My son will be 13 months on the 16th. This evening has been particularly rough. It started with my pom escaping the fence during dinner. So I had to interrupt my son eating and go collect my dog. Then he decided he didn’t want to finish eating or basically even start eating. I put him in the bath since that always helps. It helped until I took him out.
So I was trying to get him dressed for bed since he was just absolutely tired. Well while wrestling him to get a diaper on. He keeps alligator rolling. I just snapped and yelled at him. But he was so focused on his own screaming that he didn’t even flinch.
I feel like a failure. After that I finally succeeded in getting a diaper on him then. Tried to nurse him to sleep like we usually do. NOPE. continued to scream and fight sleep. After about 10 minutes, I gave up and just put him in the crib. He fought sleep for another 5 minutes then crashed.
Earlier I checked him for a fever or anything physical that needed medical attention. He was just exhausted 😞
I’m sorry that happened, days like that are so hard. My wife and I have both been there.
My youngest used to alligator roll as well when we changed his diaper. We started changing him on the carpeted floor with a little towel under him. If he started rolling, I’d gently arch my leg over his chest with the back of my knee centered on him. I’d only put a little bit of the weight of my leg on him, just enough to prevent him from flipping over. It helped a lot and eventually he grew out of it.