[kaishi]

Sounds like there are quite a few newbies in the forum but what I'm looking for is an experienced person who can tell me I'm not losing my mind! We have a new 19 month old who was placed with us (fost/adopt) and I'm having a hard time. He does not have any spoken words yet but screams and yells and throws fits of the classic toddler kind. I have an older child so I'm pretty experienced with it and can recognize it. The hard part is that he does this only at home and shows all friends and family his sweet side...which only makes me feel more crazy. What I'm struggling with is bonding. I find it hard to bond with this screaming banshee. I've tried a number of things to try to bond:Bottle feeding in the rocking chair, book reading, singing songs... but he doesn't want to sit for very long. He just wants to keep going going (which is also normal for his age). You know its just so different when you start in this age vs an infant. I guess I'm really struggling with it.