Help plz toddler is cranky all the time?

Question

Ok so we moved from the US to China and my toddler and I just got here to China after spending 3 months in Indonesia with my families there.

We've only been in China for 4 days but my son's attitude had changed drasticly. He keeps waking up at night and threw a tantrum and after he woke up from his nap he's super cranky too and that's after 2 hours nap (he only nap once a day now). He screams and cried all the time and he doesn't want his daddy only mommy.

My head is about to explode from all these, lack of sleep and culture shocks. Plz somebody help me and tell me that my happy boy will come back again? He was never like this even when we first got to Indonesia to stay with my parents until the moving process to China was completed.

Answer 1

my son gets very unhappy particularly when he is tired and has not had his mid day nap...he also cries if he is sick....otherwise he is fine..i guess you have been travelling and he is out of his routine and is tired

Answer 2

that's were we parents make mistake...did you communicate with your son that u'll be leaving us to indonesia then to china...or was it ur decision alone?

i think he is finding hard to ajust. he is a toddler u cant expect him to say whoa china remember he has made friends were u come from.

he is seeing new faces that he cannot recognize. Give him time to ajust and maybe again is the climate condition.

kneel down to his height and look him straight into his eyes and talk to him and ask him how he feels, when he cries you must know that he was hurt so much by these drastic relocation.

good luck

Answer 3

He is trouble trying to adjust as well and as he doesnt have the capability to put sentences together, he is telling you thru his tantrums.

Just give him time and it will settles down

Answer 4

ok you might already do this but it might help if you don't give your child a bottle of milk before he goes to sleep that will help him sleep longer (It works for mine.) Give him to his dad to hold and play with him together and he might start to like his dad more then he does now get his father to bond more with him that should cover that bonding part. One other thing I think he is tired because you guys have been travelling a lot that is probably another thing he is tired because of all the moving around(Travelling)

I hope my information helps you and Good Luck with the little one.

Answer 5

a 19 month old is not going to understand any conversation you have with him explaing the situation as another person suggested! my 28 month old wouldn't either....

i firmly believe that all kids are resilient and can adapt to new situations... the first couple of weeks will be hard, especially when he has been in three different countries in a short space of time. just be there for him as much as you can, he will gradually come round. he is feeling confused by all these changes and so is clinging to the one person he knows best... mommy.... but over time he will adapt ... good luck, and make sure you get the support you need also.

Answer 6

It may be that your happy boy is worried, and anxious because he can detect a change in you because you are so tired!!! Take extra care to praise his good behaviour and look after yourself. I wonder if maybe you are isolated in your new place and do not have the support you had in the US and Indonesia. Build a support network pronto!!!

Answer 7

he is going through the same emotions as you are changing lifestyles teh way you are, at 19months they need to feel secure and what you have been doing is not going to make him feel this way,

it may continue for a few weeks but just put up with it thats what us mums need to do,

i moved and i had to stay with my sister for a week and my daughter at the time was 12months and she was the same,

he may not be getting enough sleep also just be patient, and stop moving