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fickle pickle meltdowns

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SlinkiMalinky · 14/04/2015 14:19

Hi there. My 3 year old DS has just had a monumetal meltdown! It started innocently enough with trying to get him to come in for his lunch. He wanted to keep his shoes on so i explained that he needs to take his shoes off in the house. He wouldnt let me take them off so i said fine, just sit down and eat your lunch. Then the really wanted to take off so i said , ok, went to take them off and here the battle begins! On, off, on, off. Yes, no, yes, no. Go away mummy, no come back!
He wanted the opposite of everything. As soon as i say ok, it flips again. He was so wound up and distraught i tried to give him a cuddle but he pushed me away. As soon as i stand, he needs a cuddle! This went on for over half an hour and i ended up shouting at him. He did eventually calm down. This isn't the first time he's done this but it is the worst!
Please tell me it's just a phase and will be over soon!
Does anyone have any experience of this and a coping strategy. Nothing seemed to calm him even his beloved bear!
Thanks in advance.

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Passmethecrisps · 14/04/2015 22:29

Wine?

My 2.5yo dd can be very like this. I have no advice really beyond lots of smiles and chatting and doing your damnedest to ignore the whiny stuff. I have learned the stuff that distracts my dd so I lob in a few "oh look! Birds in the garden" which can work occasionally and takes us both out of the moment.

My dd can also push back cuddles. I tell she can have a cuddle as soon as she is ready then ask her a few minutes later if she is ready now and so on

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fairylightsbackintheloft · 17/04/2015 16:46

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Skeeter3 · 18/04/2015 08:59

This was a tantrum or display of frustration NOT a meltdown.

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