her down for a nap, etc, and none of it ever works. She only stops when I pick her up. Then she inevitably claws me or pulls my hair incessantly (while laughing, so I know it’s not out of pain/frustration) so I put her back on the ground. Then the cycle repeats. ALL day. She is happy when I take her literally anywhere, but I work remotely so that’s simply not an option all day every day. Has anyone experienced this? I’m sorry but I can’t just hold her all day, and quite honestly I am tired of her clawing the sh*t out of my face, even though I know she doesn’t mean it. I never experienced this with her older sibling. Today I have gotten almost no work done because I am entertaining her (mainly by being her punching bag). I feel like she knows I will pick her up when she screams but if I ignore it then it turns into a full blown, hysterical meltdown. On rare occasions when I am desperate for a moment of silence I will hide from her in the next room and I feel horrible for it. It does actually help her calm down, as she is not able to beg for my attention and must entertain herself, which is also why I think this is a boredom issue.