Little Monkey's nightmares have stopped thankfully, why they started and why they stopped I really have no idea, they lasted for a month, he'd wake up almost every night sometime between 4am-9am crying, sometimes it was just whimpering in his sleep, sometimes he'd cry out but go back to sleep on his own and sometimes he would cry out, and come to us. It was very frustrating because nothing in our lives was different, no major changes, he was watching the same cartoons he always did, so nothing to scare him, and with him not verbal there was no clue as to what it was. All I did in hopes of remedying the problem was put him to bed way earlier than usual and only allow him to watch Elmo before he slept, something that in no way would scare him.
Discipline wise, there are some improvements, he is no longer banging his head against the floor when he gets mad or wants attention, instead he's banging his fist, which is better than his head but still something I would rather him not do, I will work on that eventually but will let it go for awhile. There also aren't a lot of tantrums and he usually does what he's told without much complaint. My main issue is the food spitting, I have no idea why he does it, my dad kept saying cuz I forced food on him, but that's not it at all, I dont feed him anything unless he asks for it, so he's hungry and asking for food, and I get him what he asks for which is something he likes he would either spit at the first bite or take a few and then spit, he's not full, he's still hungry and the food tastes fine, no reason to spit it out, I've tried the naughty corner and removing tv or toy rights, I've tried shouting, hubby tried totally ignoring it as if it didnt happen but still he kept spitting that whole day, one day I removed all snacks from him and he didnt eat anything that day and the next day he ate whatever I gave him without spitting. The spitting reminds me of his vomiting days and really frustrates me that I dread feeding him and dealing with all that. He doesnt have a sore throat or anything else because he can eat snacks and have cold juice with no problems. I guess he's getting picky and it's an age thing but I really dont like it because I never had any problem with eating and feeding before, he ate almost everything...
His vocabulary is expanding, he's learnt a few more words and recognizes things and plays with things differently and its all very cute, but still nothing is pronounced completely or correctly, but the way he looks me in the eye and talks to me as if he's having a totally normal conversation is the cutest, I have no idea what he's saying unless he points at it or takes me to it. Here I am waiting and hoping for the best.
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