Recently my DS (2.9) has started having worse than usual tantrums; really gasping, making himself gurgle with spit, getting red blotches, not able to speak properly because of gasping etc., visibly shaking.
He's had them about three times really badly and unexpectedly over the last two weeks and two have been when I've flushed the toilet and not him. I normally let him flush his own waste when he's done it on the toilet. The two times have been when he wasn't there and I was just getting rid of his potty contents, and tonight - I put him on before bath; he didn't need to go, so I put him in the bath and because the toilet monged (residue of DH's nighttime wee I didn't know was there) I flushed it. DS then went MENTAL pleading with me to get it back and stuff - I couldn't get him to go back in the bath without kicking off so I just took him out. He was apopletic within about 2 seconds, remained like that for about a minute then calmed down and things were fine.
Does this sound like a normal nearly three year old tantrum or does it sound weird to you? He speaks well, has friends, settled into pre-school fairly quickly.
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Is this a normal tantrum - regarding control of toilet flushing
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EugenesAxe · 15/11/2012 20:16
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