Dreading Evenings

Jenna, Could he be getting his 2 year molars? Kelcee always does better outside too. Have you tried the baby massage lotion to see if that settles him some after a bath or just because?

He's got 2.5 of his two year molars already. (He cut the two top ones while Josh was gone in June. Mmmfun.) I haven't been adventurous enough to stick my finger in and see if another (bottom) one is either finally moving the rest of the way through the skin or finally erupting. I should do that. Thanks for the reminder.I do think that if this happens tomorrow, especially since Josh is working, we will do some bath activities. He usually responds well to bath time (though not necessarily to getting OUT of the tub so that will be another battle, ha!). We need to go get a few things from the store tomorrow so maybe I'll get some foam letters and what not for the tub as a surprise.Thanks for the ideas. :)

I believe that's called hyrotherapy! I used to occasionally have to let the water our of the tub... it's not as much fun after the water's gone! Good luck, Jenna

I hope you are feeling better by the way :-) Hugs. Aria is having the same problem, we do the evening walk but she is still figity and restless. We have teeth coming in, but I think more of it is heat and boredom. I use sidewalk chalk outside and she LOVES IT, but what she loves more than anything right now is Playmobil toys (they are geared to 4 year olds, come with many tiny parts....yikes!) I hide the teeny tiny parts but let her have the people and the vehicles/furniture (parent assisted Always!) This entertains her for hours. We sit together quietly before bed and play with the toys. She is usually in my lap. She opens little doors etc, but for some reason the stimulation of little advanced toys tires her out. We also listen to music videos on the computer (mostly Jack's Big Music Show) to get her to calm down just before bed. Maybe that will help....they have a whole section of fire trucks and rescue vehicles with people and stuff. I know that it is not age appropriate, but really it's all my 17 month old will play with. Also I save them just for before bed. Check out Playmobil.com. They also have some cool ones at Target, not too expensive.

I was going to post about something similiar and then saw this thread.....Megan is out of control in the evenings at this point! I'm hoping it's a summertime thing inspired by too much daylight and not wanting to miss anything. Her final molars are almost done (I think), so there's a some fussiness with that, but WOW. I've stopped fighting the dinnertime battle--if she doesn't come to the table, I just leave the food out on the table after we're done, sometimes 30 minutes later she'll go sit down and enjoy a meal by herself. Sometimes I join her for conversation/to help her along. Fighting her to come to the table just makes my dinner cold, and she never eats if she's forced to sit there! We do an evening walk too, which is a beautiful thing. The actual going down to bed has been really rough lately. Could all of our toddlers have hit the same phase or can we call it a summertime bewitching? Either way, I may welcome darkness this fall at a much earlier hour! (it's light in central IN til close to 10pm!)

I think it is summertime bewitching, because H is doing it as well. We've pushed back dinnertime for us, so usually he plays outside for a little while after his dinner at 5 until 6:30ish, then eats a snack while we eat around 7:30, then bath, then one Thomas DVD, then books then bed. The bath and DVD seem to help wind him down a little.