irishmum2boys
02-12-2007, 01:28 AM
Since our move just over a week ago, our oldest ds who is 3 1/2 yrs old has been acting really insecure. He follows me around all day and just seems quite scared at times. He was waking up quite frequently at night and coming into our bed which is quite unusual for him. Normally when we go to a playpark, he will just run off and play but yesterday when we went he wasn't interested unless I was with him.
I was just wondering if you have any suggestions on what we can do to help him!
Your prayers would also be appreicated :)
breezykc2
02-12-2007, 06:51 AM
We did a special stuffed animal for nightime and a new nightlight/lamp for the room to help the night security issues.....the rest of the house, we had them explore with Daddy and Mommy one day and "help" them find all the cool new places/rooms in the house, kind of like a game....seemed to really help!
jen1981
02-13-2007, 01:06 AM
We moved when our son was about the same age. A few things that helped were...
1) Let him pick his room decor and let him help decorate it. Our son loves hunting so he wanted a camoflage room.
2)Have him help you unpack so he sees familiar things in his new house.
3)This one was mentioned, make sure he has something familiar to sleep with.
This is all I can think of for now. Our kids did this for awhile just because the lights and noises were different, but they soon got used to it. Just give him lots of love and he will be his normal self soon. Ds went through a stage like that, where he wanted mommy with him all the time. It was more age related than anything, but he is 5 and he still doesn't like to go places without me. Oh well, at least he loves me. :lol:
irishmum2boys
02-13-2007, 01:18 AM
Thank-you to both of you :) To-day was actually one of the better days since our move [cheerful] He seemed much more happier...........PTL