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High Needs Baby to Demanding Toddler

Much as i like to blog just happy things, happy progress, happy development, i need to ventilate. Sometimes i'm a total loss at understanding JY.

I came across somewhere that a "difficult" baby is one with unpredictable routines where you find it hard to manage. Then i try goggling "difficult baby" and found a blog that a mum kept whom have high needs baby (aka "difficult" baby). Realised that all these behaviours that JY exhibits since young baby typifies high demands. In turn her caregiver have to be patient and provides her with all the attention and demands she needed. She does not react well to being discipline, routines and strict rules.

She is still fussy about food, not eating her lunch & dinner, prefering fruits, milk & little tit-bits. Refuses her water & bites the spout to prevent sipping too much.

Takes nap at unpredictably timing and only for 30-60mins max twice a day. Hard time to fall asleep at night, bedtime shifted to 8- 830pm. must be accompanied by us to fall asleep.

Insist on her own way & kick up a fuss if she's not given what she wants. Now resorted to hitting or flaying her arms to hit at someone. constantly trying her luck at something she was just asked not to do.

My energy was constantly sapped and patience tested to the limits. At nights, can't rest properly as she sometimes wakes up at night and couldn't fall asleep for an 1 hr or so and cries cos she's tired...

I have to keep reminding myself that we are blessed with this child and most imptly guided by the simple fact that we want to raise her up with happy childhood memories.

posted by Ling @ 11:05 pm