Help - My 15 Month Old Is Acting Awful

[beachdweller]

I need some help here. My 15 month old, who has always been super easy going -- great sleeper, great eater, can take her anywhere -- has suddenly, overnight turned into a terror. It's literally like a switch was flipped. She screams the entire time she is in her car set, lays in the floor and pitches fits, etc. - she has never done any of this before. It has only been going on 3 days, but it is exhausting. Maybe we are just hitting the terrible twos early, but I wanted to get thoughts about whether your kiddos had similar sudden behavior changes with teething or ear infections. She is just not herself and I am trying to figure out if something more than becoming a handful toddler is the culprit!

[pierogigirl]

It's probably normal, but has she had strep throat recently? I read several articles about sudden behavior changes as a complication to strep. I think it's called PANDAS.

[GailGoldie]

if it was a change suddenly like that- i'd take her to the doc and have her checked.... could be an EI, strep, etc.... even without fever.

but in general- that age gets really hard. I have always said for all 3 of my boys the hardest age was 15-20ish months.

[thedash]

We had noticeable behavior changes when DS was getting a molar. He's also 15 months. I would call the pedi just to be safe though. That sounds more severe than what we went through.

[atouchofklasse]

Jun 5, 2012 8:24:59 GMT -5 GailGoldie said:

but in general- that age gets really hard. I have always said for all 3 of my boys the hardest age was 15-20ish months.

Lovely! Can't wait.

[Deleted]

Ditto PP. With a sudden change like that, I would take her to the pedi.

[beachdweller]

Thanks everyone. I got a pedi appointment for tomorrow. If this is just the new normal, I might cry

[starlily]

Is she teething? My 16mo LO was teething HARD last week and turned into an absolute nightmare for 5-6 days. And then the switch flipped back and she's her usual sweet self. But it was hell while it lasted.