Ok, I always hate to admitt I need help but I'm going out of my mind and I need some support. My son Alex has just turned two last week. He has always been a clingy baby, at one point I couldn't leave the room without him raising the roof with his scream. He's that bit older now and it's less of an issue, he still follows me everywhere but there are no tears. The problem is when I sit down. He will come and jump all over me, which I know is normal toddler behaviour. He loves his kisses and cuddles which is great, all moms like their children to be affectionate, the problem is he goes way to far. To try and explain: think of one of those horror movies where a cat leaps onto someones face and starts chewing..thats kinda how it goes, he will lunge at me, pull my hair, sometimes suck or bite my lips, he will kiss me so hard whilst holding my head in place that I literaly have to pull him off just to grab a breath. Sometimes when I watch tv he will literaly pull my head so it is facing his and start the whole thing over again. Now I want to point out that this isn't an aggressive thing, he thinks its fun, but it really isn't. My head hurts by the end of the day from his constant hair pulling, he has drawn blood on my face where his nails have gone in, my lips have bled where he has nipped me. I tell him "be nice" and mommy likes "nice kisses", I say NO to him when he gets to forcefull but nothing seems to work and I end up yanking him off me which I hate doing. The last thing I want to do is give him the impression that I dont want to cuddle and kiss him, I do very much and he is capable of being tender, he just goes physcotic on me sometimes! I just don't know how best to handle him when he gets like that, I thought it would be a passing thing but its been going on a couple of months now and its wearing me down. I got really cross with him today and felt terrible afterwards.

Anyone else had this problem?

I haven't had this problem but I have to tell you I think it sounds more like a control thing to me. I'm not trying to offend you, but I think that it's his way of controlling you. Even though it seems nice, there's such a thing called passive aggressive behavior and it sure sounds like it to me. He's demanding your attention and he's old enough to know what hurts you. I don't think it will hurt him at all for you to be firm with him and tell him that mommy doesn't like it when he acts that way. You could try getting up and walking away and telling him that you will be glad to pay attention to him when he's nice about it. I think we tend to underestimate what our children can understand. 

Anyway, I hope this doesn't make you mad and I'm not saying your child is mean. He's just doing the normal I want to control everything that toddlers do sometimes. Hope this helps. 

Oh No I'm not offended at all. I think you are right, most certainly when he is turning my head, he's saying hey mom give me attention. The thing is I have tried walking away but he will keep on doing it every time I sit down. He is the same in other regards to, He will do something he knows he is not supposed to do, I will tell him no and two seconds later he is doing it again, I can tell him 100 times and he will go right back and do it again. I have tried time out, that does have an effect, he hates it when i raise my voice and force him to sit on his own, he will behave for a short while then its as if he forgets and goes right back to doing it again. I always thought I would be the kind of mom who always keeps their cool, but it's hard when you spend you're whole day being repetetive. In many ways he's a good kid, he eats well, generally sleeps well, and loves to help with laundry and cleaning, the problem only arises when he doesn't get my full attention, but i cant devote every second of every day to him. I'm a single mom and he's draining me right now.

 I totally understand feeling like you're doing the same thing all the time. I get sick of it too. It seems like they're never going to get it. Some days I'm not very consistent just because I get sick of saying no to the same thing all the time. It would be a lot harder being a single mom. I don't know if I could do it my dh helps me stay sane.

Keep up the good work, it's likely that it will pass at some point.