He doesn't seem to know what he wants to play. He's wanted 6+ hrs of playdough per day the last few days, but he's frustrated the whole time, saying "no, PLAY" over and over. He wanted to play catch today, but he can't catch yet. We tried for about half an hour, and he actually did catch a few times, but there were a lot of tears. He wanted to play trains, but took out several pieces, stared at them silently, said "no" to all of my suggestions, and then morosely put them away again. He wanted to play music, but he just got really stormy and kept handing me a different instrument, and taking a different one himself every few seconds. He wants to read books, but he wants them in a specific order, and somehow they're always on the wrong floor, and it all goes to peices.
That sort of stuff.
I've tried suggesting, I've tried letting him lead, I've tried easy stuff, and hard stuff. I've tried active stuff and quiet stuff. I've tried taking him to the busiest, kidfullest places I can, I've tried keeping him home all day and not going out at all. I've tried doing 15 different things in quick succession, I've tried going really deep into something.
I've tried just letting him nurse for hours, but there's frustration comming out his pores. Last night he only slept 7 hrs, with a bajillion wake ups so he's not even doing THAT. He just isn't feeling satisfyed by anything, I think.
-Mich
