Quote Originally Posted by targetguy1 View Post
My son is 23 months now and he has been through alot in life so far but that is not the problem. I am having problems with him acting out and doing crazy things to hurt imself.


For example last night he work up in the middle of his sleep screaming. I

know it could be gas but i doubt it was cuz when he used to wake up for

gas he would lift his legs towards his belly, but when he wakes up he just

screams for 30-45 mins. We used to try and hold him and confront him but

he didnt want any part of it. He was running away from us to the corner and

start kicking the wall and banging his head on the wall for no reason what so

ever. The doctor told us to just let him act out and ignore him when he acts

this way but my fear is he is goign to hurt himself hitting his head on the

wall. Somenight i dotn know what to do and gets really frustrating trying to

deal with it. Is this normal and i just overreacting or should i go get him

checked out with new doctor?


Also the thing i dont understand is after he is done doing all his crying and

banging the wall he will come right to us and take his sippy cup like we first

tried to give him. Any advice or help???????????


well to be honest with you there is nothing u can do. its new phase that he is going thru. i say your best bet is to have him sleep with u 2 for awhile till he breaks it. thats if u are worried about him hurting himself. no doctor is gonna tell you anything because like the 1st one said let him act out. thats all u can do. ive been there and done that. as for the crying its just him waking up and crying. nothing else to it. when children wake up they really dont understand what they are doing when they act out let alone they dont understand it when they are awake. its all part of the process. the trial and tribulations of growing up. dont worry its a phase.